Sri Lankan cricketer
Ilandari Dewage Nuwan Thushara (born 6 August 1994) is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer currently plays T20Is for the national team. A fast bowler with a slinging action, Thushara made his international debut for the Sri Lanka cricket team in February 2022 against Australia.[ 1] He is a past pupil of Thalawa Kanitu Vidyalaya, Alpitiya.
Domestic and franchise career
He made his first-class debut for Sinhalese Sports Club in the 2015–16 Premier League Tournament on 26 December 2015.[ 2] He made his List A debut for Colombo Cricket Club in the 2017–18 Premier Limited Overs Tournament on 10 March 2018.[ 3] In October 2020, he was drafted by the Galle Gladiators for the inaugural edition of the Lanka Premier League .[ 4] In August 2021, he was named in the SLC Greens team for the 2021 SLC Invitational T20 League tournament.[ 5] In November 2021, he was selected to play for the Galle Gladiators following the players' draft for the 2021 Lanka Premier League .[ 6]
In July 2022, he was signed by the Galle Gladiators for the third edition of the Lanka Premier League .[ 7]
Nuwan was acquired by IPL franchise Mumbai Indians in IPL 2024 auction for 4.8 crores INR.[ 8]
International career
In January 2022, he was named in Sri Lanka's One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against Zimbabwe .[ 9] Later the month, he was named in Sri Lanka's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their away series against Australia .[ 10] He made his T20I debut on 13 February 2022, for Sri Lanka against Australia .[ 11] In June 2022, he was named in Sri Lanka's One Day International (ODI) squad for their home series against Australia .[ 12]
In February 2024, he was named in Sri Lanka's T20I squad for their tour to Bangladesh .[ 13] On 9 March 2024, during the third T20I, he took his first hat-trick in T20Is and became the fifth Sri Lankan bowler to do so.[ 14] He also picked up his maiden five-wicket haul in T20Is.[ 15]
In May 2024, he was named in Sri Lanka’s squad for the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup tournament.[ 16]
References
^ "Nuwan Thushara" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 15 March 2017 .
^ "AIA Premier League Tournament, Group B: Sinhalese Sports Club v Sri Lanka Army Sports Club at Colombo (SSC), Dec 26-28, 2015" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 15 March 2017 .
^ "Group C, Premier Limited Over Tournament at Colombo, Mar 10 2018" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 10 March 2018 .
^ "Chris Gayle, Andre Russell and Shahid Afridi among big names taken at LPL draft" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 22 October 2020 .
^ "Sri Lanka Cricket announce Invitational T20 squads and schedule" . The Papare . Retrieved 9 August 2021 .
^ "Kusal Perera, Angelo Mathews miss out on LPL drafts" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 10 November 2021 .
^ "LPL 2022 draft: Kandy Falcons sign Hasaranga; Rajapaksa to turn out for Dambulla Giants" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 6 July 2022 .
^ "IPL Auction 2024 - Completed auctions | Cricbuzz.com" . Cricbuzz . Retrieved 19 December 2023 .
^ "New-look Sri Lanka name eight changes for Zimbabwe ODIs" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 13 January 2022 .
^ "Sri Lanka T20I squad for Australia tour 2022" . Sri Lanka Cricket . Retrieved 26 January 2022 .
^ "2nd T20I (N), Sydney, Feb 13 2022, Sri Lanka tour of Australia" . ESPN Cricinfo . Retrieved 13 February 2022 .
^ "Rajapaksa recalled to ODI squad for Australia series" . CricBuzz . Retrieved 10 June 2022 .
^ "Asalanka to lead Sri Lanka in first two T20Is against Bangladesh" . ESPNCricinfo . 28 February 2024. Retrieved 28 February 2024 .
^ "Nuwan Thushara becomes fifth Sri Lankan bowler to take a hat-trick in T20Is" . CricTracker . Retrieved 9 March 2024 .
^ "Rishad's six-hitting spree not enough as Sri Lanka win third T20I to take series" . The Business Standard . Retrieved 9 March 2024 .
^ "Sri Lanka's Squad for ICC Men's T20I World Cup 2024" . ScoreWaves . Retrieved 11 June 2024 .
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