kasun rajitha Profile - ICC Profile, Age, Career Info & Stats.
kasun rajitha is a cricketer(sportsman) from Sri Lanka. His ICC profile, age, career info & stats are given below.
Full Name
Chandrasekara Arachchilage Kasun Rajitha
Born
June 01, 1993, Matara
Age
30 years old
Batting Style
Right hand Bat
Bowling Style
Right arm Medium fast
Playing Role
Bowler
Education
St. Servatius College
Batting Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 15 | 34 | 18 | - |
Inn | 22 | 19 | 8 | - |
Runs | 123 | 117 | 31 | - |
Avg | 6.47 | 9.75 | 10.33 | - |
SR | 24.4 | 63.59 | 58.49 | - |
HS | 22 | 33 | 9 | - |
NO | 3 | 7 | 5 | - |
100s | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
50s | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
4s | 13 | 14 | 2 | - |
6s | 0 | 1 | 0 | - |
Bowling Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 15 | 34 | 18 | - |
Inn | 26 | 34 | 18 | - |
Balls | 2696 | 1527 | 396 | - |
Runs | 1457 | 1554 | 615 | - |
Wkt | 45 | 43 | 17 | - |
BBI | 64 / 5 | 50 / 4 | 29 / 3 | - |
BBM | 104 / 7 | 50 / 4 | 29 / 3 | - |
Eco | 3.24 | 6.11 | 9.32 | - |
Avg | 32.38 | 36.14 | 36.18 | - |
5W | 1 | 0 | 0 | - |
10W | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
Teams he has played for:
- Sri Lanka
- Badureliya Sports Club
- Colombo Stars
- Dambulla Viiking
- Galle Titans
- Sri Lanka Board President's XI
- Sri Lanka Under-19s
Heres what CricBuzz says about him.
Kasun Rajitha had one such claim to fame. Largely unheard of before 2015, the right arm quick announced himself with figures of five for 68 in a three-day warm up game at Khettarama. He followed this up with incisive bowling performances in the domestic T20 tournament to finish as the second-highest wicket-taker of the season. With an ability to clock 140kph easily, a lanky frame and a tall arm bowling action, he was soon fast tracked into the national T20I squad.
His T20I debut was just as impressive against the Indians on a spicy Pune track, where he broke the back of the top-order with three wickets in his first spell. His rise, however meteoric, couldn't sustain for long, with his lack of accuracy proving to be a major issue, leading to him being dropped soon enough.
He came back strongly in the 2018 domestic season, finishing as the highest wicket-taker for Kandy in the Super Four Provincial Tournament, and followed it up as the leading wicket-taker in the SLC T20 League.
An ODI and a Test call up followed soon, with some middling performances to keep shunting him in and out of the side. He found himself to become part of some unwanted history in October 2019, when he fell victim to David Warner's onslaught and finished with figures of 4-0-75-0 -- the most expensive figures by a bowler in T20Is, ever.
However, with age by his side and raw pace at his disposal, he offers Sri Lanka a skilset that's been rare in their history.
Written by - Vineet Anantharaman
Heres what ESPNcricinfo says about him.
Virtually unheard of before 2015, the first inkling of right-arm seamer Kasun Rajitha's potential came during a three-dayer against the touring Indians in August of that year. He took 5 for 68 on a spicy Khettarama deck in that match, dismissing Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma in a single spell, before claiming Kohli's wicket in the second innings as well.
Achieving appreciable seam movement at a sharp pace, and from a high release point, Rajitha proved to be a penetrative T20 bowler in the following domestic season. He was the second-highest wicket-taker in the Super T20 Provincial Tournament, with 10 scalps in six matches. That performance earned him an international T20 debut, where he claimed two wickets in his first over, against India in Pune.