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Minod Bhanuka Ranasinghe
Personal information
Full name
Minod Bhanuka Ranasinghe
Born (1995-04-29) 29 April 1995 (age 29)
Sri Lanka
BattingLeft-handed
RoleWicketkeeper-batsman
International information
National side
Only Test (cap 152)3 January 2021 v South Africa
Only ODI (cap 192)2 October 2019 v Pakistan
T20I debut (cap 82)5 October 2019 v Pakistan
Last T20I7 October 2019 v Pakistan
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2017Sinhalese Sports Club
2018-presentColombo Cricket Club
2020Jaffna Stallions
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20 FC LA
Matches 1 2 45 46
Runs scored 36 0 2,854 1,055
Batting average 36.00 0.00 43.90 27.76
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 9/8 1/5
Top score 36 0 342 113*
Balls bowled – – 6 –
Wickets – – 0 –
Bowling average – – – –
5 wickets in innings – – – –
10 wickets in match – – – –
Best bowling – – – –
Catches/stumpings 0/0 2/0 106/31 42/21
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 3 January 2021

Minod Bhanuka Ranasinghe (born 29 April 1995) is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer. He made his international debut for the Sri Lanka cricket team in October 2019. He was part of Sri Lanka's squad for the 2014 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup. He is an old boy of Maliyadeva College, Kurunegala.[1]

Domestic career

In a 2015–16 Premier League Tournament match in January 2016, he scored 342 runs for Sinhalese Sports Club against Badureliya Sports Club at Surrey Village Cricket Ground, Maggona.[2]

In March 2018, he was named in Kandy's squad for the 2017–18 Super Four Provincial Tournament.[3][4] The following month, he was also named in Kandy's squad for the 2018 Super Provincial One Day Tournament.[5]

In August 2018, he was named in Dambulla's squad the 2018 SLC T20 League.[6] In March 2019, he was named in Galle's squad for the 2019 Super Provincial One Day Tournament.[7] In October 2020, he was drafted by the Jaffna Stallions for the inaugural edition of the Lanka Premier League.[8]

International career

He was part of Sri Lanka's squad for the 2014 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup. In October 2017, he was named in Sri Lanka's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against Pakistan in the UAE, but he did not play.[9] In September 2019, he was named in Sri Lanka's squads for the series against Pakistan in Pakistan.[10] He made his One Day International (ODI) debut for Sri Lanka, against Pakistan, on 2 October 2019.[11] He made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut for Sri Lanka, also against Pakistan, on 5 October 2019.[12]

In November 2019, he was named in Sri Lanka's squad for the 2019 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup in Bangladesh.[13] In December 2020, Gunathilake was named in Sri Lanka's Test squad for their series against South Africa.[14] He made his Test debut for Sri Lanka, against South Africa, on 3 January 2021.[15][16]

References

  1. ^ "Minod Bhanuka". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
  2. ^ "AIA Premier League Tournament, Group B: Badureliya Sports Club v Sinhalese Sports Club at Kaluthara, Jan 8-10, 2016". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  3. ^ "Cricket: Mixed opinions on Provincial tournament". Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 26 March 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  4. ^ "All you need to know about the SL Super Provincial Tournament". Daily Sports. 26 March 2018. Archived from the original on 27 March 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  5. ^ "SLC Super Provincial 50 over tournament squads and fixtures". The Papare. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  6. ^ "SLC T20 League 2018 squads finalized". The Papare. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  7. ^ "Squads, Fixtures announced for SLC Provincial 50 Overs Tournament". The Papare. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  8. ^ "Chris Gayle, Andre Russell and Shahid Afridi among big names taken at LPL draft". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  9. ^ "Thisara Perera to captain Sri Lanka in Lahore". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
  10. ^ "Sri Lanka ODI and T20I Squads for Pakistan tour". Sri Lanka Cricket. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  11. ^ "3rd ODI (D/N), Sri Lanka tour of Pakistan at Karachi, Oct 2 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  12. ^ "1st T20I (N), Sri Lanka tour of Pakistan at Lahore, Oct 5 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  13. ^ "Sri Lanka squad for Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2019 announced". The Papare. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  14. ^ "Sri Lanka to take 22 players to South Africa". The Papare. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  15. ^ "2nd Test, Johannesburg, Jan 3 - Jan 7 2021, Sri Lanka tour of South Africa". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  16. ^ "Fernando and Bhanuka – All you need to know about Sri Lanka's latest Test debutants". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 3 January 2021.


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