Charith Asalanka
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| Full name | Kariyawasam Indipalage Charith Asalanka | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 29 June 1997 Elpitiya, Sri Lanka | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off-spin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2014-15 – | Galle Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 16 April 2015 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kariyawasam Indipalage Charith Asalanka (born on 29 June 1997, Elpitiya, Galle District, Sri Lanka) is a Sri Lankan cricketer.
Early career
Asalanka toured England with the Sri Lanka under-17 team in 2013, opening the batting and top-scoring in each innings with 92 and 31 in a three-day match against an English under-17 team at Loughborough.[1] He opened the batting for his school, Richmond College, Galle, in 2014-15, helping them into the final of the schools' twenty-20 competition.[2] He captained the national under-19 team against under-19 teams from Australia and Bangladesh in 2014-15. In the five-match limited-overs series against Bangladesh under-19 he was Sri Lanka's highest scorer, with 225 runs at an average of 45.00, and second-highest wicket-taker, with eight wickets at 21.00.[3] He was most prominent in Sri Lanka's victory in the first match, with 4 for 36 and 63.[4]
First class career
He made his first-class debut in April 2015, in the match to decide who should take the final place in the Premier Trophy in the following season. Galle Cricket Club batted first and were all out for 31. Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club made 215 in reply. In their second innings Galle lost their first wicket in the second over, but Asalanka, batting at number three, hit 114 off 123 balls, and Galle totalled 295. Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club needed 112 to win, but Asalanka took 4 for 34 (Malith de Silva, also making his first class debut, took 6 for 46) to dismiss them for 107, and Galle won by four runs.[5]
He captained Sri Lanka under-19 in a two-match series against Pakistan under-19 in October 2015, scoring 334 runs at an average of 167.00, with a double-century and a century.[6]
Captaincy
In December 2015 he was named as the captain of Sri Lanka's squad for the 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.[7]
References
- ^ "ECB Elite Player Development Under-17s v Sri Lanka Under-17s 2013". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Miscellaneous matches played by Charith Asalanka". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Bangladesh under-19s in Sri Lanka 2014-15". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
- ^ "All-round Asalanka downs Bangladesh". Cricinfo. 18 January 2015. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
- ^ "Galle Cricket Club v Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club 2014-15". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Pakistan Under-19s in Sri Lanka 2015-16". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "SL include Charana Nanayakkara in U-19 World Cup squad". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 23 December 2015.