Kavisha Dilhari

Kavisha Dilhari

Dilhari batting for Sri Lanka during the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup
Personal information
Full name	Welikonthage Kavisha Dilhari
Born	(2001-01-24) 24 January 2001 (age 24) Rathgama, Sri Lanka
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm offbreak
Role	All-rounder
International information
National side	Sri Lanka
ODI debut (cap 70)	20 March 2018 v Pakistan
Last ODI	18 June 2024 v West Indies
T20I debut (cap 45)	19 September 2018 v India
Last T20I	13 August 2024 v Ireland
T20I shirt no.	6
Career statistics
Competition WODI WT20I Matches 23 62 Runs scored 403 483 Batting average 25.18 14.63 100s/50s 0/1 0/1 Top score 84 51* Balls bowled 677 1114 Wickets 22 50 Bowling average 30.77 22.28 5 wickets in innings 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 Best bowling 4/20 4/13 Catches/stumpings 5/– 28/–
Source: Cricinfo, 14 August 2024
Medal record Representing  Sri Lanka Women's Cricket Asian Games 2022 Hangzhou Team South Asian Games 2019 Kathmandu/Pokhara Team Women's Asia Cup Runner-up 2022 Bangladesh Winner 2024 Sri Lanka

Kavisha Dilhari (born 24 January 2001) is a Sri Lankan cricketer who plays for the women's national cricket team. She has played domestic cricket since the age of fifteen.[1][2][3] She made her Women's One Day International cricket (WODI) debut for Sri Lanka Women against Pakistan Women on 20 March 2018.[4]

In September 2018, she was named in Sri Lanka's Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) squad for the series against India.[5] She made her WT20I debut for Sri Lanka against India Women on 19 September 2018.[6]

In October 2018, she was named in Sri Lanka's squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies.[7] In November 2019, she was named as the vice-captain of Sri Lanka's squad for the women's cricket tournament at the 2019 South Asian Games.[8] The Sri Lankan team won the silver medal, after losing to Bangladesh by two runs in the final.[9] In January 2020, she was named in Sri Lanka's squad for the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup in Australia.[10] In October 2021, she was named in Sri Lanka's team for the 2021 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournament in Zimbabwe.[11] In January 2022, she was named in Sri Lanka's team for the 2022 Commonwealth Games Cricket Qualifier tournament in Malaysia.[12] In July 2022, she was named in Sri Lanka's team for the cricket tournament at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England.[13] She was named in the Sri Lanka squad for the 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup.[14]

References

1. "Kavisha Dilhari". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
2. "20 women cricketers for the 2020s". The Cricket Monthly. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
3. "SL pick teenager Dilhari for ODIs; Atapattu returns as captain". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
4. "1st ODI, ICC Women's Championship at Dambulla, Mar 20 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
5. "Teenager Dilhari gets maiden T20I call-up after stunning India in ODI series ender". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
6. "1st T20I, India Women tour of Sri Lanka at Katunayake, Sep 19 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
7. "Squads confirmed for ICC Women's World T20 2018". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
8. "Sri Lanka pick cricket squads for South Asian Games". Sunday Observer. Retrieved 30 November 2019.
9. "Bangladesh women's cricket team clinch gold in SA games". The Daily Star. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
10. "Sri Lanka squad for ICC Women's T20I World Cup 2020". Sri Lanka Cricket. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
11. "Chamari Atapattu to lead 17-member Sri Lankan squad in ICC World Cup Qualifiers". Women's CricZone. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
12. "Sri Lanka Women's Squad for Commonwealth Games Qualifier 2022". Sri Lanka Cricket. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
13. "Sri Lanka finalise squad for upcoming Commonwealth Games". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
14. "Sri Lanka squad for the ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2024". Sri Lanka Cricket. Retrieved 3 October 2024.

External links

Media related to Kavisha Dilhari at Wikimedia Commons

• Kavisha Dilhari at ESPNcricinfo