Wanindu Hasaranga

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Wanindu Hasaranga
Personal information
Full namePinnaduwage Wanidu Hasaranga de Silva
Born (1997-07-29) 29 July 1997 (age 24)
Galle, Sri Lanka
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm leg break
RoleAll-rounder
RelationsChaturanga de Silva (brother)
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 151)26 December 2020 v South Africa
Last Test21 April 2021 v Bangladesh
ODI debut (cap 180)2 July 2017 v Zimbabwe
Last ODI7 September 2021 v South Africa
T20I debut (cap 80)1 September 2019 v New Zealand
Last T20I4 November 2021 v West Indies
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2015–presentColombo
2017Sylhet Sixers
2020–presentJaffna Kings
2021Royal Challengers Bangalore
2021Deccan Gladiators
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC
Matches 4 29 33 40
Runs scored 196 546 319 2,418
Batting average 28.00 23.73 15.19 40.98
100s/50s 0/1 0/3 0/1 3/17
Top score 59 80* 71 120
Balls bowled 674 1,309 688 4,116
Wickets 4 29 52 80
Bowling average 100.75 37.89 13.71 30.36
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 5
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 1
Best bowling 4/171 3/15 4/9 8/26
Catches/stumpings 2/– 8/– 10/– 44/–
Source: Cricinfo, 30 November 2021

Pinnaduwage Wanindu Hasaranga de Silva (born 29 July 1997), better known as Wanindu Hasaranga, is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer who plays for the national team in all three formats of the game.[1] He made his international debut for Sri Lanka in July 2017.[1] His elder brother, Chaturanga de Silva, has also represented the national team.[2]

Early years[]

Wanindu Hasaranga de Silva was educated at Richmond College, Galle, where he started his cricket career. He represented Sri Lankan under 19 cricket team at the Under-19 Cricket World Cup held in Bangladesh in 2016.[3]

Domestic career[]

Hasaranga made his List A debut on 30 November 2015 in the AIA Premier Limited Over Tournament.[4] In December 2015, he was named in Sri Lanka's squad for the 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.[5] He made his first-class debut for Sri Lanka Ports Authority Cricket Club in the 2015–16 Premier League Tournament, on 26 February 2016.[6]

In November 2017, Hasaranga was named the most promising player in domestic cricket for the 2016–17 season at Sri Lanka Cricket's annual awards.[7] He made his Twenty20 debut for Sylhet Sixers on 11 November 2017 in the 2017–18 Bangladesh Premier League.[8]

In March 2018, Hasaranga was named in Colombo's squad for the 2017–18 Super Four Provincial Tournament.[9][10] The following month, he was also named in Colombo's squad for the 2018 Super Provincial One Day Tournament.[11] In August 2018, he was named in Dambulla's squad the 2018 SLC T20 League.[12]

Hasaranga was the leading run-scorer for Colombo Cricket Club in the 2018–19 Premier League Tournament, with 765 runs in nine matches.[13] In March 2019, he was named in Galle's squad for the 2019 Super Provincial One Day Tournament.[14] In October 2020, he was drafted by the Jaffna Stallions for the inaugural edition of the Lanka Premier League.[15] He was named the player of the tournament, after taking seventeen wickets.[16]

In August 2021, Hasaranga was included in the Royal Challengers Bangalore squad for the second phase of the 2021 Indian Premier League (IPL) in the UAE.[17] He made his IPL debut on 20 September 2021 against Kolkata Knight Riders.[18] In November 2021, he was selected to play for the Jaffna Kings following the players' draft for the 2021 Lanka Premier League.[19]

International career[]

Hasaranga was named to Sri Lanka's One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against Zimbabwe.[20] He made his ODI debut for Sri Lanka against Zimbabwe on 2 July 2017.[21] In his debut match, he took the final three Zimbabwe wickets in the innings in three consecutive deliveries, becoming the youngest bowler to take a hat-trick on debut in an ODI.[22] He was also the third debutant in ODI history to claim a hat-trick after Bangladeshi Taijul Islam and South African Kagiso Rabada.[23] He also became the first leg-spinner to take a hat-trick in ODI history.[24]

In May 2018, Hasaranga was one of 33 cricketers to be awarded a national contract by Sri Lanka Cricket ahead of the 2018–19 season.[25][26] In August 2019, he was named in Sri Lanka's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against New Zealand.[27] He made his T20I debut for Sri Lanka, against New Zealand, on 1 September 2019.[28]

In September 2019, Hasaranga was included as the only specialist spinner for the Pakistan series in Pakistan, where many major players withdrew from the team due to security concerns. During the T20I series, he took eight wickets, where Sri Lanka dominated against Pakistan. Sri Lanka won all three matches and whitewashed Pakistan for the first time. It was Sri Lanka's first ever series win against Pakistan in a T20I bilateral series.[29] Sri Lanka went on to win the final T20I match by 13 runs, winning the series 3–0.[30] It was the first time in a three-match T20I series that Sri Lanka had won 3–0, and the first time that Pakistan had been whitewashed.[31] Due to his match winning all round performances, Hasaranga was adjudged as man of the match in the third T20I as well as was adjudged player of the series.

During the ODI series against West Indies in March 2020, Hasaranga showed his all round talent where he took crucial wickets at the right time and scored match winning knocks.[32] In the first ODI, he scored match winning unbeaten 42 runs to seal the game for Sri Lanka by 1 wicket.[33] He also won the man off the match award. In second and third ODI, he delivered the most economical spells for Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka won the series 3-0 with Hasaranga winning player of the series award.[34]

In December 2020, Hasaranga was named in Sri Lanka's Test squad for their series against South Africa.[35] He made his Test debut for Sri Lanka, against South Africa, on 26 December 2020.[36] He took four wickets in the match for 171 runs. In the second innings, Hasaranga scored his maiden Test fifty.[37]

On 14 March 2021, in the third ODI against the West Indies, Hasaranga scored his maiden ODI half century. He along with Ashen Bandara put on an unbeaten 123 run seventh wicket stand in the match.[38] After many economical bowling spells in the T20I series against England and India, Hasaranga achieved career-best second rank in the ICC T20I rankings in July 2021.[39][40] In July 2021, during the series against against India, Hasaranga took four wickets in the third T20I match.[41] He won the player of the match award and was also named the player of the series.[42]

In September 2021, Hasaranga was named in Sri Lanka's squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.[43] On 30 October 2021, in Sri Lanka's match against South Africa, Hasaranga became the first bowler for Sri Lanka to take a hat-trick in a T20 World Cup match.[44] On 1 November 2021, in the match against England, Hasaranga took his 50th wicket in T20I cricket.[45]

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