Ravija Sandaruwan
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| Full name | Bodadura Ravija Sandaruwan de Silva | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 22 June 1992 Colombo, Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm Off break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| T20I debut (cap 9) | 20 January 2019 v Maldives | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 19 September 2023 v United Arab Emirates | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2012–2013 | Saracens Sports Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Badureliya Sports Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 21 September 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ravija Sandaruwan (born 22 June 1992) is a Sri Lankan-born cricketer who plays for the Kuwait national cricket team.[1] He made his List A debut for Saracens Sports Club in the 2012–13 Premier Limited Overs Tournament in Sri Lanka on 27 December 2012.[2] He made his first-class debut, also for Saracens Sports Club, in the 2012–13 Premier League Tournament on 30 March 2013.[3]
In April 2018, he represented Kuwait in Western sub-region group of the 2018–19 ICC World Twenty20 Asia Qualifier tournament, playing in all six matches.[4][5] In his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut against the Maldives on 20 January 2019 in the 2019 ACC Western Region T20 tournament, Sandaruwan was named the player of the match.[6] Three days later, in the match against Bahrain, he scored 103 runs from 59 balls, and was again named the player of the match.[7][8] He was the leading run-scorer in the tournament, with 177 runs in four matches.[9]
In June 2019, he was named in Kuwait's T20I squad for their series against Qatar.[10] In October 2021, he was named in Kuwait's squad for the Group A matches in the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier.[11]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Ravija Sandaruwan". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
- ^ "Group A, Premier Limited Over Tournament at Panadura, Dec 27 2012". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
- ^ "Group A, Premier League Tournament at Panagoda, Mar 30 - Apr 1 2013". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
- ^ "ICC World Twenty20 Asia Qualifier A begins in Kuwait". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
- ^ "ICC World Twenty20 Asia Region Qualifier A, 2018 - Kuwait: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
- ^ "2nd Match, ACC Western Region T20 at Al Amarat, Jan 20 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
- ^ "8th Match, ACC Western Region T20 at Al Amarat, Jan 23 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
- ^ "Cricket: Qatar stretches lead at top, Kuwait wins battle of super bats against Bahrain". Times of Oman. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
- ^ "ACC Western Region T20: Most Runs". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
- ^ "Kuwait Cricket set to play its first ever T-20 Internationals bilateral series with Qatar". Kuwait Page. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
- ^ "Kuwait Cricket announce Men's squad for T20 World Cup Asia qualifiers". Czarsportz. Retrieved 4 October 2021.