akila dananjaya Profile - ICC Profile, Age, Career Info & Stats.
akila dananjaya is a cricketer(sportsman) from Sri Lanka. His ICC profile, age, career info & stats are given below.
Full Name
Mahamarakkala Kurukulasooriya Patabendige Akila Dananjaya Perera
Born
October 04, 1993, Panadura
Age
30 years old
Batting Style
Left hand Bat
Bowling Style
Right arm Offbreak, Legbreak
Playing Role
Allrounder
Education
Mahanama Vidyalaya, Panadura
Batting Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 6 | 39 | 31 | 1 |
Inn | 10 | 30 | 15 | 1 |
Runs | 135 | 291 | 61 | 4 |
Avg | 16.88 | 12.12 | 7.62 | 0.0 |
SR | 53.15 | 69.78 | 85.92 | 80.0 |
HS | 43 | 50 | 11 | 4 |
NO | 2 | 6 | 7 | 1 |
100s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
50s | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
4s | 14 | 25 | 6 | 0 |
6s | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Bowling Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 6 | 39 | 31 | 1 |
Inn | 12 | 37 | 31 | 1 |
Balls | 1385 | 1935 | 665 | 24 |
Runs | 819 | 1661 | 909 | 47 |
Wkt | 33 | 56 | 28 | 0 |
BBI | 115 / 6 | 29 / 6 | 36 / 3 | 47 / 3 |
BBM | 44 / 8 | 29 / 6 | 36 / 3 | 47 / 3 |
Eco | 3.55 | 5.15 | 8.2 | 11.75 |
Avg | 24.82 | 29.66 | 32.46 | 0.0 |
5W | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
10W | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Teams he has played for:
- Sri Lanka
- Chennai Super Kings
- Colombo Stars
- Durban's Super Giants
- Galle Gladiators
- Galle Titans
- Mumbai Indians
- Sri Lanka Under-23s
- St Kitts and Nevis Patriots
- Wayamba United
Heres what CricBuzz says about him.
However, he only played one more game before being dropped. He was also overlooked for the 2014 T20 World Cup in Bangladesh. With the success in the T20 World Cup, Dananjaya was snapped up by the Chennai Super Kings during the 2013 edition for $20,000.
Revolving doors of Sri Lankan cricket meant that Dhananjaya could never settle himself in the national team. Having played a handful of T20Is, he found himself completely out of favour with the national selectors for four long years. He was eventually recalled to the national team during the home season of 2017 and promptly made an immediate impact, grabbing career-best figures of four for 47 against the visiting Zimbabweans. It wasn't an one-off achievement, two days after his marriage, he claimed six for 54 against India, thereby cementing his place for the immediate future.
Heres what ESPNcricinfo says about him.
Another instalment from Sri Lanka's production line of unorthodox spinners, Akila Dananjaya sparked controversy when he was picked in the preliminary squad for the 2012 T20 World Cup despite never having played a professional match in his life. Able to deliver a legbreak, googly, carrom ball, doosra and a stock offspinner with astounding control, he had impressed Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene so much as a net bowler at a practice session that Jayawardene requested he be fast-tracked to the national squad.
Dananjaya played three matches of the World Cup, including the final, but went out of favour with the selectors once Jayawardene stepped down from the captaincy.
He made his comeback in 2017, and took a six-for against India in an ODI that year, and another against South Africa in 2018. In between he made a successful entry into Test cricket, taking four five-wicket hauls in his first six Tests.
In September 2019, Dananjaya was banned from bowling in international cricket for 12 months because of an illegal bowling action. His return was dramatic - in a T20I in Antigua in March 2021, he took a hat-trick in one over but was carted for six sixes by Kieron Pollard in his next.