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Akila Dananjaya

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Full name Mahamarakkala Kurukulasooriya Patabendige Akila Dananjaya Perera

Born October 4, 1993, Panadura

Current age 19 years 229 days

Major teams Sri Lanka, Chennai Super Kings, Wayamba United

Playing role Allrounder

Batting style Left-hand bat

Bowling style Right-arm offbreak

Height 5.07

Education Mahanama Vidyalaya, Panadura

Mahamarakkala Kurukulasooriya Patabendige Akila Dananjaya Perera

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
ODIs	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
T20Is	5	1	1	0	0*	-	0	-	0	0	0	0	1	0
First-class	6	8	5	22	8	7.33	88	25.00	0	0	1	0	2	0
List A	14	3	1	0	0*	0.00	5	0.00	0	0	0	0	1	0
Twenty20	11	3	3	0	0*	-	0	-	0	0	0	0	1	0

Bowling averages

	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Ave	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10
ODIs	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
T20Is	5	5	84	95	7	2/9	2/9	13.57	6.78	12.0	0	0	0
First-class	6	11	787	487	23	7/139	7/139	21.17	3.71	34.2	2	1	0
List A	14	12	491	346	13	4/31	4/31	26.61	4.22	37.7	1	0	0
Twenty20	11	11	216	235	16	3/18	3/18	14.68	6.52	13.5	0	0	0

Career statistics

Only ODI	Sri Lanka v New Zealand at Hambantota, Nov 12, 2012 scorecard
ODI statistics
T20I debut	Sri Lanka v New Zealand at Pallekele, Sep 27, 2012 scorecard
Last T20I	Australia v Sri Lanka at Melbourne, Jan 28, 2013 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut	Colts Cricket Club v Ragama Cricket Club at Colombo (Colts), Feb 1-3, 2013 scorecard
Last First-class	Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club v Colts Cricket Club at Colombo (Bloomfield), Mar 30-Apr 1, 2013 scorecard
List A debut	Sri Lanka v New Zealand at Hambantota, Nov 12, 2012 scorecard
Last List A	Rest of Sri Lanka v Sri Lanka Cricket Combined XI at Pallekele, May 20, 2013 scorecard
Twenty20 debut	Uthura Rudras v Wayamba United at Colombo (RPS), Aug 12, 2012 scorecard
Last Twenty20	Australia v Sri Lanka at Melbourne, Jan 28, 2013 scorecard

Recent matches

Bat & Bowl	Team	Opposition	Ground	Match Date	Scorecard
1/34, 0	SLC Comb XI	v Rest SL	Pallekele	20 May 2013	LA
1/19	SLC Comb XI	v Sri Lanka A	Pallekele	18 May 2013	LA
0/16	SLC Comb XI	v Rest SL	Pallekele	16 May 2013	LA
1/26	SLC Comb XI	v Sri Lanka A	Pallekele	15 May 2013	LA
0/28	SLC Comb XI	v Rest SL	Pallekele	12 May 2013	LA
1*, 7/139, 6	Colts	v Bloomfield	Colombo (Bloomfield)	30 Mar 2013	FC
4/49, 1/14	Colts	v Saracens	Colombo (Colts)	15 Mar 2013	FC
0*, 2/53, 1/45	Colts	v SL Army	Panagoda	22 Feb 2013	FC
0, 0/4, 2, 2/57	Colts	v Moors	Colombo (Colts)	15 Feb 2013	FC
1/42, 2*, 1/11	Colts	v Lankan CC	Colombo (Colts)	8 Feb 2013	FC

Profile

Another installment from Sri Lanka's production line of unorthodox spinners, Akila Dananjaya sparked controversy when he was picked in the preliminary squad for the 2012 World Twenty20, despite never having played a professional match in his life. Able to deliver a legbreak, googly, carrom ball, doosra and a stock offspinner with astounding control, he had impressed Mahela Jayawardene so much as a net bowler at a Sri Lanka practice session, that Jayawardene requested he be fast-tracked to the national squad.