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Dasun Shanaka

Role

All Rounder

Nationality

Sri Lanka

Biography

Dasun Shanaka is a right-arm all-rounder known for his steady pace bowling and hard-hitting batting technique. The Negombo born all-rounder had to work really hard at the domestic level to find his way in the national team. Even though his domestic figures were not up to the mark, showcasing his potential along with some three-dimensional performances was enough to convince the selectors.


After playing a few seasons with the Sinhalese Sports Club, Shanaka was handed his maiden T20I call-up against Pakistan in August 2015. One of the highlights of his career came during a T20I match in Pune against India where he picked 3 crucial scalps including MS Dhoni, Hardik Pandya and Suresh Raina and ended with figures of 3 for 16. He played some handy cameos for Sri Lanka in the 2016 World T20 tournament and in the same year was handed his Test cap.


Further, Dasun got the opportunity to represent Sri Lanka in all the formats of the game but failed to make the most out of it. His inconsistency along with the presence of senior all-rounders in the squad kept him in and out of the squad. In September 2019 when most of Sri Lanka's prime players opted out of the tour of Pakistan over security reasons, Shanaka was named the skipper of Sri Lanka's T20I squad. He didn't disappoint and led a young bunch in inflicting a clean sweep on the then number 1 T20I team.

Statistics 2024

Matches

14

Runs

105

Highest Score

26

Wickets

8

Date Of Birth

9 SEPTEMBER 1991

Batting Style

Right Handed

Bowling Style

Right-arm medium

CAREER STATISTICS

BATTING
MATCHES
NO
RUNS
HIGH SCORE
AVERAGE
S/R
100s
50s
4s
6s
2024
14
0
105
26 v
11.66
131.25
-
-
11
4
2023
6
0
147
56 v
29.4
172.94
-
1
8
11
2022
25
0
497
74 v
27.61
135.79
-
2
40
24
2021
17
0
224
50 v
20.36
100.44
-
1
16
7
2020
5
0
49
31 v
16.33
100
-
-
3
2
2019
9
0
105
27 v
15
110.52
-
-
6
5
2018
8
0
132
42 v
26.4
130.69
-
-
13
6
2017
7
0
85
54 v
14.16
110.39
-
1
5
5
2016
10
0
105
27 v
11.66
96.33
-
-
4
8
2015
1
0
7
7 v
7
175
-
-
1
-
Overall
102
20
1456
74 v India
19.67
122.45
0
5
107
72
BOWLING
INN
BALLS
RUNS
WICKETS
BBI
AVERAGE
ECON
S/R
3w
5w
2024
12
125
181
8
2/17 v
22.62
0
15.62
0
-
2023
3
24
34
4
2/4 v
8.5
0
6
0
-
2022
10
84
144
4
2/26 v
36
0
21
0
-
2021
12
114
142
6
2/20 v
23.66
0
19
0
-
2020
2
30
36
1
1/10 v
36
0
30
0
-
2019
1
6
10
1
1/10 v
10
0
6
0
-
2018
2
17
17
1
1/5 v
17
0
17
0
-
2017
5
68
82
4
2/27 v
20.5
0
17
0
-
2016
6
54
73
4
3/16 v
18.25
0
13.5
0
-
Overall
53
522
719
33
3/16 v India
21.78
8.26
15.81
0
0

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