Danushka Gunathilaka

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Danushka Gunathilaka

Personal information
Full name	Mashtayage Danushka Gunathilaka
Born	17 March 1991 (age 25) Panadura, Sri Lanka
Nickname	Danu
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Batting style	Left-handed
Bowling style	Right-arm off-break
Role	Opening batsman
International information
National side	Sri Lanka
ODI debut (cap 166)	1 November 2015 v West Indies
Last ODI	5 January 2016 v New Zealand
T20I debut (cap 60)	7 January 2016 v New Zealand
Last T20I	12 February 2016 v India
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2009/10 – 2010/11	Colombo Cricket Club
2011/12 – 2013/14	Sinhalese Sports Club
2011/12 – 2014	Sri Lanka A
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA Matches 6 4 23 48 Runs scored 117 65 947 1,313 Batting average 23.40 16.25 24.28 37.51 100s/50s -/1 -/- 1/3 2/10 Top score 65 46 152 106* Balls bowled - - – – Wickets - - – – Bowling average - - – – 5 wickets in innings - - – – 10 wickets in match - - – – Best bowling - - – – Catches/stumpings 1/- 2/- 33/0 28/0
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 12 February 2016

Danushka Gunathilaka (born Mashtayage Danushka Gunathilaka on 17 March 1991) is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and right-arm medium-fast bowler who plays for Colombo. He was born in Panadura. He studied at Mahanama College, Colombo 03.^[1]

Contents

• 1 Early days
• 2 International career
• 3 International awards
  • 3.1 One Day Internationals - Man of the Match awards
• 4 References
• 5 External links

Early days

Gunathilleke made his cricketing debut in the 2007–08 Inter-Provincial Twenty20 tournament for Sri Lanka Schools, alongside fellow Colts Cricket Club player Kusal Perera.
Gunathilleke made his List A debut for Colombo Cricket Club against Sinhalese Sports Club in 2009–10, scoring a single run.

International career

He made his One Day International debut for Sri Lanka against the West Indies on 1 November 2015.^[2]
After Kusal Perera dropped from the 2015-16 New Zealand tour due to drug scandal, Gunathilaka was included to the ODI squad for opening position with Tillakaratne Dilshan. His batting ability did not showed in the first two ODIs, but in the third ODI which was his only 4th international match, Gunathilake scored a fast and dashing 65 runs from 45 balls. The innings included 7 fours and 4 sixes and getting the match away from New Zealand. Sri Lanka won the match by 8 wickets and Gunathilake adjudged man of the match for his performance. ^[3]
During the same tour, he made his Twenty20 International debut for Sri Lanka against New Zealand on 7 January 2016.^[4]

International awards

One Day Internationals - Man of the Match awards

S No	Opponent	Venue	Date	Match Performance	Result
1	New Zealand	Saxton Oval, Nelson	31 December 2015	65 (45 balls: 6x4, 5x6)	Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets.[5]

References