Charu Ekanayake
Dasun Shanaka: Who, in my opinion is the best bet for the no. 4 position in the national T20 team in the upcoming world t20. Scored 2 hundreds in the ongoing domestic T20 competition playing for SSC. he is currently the highest scorer in the same tournament with 338 runs at an average of 67 and s/r of 222. I’ve only seen him in action once during his t20 debut against Pakistan, but he barely got a chance to bat in that. Looks to have the ability to clear the fence with 33 sixes to his name in 6 matches.
Minod Bhanuka: A 20-year old wicket keeper batsman (Left hander), represented Sri Lanka in the u19 world cup in 2014. Already knocking on the door for national selection. Has done really when in first class cricket. Recently scored a 300 in the domestic three-day competition — a rare feat for a Lankan player. He also scored a well composed century against the touring West Indies side last year playing for the Board President’s XI.. He has only played 10 FC games thus far, but has an average of 58.50 coming in at no. 3 for SSC
Dhananjaya De Silva: Like Shanaka made his T20 debut against Pakistan, looked composed but his ability to score quickly is questionable. looks like an ideal player for the 50 over game. Also an allrounder who has done well bowling off-spin. Plays for Tamil Union..…. has done well in the ongoing T20 competition, but yet to prove himself in List A cricket
I’m not really excited about the bowling prospects we’ve got, But Vishwa Fernando is someone to look out for. (link to cricinfo profile – http://www.espncricinfo.com/srilanka/content/player/465783.html) He has had up and down performances with no real consistency, but I believe Chaminda Vaas is really impressed with him and has named him the best left-armer in the domestic circuit.
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Since Charu presented these thoughts a few days ago Dasun Shanaka has been selected in the T20 Squad to play India from the 9th February
Full name Madagamagamage Dasun Shanaka
Born September 9, 1991, Negombo
Current age 24 years 141 days
Major teams Sri Lanka, Sinhalese Sports Club,Sri Lanka Under-19s
Playing role Allrounder
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Height 6 ft 0 in
Education ,St. Peters College – Negombo, Maristella College
| Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T20Is | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7.00 | 4 | 175.00 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| First-class | 30 | 38 | 5 | 1258 | 127 | 38.12 | 1804 | 69.73 | 3 | 6 | 107 | 57 | 25 | 0 |
| List A | 39 | 26 | 7 | 360 | 60* | 18.94 | 474 | 75.94 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 16 | 24 | 0 |
| Twenty20 | 22 | 19 | 4 | 555 | 131* | 37.00 | 322 | 172.36 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 46 | 5 | 0 |
| Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T20Is | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| First-class | 30 | 27 | 1045 | 646 | 26 | 6/69 | 8/84 | 24.84 | 3.70 | 40.1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| List A | 39 | 13 | 348 | 238 | 7 | 2/21 | 2/21 | 34.00 | 4.10 | 49.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Twenty20 | 22 | 6 | 54 | 98 | 1 | 1/29 | 1/29 | 98.00 | 10.88 | 54.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Full name Minod Bhanuka Ranasinghe
Born April 29, 1995
Current age 20 years 274 days
Major teams Sinhalese Sports Club, Sri Lanka Under-19s
Playing role Top-order batsman
Batting style Left-hand bat
Fielding position Wicketkeeper
Education Maliyadewa College, Kurunegala
| Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-class | 10 | 14 | 0 | 819 | 342 | 58.50 | 1057 | 77.48 | 3 | 1 | 82 | 27 | 20 | 4 |
| List A | 10 | 9 | 0 | 218 | 52 | 24.22 | 254 | 85.82 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 6 | 10 | 5 |
| Twenty20 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 291 | 70* | 20.78 | 211 | 137.91 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 19 | 14 | 3 |