Full Name

Madagamagamage Dasun Shanaka

Born

September 09, 1991, Negombo

Age

33y 309d

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
Tests612214066*14.0027650.72019740
ODIs716351299108*22.39142091.472410342180
T20Is1049520147674*19.681205122.480510972400
FC7610911422513043.11569074.251322387154480
List A179151233383108*26.42353195.80311236148650
T20s245223524469131*26.133139142.37316330256890

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
Tests68762431133/465/11233.153.3958.6000
ODIs71461056999275/435/4337.005.6739.1010
T20Is10455558764343/163/1622.478.2116.4000
FC769247572900926/698/8431.523.6551.7030
List A17911430622740935/435/4329.465.3632.9010
T20s24513115972347924/164/1625.518.8117.3100

Dasun Shanaka T20 Stats

Batting & Fielding

TournamentTeamsMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
ILT20DC2622836458*26.00266136.84012918140
LPL3 teams444197947324.81527150.66026642110
BPL4 teams1614326475*24.00181145.8501172040
Major League CricketSEO3312710*13.5024112.50001200
IPLGT331261713.0026100.00002120
PSLPZ2212716*27.0026103.84002000

Bowling

TournamentTeamsMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
ILT20DC26330571 1/24 1/2457.0011.4030.0000
LPL3 teams443039559723 3/20 3/2025.959.0617.1000
BPL4 teams161421835914 4/16 4/1625.649.8815.5100
Major League CricketSEO3324490 - --12.25-000
IPLGT3------------
PSLPZ2112220 - --11.00-000
Madagamagamage Dasun Shanaka

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Recent Matches of Dasun Shanaka

MatchBatBowlDateGroundFormat
Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh200/2313-Jul-2025DambullaT20I # 3315
Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh--1/2210-Jul-2025PallekeleT20I # 3299
Dambulla vs Kandy63 & 1000/42 & 0/1703-Apr-2025Colombo (RPS)FC
Sinhalese vs Nondescripts471/52 & 1/2514-Feb-2025Colombo (NCC)FC
DC vs Vipers21--09-Feb-2025Dubai (DICS)T20

Photos of Dasun Shanaka

Dasun Shanaka smashed an unbeaten 62 off 27 balls
Dasun Shanaka chopped on off Ravi Bishnoi first ball
Dasun Shanaka's 15-ball 46 took Kandy Falcons home with 16 balls to spare
Dasun Shanaka finished with 3 for 20
Dasun Shanaka got Aiden Markram
Dasun Shanaka walks back to his mark during training