Matches (12)
UAE v WI (1)
SL-A v SA-A (1)
Vitality Blast (4)
Charlotte Edwards (4)
WTC (1)
SL v AFG (1)

Full Name

Madagamagamage Dasun Shanaka

Born

September 09, 1991, Negombo

Age

31y 270d

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Right arm Medium

Playing Role

Allrounder

Height

6ft

Education

St. Peters College - Negombo, Maristella College

An explosive middle-order batsman, and steady right-arm seam bowler, Dasun Shanaka worked his way into Sri Lanka's T20 side through several seasons of good performances for Sinhalese Sports Club. Born and educated in Negombo, Shanaka made his T20 international debut against Pakistan in August 2015, but it wasn't until the following domestic season that he achieved wide acclaim. Batting at No. 4 in an AIA Premier T20 match against Saracens Sports Club, Shanaka struck a Sri Lankan record 16 sixes in an innings worth 123 from 46 balls. That wasn't even his biggest T20 score of the last week. He had hit 131 off 48 balls against Galle Cricket Club one week earlier.

But it was with the ball that Shanaka first made his mark on the international stage. He took 3 for 16 on a Pune greentop, against India, having only taken two domestic T20 wickets before then. He played bright cameos in Sri Lanka's 2016 World T20 campaign, and in April he was picked in the Test squad - for Sri Lanka's tour of England - for the first time, largely on his potential, rather than his first-class record.
Andrew Fidel Fernando

Dasun Shanaka Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
Test612214066*14.0027650.72019740
ODI524841138108*25.86119395.38239339120
T20I888318135174*20.781109121.82059668300
FC659410333713039.72490068.10918309113450
List A142119192634108*26.34283193.0427194105520
T20186174383750131*27.572650141.50315268218620

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Test68762431133/465/11233.153.3958.6000
ODI5231695675185/435/4337.505.8238.6010
T20I8841397538253/163/1621.528.1315.8000
FC657335852213646/698/8434.573.7056.0010
List A1428220881867655/435/4328.725.3632.1010
T201869310971611593/63/627.308.8118.5000
Madagamagamage Dasun Shanaka

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Dasun Shanaka celebrates with Dhananjaya de Silva
Dasun Shanaka trapped Rahmat Shah in front
Dimuth Karunaratne, Dasun Shanaka and Angelo Mathews in a discussion
Sri Lanka players are in a huddle
Dasun Shanaka with a dive near the boundary line to stop a four
Sikandar Raza and Dasun Shanaka pose for the camera