Sugandika Kumari

Sugandika Kumari

Kumari bowling for Sri Lanka during the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup
Personal information
Full name	Basnayake Mudiyanselage Sugandika Manel Kumari
Born	(1990-10-05) 5 October 1990 (age 34) Anamaduwa, Sri Lanka
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Left arm orthodox
International information
National side	Sri Lanka
ODI debut (cap 61)	11 January 2015 v Pakistan
Last ODI	5 June 2022 v Pakistan
T20I debut (cap 38)	15 January 2015 v Pakistan
Last T20I	6 September 2023 v England
T20I shirt no.	91
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 19 February 2023
Medal record Representing  Sri Lanka Women's Cricket Asian Games 2022 Hangzhou Team Women's Asia Cup Winner 2024 Sri Lanka

Basnayake Mudiyanselage Sugandika Manel Kumari (born 5 October 1990), known as Sugandika Kumari, is a Sri Lankan cricketer who plays for the women's national cricket team.[1] She made her One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) debut against Pakistan in January 2015.[2]

In October 2018, she was named in Sri Lanka's squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies.[3] In January 2020, she was named in Sri Lanka's squad for the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup in Australia.[4] In October 2021, she was named in Sri Lanka's team for the 2021 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournament in Zimbabwe.[5] In January 2022, she was named in Sri Lanka's team for the 2022 Commonwealth Games Cricket Qualifier tournament in Malaysia.[6] In July 2022, she was named in Sri Lanka's team for the cricket tournament at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England.[7] She was named in the Sri Lanka squad for the 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup.[8]

References

1. "Sugandika Kumari". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
2. "ICC Women's Championship, 2nd ODI: Pakistan Women v Sri Lanka Women at Sharjah, Jan 11, 2015". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
3. "Squads confirmed for ICC Women's World T20 2018". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
4. "Sri Lanka squad for ICC Women's T20I World Cup 2020". Sri Lanka Cricket. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
5. "Chamari Atapattu to lead 17-member Sri Lankan squad in ICC World Cup Qualifiers". Women's CricZone. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
6. "Sri Lanka Women's Squad for Commonwealth Games Qualifier 2022". Sri Lanka Cricket. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
7. "Sri Lanka finalise squad for upcoming Commonwealth Games". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
8. "Sri Lanka squad for the ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2024". Sri Lanka Cricket. Retrieved 3 October 2024.

External links

Media related to Sugandika Kumari at Wikimedia Commons

• Sugandika Kumari at ESPNcricinfo