asela gunaratne Profile - ICC Profile, Age, Career Info & Stats.
asela gunaratne is a cricketer(sportsman) from Sri Lanka. His ICC profile, age, career info & stats are given below.
Full Name
Downdegedara Asela Sampath Gunaratne
Born
January 08, 1986, Kandy
Age
37 years old
Batting Style
Right hand Bat
Bowling Style
Right arm Medium fast
Playing Role
Batter
Height
5ft 10in
Education
Rahula College
Batting Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 6 | 31 | 12 | - |
Inn | 10 | 25 | 12 | - |
Runs | 455 | 575 | 225 | - |
Avg | 56.88 | 27.38 | 25.0 | - |
SR | 52.85 | 79.42 | 126.4 | - |
HS | 116 | 114 | 84 | - |
NO | 2 | 4 | 3 | - |
100s | 1 | 1 | 0 | - |
50s | 3 | 1 | 2 | - |
4s | 50 | 50 | 19 | - |
6s | 1 | 6 | 6 | - |
Bowling Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 6 | 31 | 12 | - |
Inn | 6 | 25 | 10 | - |
Balls | 156 | 834 | 149 | - |
Runs | 114 | 723 | 204 | - |
Wkt | 3 | 22 | 5 | - |
BBI | 28 / 2 | 10 / 3 | 11 / 1 | - |
BBM | 28 / 2 | 10 / 3 | 11 / 1 | - |
Eco | 4.38 | 5.2 | 8.21 | - |
Avg | 38.0 | 32.86 | 40.8 | - |
5W | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
10W | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
Teams he has played for:
- Sri Lanka
- Chattogram Challengers
- Jaffna Kings
- Kandy Tuskers
- Mohammedan Sporting Club
- Mumbai Indians
- Sri Lanka Army Sports Club
Heres what CricBuzz says about him.
An aggressive middle order batsman with an array of inventive shots in his bag and a handy medium pacer, he grabbed the opportunity opened up in the side with Angelo Mathews' injury for the tour to Zimbabwe in November 2016. His selection was on the back of some consistent performances for Sri Lanka Army Sports Club, his domestic side in the premier league tournaments where he averaged over 50 for three years. Sure enough, his efforts saw him go a notch higher into the ‘A’ side before national duty beckoned.
Once into the national side, he made an instant impact in the longer format with a fifty on debut and followed it up with a century in the next game. He carried on this form into the ODI series against South Africa and sprung to the limelight with a century at number six, becoming the first Sri Lankan to do so. In the T20 series that followed in Australia, he notched up back to back half-centuries to seal the series. It also helped him bag an IPL contract with the Mumbai Indians for the 2017 season.
By - Vineet Anantharaman
Heres what ESPNcricinfo says about him.
A batting allrounder with powerful shots square of the wicket, Asela Gunaratne put together several impressive seasons for Sri Lanka Army Sports Club before eventually being considered for higher honours in 2016. Though not an immediately eye-catching player, it was his consistency that impressed: batting in the middle order, Gunaratne averaged more than 50 in three of the four Premier League Tournaments between 2012 and 2016. A wide range of strokes, including his favoured reverse sweep, had also helped his case.
He was a sporadic performer when chosen in the A side, yet was immediately effective in Tests, hitting a fifty and a hundred in his first three international innings, against Zimbabwe. With Angelo Mathews ruled out of that tour, Gunaratne also earned a place in the ODI squad, and made an impact with his dibbly-dobbly slow-medium bowling, claiming eight wickets at an average of 14.5 as Sri Lanka won the tri-nations trophy in Zimbabwe, in November 2016. He had an impact in the shortest format too, helping Sri Lanka claim a T20 series in Australia in February 2017 by knocking off 84 in 46 balls in Geelong - three consecutive sixes in the penultimate over included, in a chase of 174.
A graduate of Sri Rahula College Kandy, Gunaratne has also served as a Bombardier in the Sri Lanka Army.