Bhanuka Rajapaksa

Pramod Bhanuka Bandara Rajapaksa, (born 24 October 1991), popularly known as Bhanuka Rajapaksa, is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer, who plays limited over internationals for the national team. He is a left-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium. He was born in Colombo. Despite a prolific domestic career, Rajapaksa only made his international debut when he was called up for the T20I series against Pakistan in 2019, ten years after his first-class debut.

Bhanuka Rajapaksa
Personal information
Full name
Pramod Bhanuka Bandara Rajapaksa
Born (1991-10-24) 24 October 1991
Colombo, Sri Lanka
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RoleTop-order batter
International information
National side
  • Sri Lanka (2019–present)
ODI debut (cap 201)18 July 2021 v India
Last ODI4 September 2021 v South Africa
T20I debut (cap 83)5 October 2019 v Pakistan
Last T20I5 January 2023 v India
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2009/10Barisal Division
2009/10Sinhalese Sports Club
2019/20Cumilla Warriors
2020Khulna Tigers
2022Punjab Kings
2023Peshawar Zalmi
2023Galle Titans
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 5 35 77 120
Runs scored 89 666 4,087 2,842
Batting average 17.80 25.61 36.49 27.86
100s/50s 0/1 0/3 9/21 3/16
Top score 65 77 268 107
Balls bowled 2,514 618
Wickets 47 15
Bowling average 29.06 31.60
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 4/59 2/16
Catches/stumpings 0/ 7/ 66/ 47/2
Source: Cricinfo, 5 January 2023

In July 2021, he was given a suspended ban from all forms of cricket for one year by the Sri Lanka Cricket for breach of contract and for not gaining required permission from SLC to give media interviews.

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