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Nuwan Thushara

Nuwan Thushara
Personal information
Full name
Ilandari Dewage Nuwan Thushara
Born (1994-08-06) 6 August 1994 (age 30)
Thalawa, Sri Lanka
BattingRight handed
BowlingRight arm medium-fast
RoleBowler
International information
National side
T20I debut (cap 92)13 February 2022 v Australia
Last T20I17 October 2024 v West Indies
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2024–presentMI Cape Town
2024Fortune Barishal
2024Mumbai Indians
Career statistics
Competition T20I FC LA T20
Matches 13 5 39 87
Runs scored 8 2 10 38
Batting average 8.00 0.66 2.50 4.22
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0
Top score 6 1* 4* 7*
Balls bowled 227 312 1193 1649
Wickets 20 2 44 120
Bowling average 15.65 118.50 22.31 18.03
5 wickets in innings 1 0 0 2
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 5/20 2/37 4/35 5/13
Catches/stumpings 0/– 1/– 5/– 12/–
Source: Cricinfo, 17 October 2024

Ilandari Dewage Nuwan Thushara (born 6 August 1994) is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer currently plays T20Is for the national team. A fast bowler with a slinging action, similar to that of Lasith Malinga, Thushara made his international debut for the Sri Lanka cricket team in February 2022 against Australia.[1] He is a past pupil of Thalawa Kanitu Vidyalaya, Alpitiya.

Domestic and franchise career

He made his first-class debut for Sinhalese Sports Club in the 2015–16 Premier League Tournament on 26 December 2015.[2] He made his List A debut for Colombo Cricket Club in the 2017–18 Premier Limited Overs Tournament on 10 March 2018.[3] In October 2020, he was drafted by the Galle Gladiators for the inaugural edition of the Lanka Premier League.[4] In August 2021, he was named in the SLC Greens team for the 2021 SLC Invitational T20 League tournament.[5] In November 2021, he was selected to play for the Galle Gladiators following the players' draft for the 2021 Lanka Premier League.[6]

In July 2022, he was signed by the Galle Gladiators for the third edition of the Lanka Premier League.[7]

Nuwan was acquired by IPL franchise Mumbai Indians in IPL 2024 auction for 4.8 crores INR.[8]

International career

In January 2022, he was named in Sri Lanka's One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against Zimbabwe.[9] Later the month, he was named in Sri Lanka's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their away series against Australia.[10] He made his T20I debut on 13 February 2022, for Sri Lanka against Australia.[11] In June 2022, he was named in Sri Lanka's One Day International (ODI) squad for their home series against Australia.[12]

In February 2024, he was named in Sri Lanka's T20I squad for their tour to Bangladesh.[13] On 9 March 2024, during the third T20I, he took his first hat-trick in T20Is and became the fifth Sri Lankan bowler to do so.[14] He also picked up his maiden five-wicket haul in T20Is.[15]

In May 2024, he was named in Sri Lanka’s squad for the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup tournament.[16]

References

  1. ^ "Nuwan Thushara". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
  2. ^ "AIA Premier League Tournament, Group B: Sinhalese Sports Club v Sri Lanka Army Sports Club at Colombo (SSC), Dec 26-28, 2015". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
  3. ^ "Group C, Premier Limited Over Tournament at Colombo, Mar 10 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
  4. ^ "Chris Gayle, Andre Russell and Shahid Afridi among big names taken at LPL draft". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  5. ^ "Sri Lanka Cricket announce Invitational T20 squads and schedule". The Papare. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  6. ^ "Kusal Perera, Angelo Mathews miss out on LPL drafts". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  7. ^ "LPL 2022 draft: Kandy Falcons sign Hasaranga; Rajapaksa to turn out for Dambulla Giants". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  8. ^ "IPL Auction 2024 - Completed auctions | Cricbuzz.com". Cricbuzz. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
  9. ^ "New-look Sri Lanka name eight changes for Zimbabwe ODIs". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  10. ^ "Sri Lanka T20I squad for Australia tour 2022". Sri Lanka Cricket. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  11. ^ "2nd T20I (N), Sydney, Feb 13 2022, Sri Lanka tour of Australia". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
  12. ^ "Rajapaksa recalled to ODI squad for Australia series". CricBuzz. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  13. ^ "Asalanka to lead Sri Lanka in first two T20Is against Bangladesh". ESPNCricinfo. 28 February 2024. Retrieved 28 February 2024.
  14. ^ "Nuwan Thushara becomes fifth Sri Lankan bowler to take a hat-trick in T20Is". CricTracker. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
  15. ^ "Rishad's six-hitting spree not enough as Sri Lanka win third T20I to take series". The Business Standard. Retrieved 9 March 2024.
  16. ^ "Sri Lanka's Squad for ICC Men's T20I World Cup 2024". ScoreWaves. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
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