dilshan munaweera Profile - ICC Profile, Age, Career Info & Stats.
dilshan munaweera is a cricketer(sportsman) from Sri Lanka. His ICC profile, age, career info & stats are given below.
Full Name
Eldeniya Medagedara Dilshan Yasika Munaweera
Born
April 24, 1989, Colombo
Age
34 years old
Batting Style
Right hand Bat
Bowling Style
Right arm Offbreak
Playing Role
Opening Batter
Height
5ft 7in
Education
Nalanda College, Colombo
Batting Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | - | 2 | 13 | - |
Inn | - | 2 | 13 | - |
Runs | - | 15 | 215 | - |
Avg | - | 7.5 | 17.92 | - |
SR | - | 51.72 | 131.1 | - |
HS | - | 11 | 53 | - |
NO | - | 0 | 1 | - |
100s | - | 0 | 0 | - |
50s | - | 0 | 1 | - |
4s | - | 2 | 25 | - |
6s | - | 0 | 7 | - |
Bowling Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | - | 2 | 13 | - |
Inn | - | - | 5 | - |
Balls | - | - | 60 | - |
Runs | - | - | 92 | - |
Wkt | - | - | 1 | - |
BBI | - | - | 26 / 1 | - |
BBM | - | - | 26 / 1 | - |
Eco | - | - | 9.2 | - |
Avg | - | - | 92.0 | - |
5W | - | - | 0 | - |
10W | - | - | 0 | - |
Teams he has played for:
- S Munaweera
- Sri Lanka
- Barbados Tridents
- Basnahira Greens
- Basnahira North
- Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club
- Dambulla Giants
- Dhaka Dominators
- Duronto Rajshahi
- Morrisville Unity
- Negombo Cricket Club
- Sebastianites Cricket and Athletic Club
- Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club
- Sri Lanka A
- Sri Lanka Board President's XI
- Sri Lanka Cricket Development XI
- Sri Lanka Under-19s
- Sri Lanka Under-21s
- Uva Next
- Wayamba
Heres what CricBuzz says about him.
Impressed with his efforts, the selectors called up Munaweera for the T20 Cup at home in 2012. However, he failed to deliver at the biggest stage, managing a paltry 30 runs in 2 encounters at a strike rate less than 100. He played 2 more T20Is later on with his attempted boom going bust again. Unless Munaweera blends brawn with brain, he will prove to be an easy nut to crack in international cricket.
With a big bag of fireworks strapped to his back, he traveled round the world to participate in T20 Leagues after failing to break into the national side. Munaweera's fearless approach at the top of the order navigated Barbados Tridents to their maiden CPL title in 2014.
His respect as a T20 specialist grew swiftly and continued to feature regularly in the Bangladesh Premier League too. 2017 was the beginning of a new lease of life for the dashing batsman. Steady performances in domestic cricket for his club prompted the Sri Lankan selectors to include him for the lone T20I against India in October. Munaweera struck a blazing 53 off in 29 balls in his comeback game. He retained his place in the squad for the series against Pakistan.
Currently playing for Chittagong Vikings in BPL 2017, Munaweera has enrolled himself in the T10 league which is to be held in Sharjah in December. Interestingly, his father, Sudath Munaweera, has played as a right arm pacer for the Colts Cricket Club.
By Sriram AS
Heres what ESPNcricinfo says about him.
An opening batsman of rare power, Dilshan Munaweera earned a call-up to the national side for the 2012 World Twenty20 after impressing at the inaugural SLPL, in which he was the top scorer. Brutal on anything short and almost as severe when bowlers overpitch, Munaweera is a firm convert of the Sanath Jayasuriya school of opening - hit it hard, long and over the infield. His 44 from 23 balls to clinch the SLPL title for the Uva Next franchise included five sixes and two fours.
A product of Nalanda College and the son of a former first-class cricketer, Munaweera began playing cricket at age 12 and rose through the age grades to represent Sri Lanka at U-19 level, before moving on to U-23 cricket at Bloomfield Cricket Club. He had been in and out of the Sri Lanka A team prior to national selection, but had marked himself out as a future talent nonetheless, first as a teenager when he struck six consecutive sixes in the Ananda-Nalanda school cricket match, and later by winning a single-wicket tournament organised by SLC.
Munaweera was dropped from Sri Lanka's T20 side in early 2013, after a string of modest scores, and didn't play a part in the 2014 World T20 victory. He featured in several overseas domestic T20 tournaments over the following years however, the Caribbean Premier League and Bangladesh Premier League among them. His success at those events, and an improving record in Sri Lanka's domestic tournaments, paved the way for his re-selection to the Sri Lanka squad - for a T20 tour to Australia in February 2017.
Andrew Fernando