Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Full name | Edirimuni Chamika Dinushan Perera Karunaratne [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Colombo, Sri Lanka | 29 May 1996|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Chami, Handiya | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm Fast-medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Bowling All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations | Louis Karunaratne (father) Niluka Karunaratne (brother) Dinuka Karunaratne (brother) Diluka Karunaratne (brother) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
International information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National side |
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Only Test(cap 148) | 1 February 2019 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ODI debut(cap 196) | 28 May 2021 v Bangladesh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 9 November 2023 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T20I debut(cap 88) | 25 July 2021 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last T20I | 5 April 2023 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Domestic team information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2014–2017 | Tamil Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2017–present | Nondescripts | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021 | Dambulla Giants | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | Kandy Falcons | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2023 | Colombo Strikers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career statistics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Source:ESPNcricinfo,5 April 2024 |
Edirimuni Chamika Dinushan Perera Karunaratne (born 29 May 1996) is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer who plays all three formats as well as a national badminton player. [2] He made his international debut for the Sri Lanka cricket team in February 2019. [3] In November 2022,he was handed suspended one-year ban from all forms of cricket after violating and breaching several clauses of his player agreement during the aftermath of the 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup. [4] [5]
He pursued his primary and secondary education at Royal College,Colombo. He went onto captain the athletics,badminton and cricket teams at Royal College. [6] He was adjudged with the coveted Royal Crown on two occasions for his outstanding achievements across multiple sports representing his school Royal College. [7] He began his school cricket career at Royal College in under 13C team way back in 2008. He soon broke into the under 13A team at his school in the same year after emerging as the top runscorer among C division cricket teams. [8] [9]
He made his first-class debut for Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club in the 2015–16 Premier League Tournament on 18 December 2015. [10]
In March 2018,he was named in Kandy's squad for the 2017–18 Super Four Provincial Tournament. [11] [12] In August 2018,he was named in Kandy's squad the 2018 SLC T20 League. [13] In the same month,Sri Lanka Cricket named him in a preliminary squad of 31 players for the 2018 Asia Cup. [14]
In March 2019,he was named in Colombo's squad for the 2019 Super Provincial One Day Tournament. [15] In August 2021,he was named in the SLC Reds team for the 2021 SLC Invitational T20 League tournament. [16] In November 2021,he was selected to play for the Dambulla Giants following the players' draft for the 2021 Lanka Premier League. [17]
In February 2022,he was bought by the Kolkata Knight Riders in the auction for the 2022 Indian Premier League tournament. [18] In July 2022,he was signed by the Kandy Falcons for the third edition of the Lanka Premier League. [19] In January 2023,he was signed with Dubai Capitals in ILT20.
In December 2018,he was named in Sri Lanka team for the 2018 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup. [20] In January 2019,he was added to Sri Lanka's Test squad for the second Test against Australia. [21] He made his Test debut for Sri Lanka against Australia on 1 February 2019. [22] [23]
In May 2021,he was named in Sri Lanka's One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against Bangladesh. [24] He made his ODI debut for Sri Lanka on 28 May 2021 against Bangladesh. [25] In July 2021,he was named in Sri Lanka's squad for their series against India. [26] He made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut on 25 July 2021,for Sri Lanka against India. [27]
In September 2021,Karunaratne was named in Sri Lanka's squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup. [28]
In July 2022,Sri Lanka vs Australia 2nd ODI his all round performances due he won the man of the match award. 5th ODI he scored his maiden Half century in ODI Cricket. Karunaratne was named in Sri Lanka's squad for the 2022 Asia Cup.In September,Karunaratne was named in Sri Lanka's squad for the 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.
In March 2023,Sri Lanka vs New Zealand 1st ODI he took 4 wickets at Eden Park Auckland.
Chamika Karunaratne was a junior national champion in javelin throw and also competed in the international badminton. [29] [30] [31] His father Louie Karunaratne and brothers Dinuka,Niluka and Diluka are also professional badminton players. [30] [32] In February 2021,he along with his elder brother and Sri Lanka's number one badminton player Niluka Karunaratne played in the first round encounters in the men's singles of the Sri Lankan Badminton Nationals. [33]
In October 2022,nutritional brand Prima Stella Dairy announced that Chamika would act as its brand ambassador. [34]
During Sri Lanka's win in all-important clash against Bangladesh during the 2022 Asia Cup group stage match,he went onto mock the Bangladeshi team with his Naagin dance which was a talking point in social media with netizens calling him for his amusing inappropriate code of conduct and antics. [35]
In November 2022,he was fined US$5000 (equivalent to Sri Lanka Rupees 1.8 million) and was also reprimanded with a hefty one-year suspension from all forms of cricket by a three-member committee appointed by the Sri Lanka Cricket who concluded that Chamika was found guilty of lighting an oil lamp to Lord Ganesha (with some reports claiming that Chamika had lighted oil lamp for superstitious purposes and some reports claim that he actually lighted the oil lamp to Lord Buddha) at the hotel where he stayed during the course of the 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup in Australia. [36] [37] It was revealed that Chamika had left the incense sticks unattended and hence causing a greater danger and possible threat of fire at the hotel premises. [38] He was also reported to have involved in an altercation and had heated exchanges with an outsider at a casino in Brisbane just hours before Sri Lanka's T20 World Cup match against Afghanistan. [39]
A leaked report of national chief selector Pramodya Wickremasinghe claimed that Chamika was more keen on extra-curricular activities than focusing on national commitments during the 2022 ICC T20 World Cup in Australia. The report further highlighted that Chamika Karunaratne had even skipped training sessions just to meet and accommodate female companions at his hotel room during the middle of the ICC T20 World Cup showpiece in Australia. [40] It was further revealed that Chamika had even lied by saying he was unwell whenever he missed the crucial training sessions during the T20 World Cup campaign. The report also claimed that Chamika Karunaratne was more interested and focused on meeting the ladies of Sri Lankan origin who have been domiciled in Australia. [41] [42] Another revelation from Wickremasinghe's report is that Chamika had allegedly harassed a married woman in Australia which included indecent proposals made by Chamika towards the said woman. The matter came into light when the husband of the particular married woman contacted the team manager of the Sri Lankan national cricket team. [43] Wickremasinghe also wanted Chamika to immediately undergo a psychological counselling before making a comeback return to the national set-up.
He was dropped from Sri Lankan squad for the home bilateral ODI series against Afghanistan due to his poor run of form in international cricket and his axing even raised eyebrows of many including the sports minister Roshan Ranasinghe who expressed his unhappiness and disappointment over the removal of Chamika Karunaratne from the ODI squad and he also requested a report from SLC regarding the matter. [44] The sports ministry also delayed the approval of the national ODI squad for the series against touring Afghanistan mainly owing to Chamika's ousting from the team. It was also revealed that current national head coach of Sri Lanka,Chris Silverwood openly shown no interest in having Chamika back into the national side after Silverwood had lost trust on him. However,Sunday Observer spotlighted that the rationale behind Chamika Karunaratne's axing is that he did not endorse and did not support the born-again cult. Further,Sunday Observer claimed that there is a hidden mafia in the name of so-called born-again cult group which has been forcing the national players to follow their religious practices in order to retain their places in national team. [45] [46]
Lokuge Dinesh Chandimal is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer and a former captain of the Sri Lanka national cricket team. A handy right-handed middle order batter who sometimes plays as the wicket-keeper,Chandimal lead Sri Lanka in the group stages of the 2014 ICC World Twenty20 in which Sri Lanka ended up as the champions.
Mestiyage Don Danishka Gunathilaka,commonly known as Danushka Gunathilaka,is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer who plays as a top-order batter in all forms of the game. He has also been occasionally sidelined due to disciplinary issues.
Hettige Don Rumesh Lahiru Thirimanne,known as Lahiru Thirimanne is a former Sri Lankan international cricketer,and a former ODI captain. He is a left-handed opening batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler. He had also acted as a vice-captain of the Sri Lanka One Day International team,when he was dropped from the team after poor performances. He was recalled in 2018 for the national team. Thirimanne was a member of the Sri Lankan team that won the 2014 ICC World Twenty20,and the 2014 Asia Cup,where he was the player of the series in the Asia tournament.
Pramod Bhanuka Bandara Rajapaksa,popularly known as Bhanuka Rajapaksa,is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer,who plays limited over internationals for the national team. He is a left-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium. He was born in Colombo. Despite a prolific domestic career,Rajapaksa only made his international debut when he was called up for the T20I series against Pakistan in 2019,ten years after his first-class debut.
Frank Dimuth Madushanka Karunaratne,popularly known as Dimuth Karunaratne,is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer and former captain of the Sri Lanka Test and ODI teams. Considered as one of the best Test openers in the world,he has been included 3 times in the ICC Test Cricket Team of the Year. He is the opening batter for Sri Lanka in Test cricket and ODIs. He plays first-class cricket for the Sinhalese Sports Club.
Balapuwaduge Kusal Gimhan Mendis,popularly known as Kusal Mendis is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer who plays in all forms of the game and a former ODI captain of the national team. He only played sixteen first-class matches before playing for the national side. In November 2017,he was named the One Day International (ODI) batsman of the year for the 2016–17 season at Sri Lanka Cricket's annual awards.
Minod Bhanuka Ranasinghe is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer who plays all formats of the game. He made his international debut for the Sri Lanka cricket team in October 2019. He was part of Sri Lanka's squad for the 2014 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup. He is an old boy of Maliyadeva College,Kurunegala.
Binura Fernando is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer who plays for the Sri Lanka national team in limited over internationals.
Wanigamuni Ramesh Tarinda Mendis is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer who plays for the Sri Lanka cricket team in all three formats of the game. He was part of Sri Lanka's squad for the 2014 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup. He made his international debut for the Sri Lanka cricket team in January 2021.
Wedagedara Sadeera Rashen Samarawickrama,popularly as Sadeera Samarawickrama,is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer who represents the national team in all formats of the game. He was part of Sri Lanka's squad for the 2014 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup. He is a past pupil of Thurstan College and St. Josephs College,Colombo,Sri Lanka.
Madagamagamage Dasun Shanaka is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer and former limited overs captain of the Sri Lankan cricket team. An bowling All-rounder,Shanaka is a right-arm medium fast bowler and a aggressive lower order batsman.
Dhananjaya Maduranga de Silva is a Sri Lankan professional cricketer,who plays for Sri Lanka in all formats of the game and for Tamil Union in domestic cricket and current captain of the national team in Test cricket. In November 2017,he was named the Test batsman of the year for the 2016–17 season at Sri Lanka Cricket's annual awards.
Paththamperuma Arachchige Don Lakshan Rangika Sandakan,commonly known as Lakshan Sandakan,is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer who plays for the national team in all three formats of the game. He is a past pupil of De Mazenod College,Kandana.
Weerahandige Inol Avishka Fernando,commonly as Avishka Fernando,is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer,who currently plays limited over internationals for Sri Lanka national team. He plays for Colts Cricket Club in domestic cricket,and he made his international debut for the Sri Lanka cricket team in August 2016. He had his education in St. Sebastian's College,Moratuwa.
Chandradasa Brahammana Ralalage Lahiru Sudesh Kumara,commonly as Lahiru Kumara,is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer,who plays for the Sri Lanka national cricket team in all three formats of the game. He was selected to the international squad at the age of 19,due to his fast bowling capabilities of 140+kmp/h and excellent performances in the Under-19 team.
Pathum Nissanka Silva is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer who plays for Sri Lanka in all three formats of the game. He made his international debut for the Sri Lanka cricket team in March 2021 and is currently the permanent opening batsman. On 9 February 2024,Nissanka scored an ODI double hundred,becoming the first Sri Lankan to achieve the feat.
Shiran Fernando is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He made his first-class debut for Lankan Cricket Club in the 2016–17 Premier League Tournament on 9 December 2016. In November 2019,he was named in Sri Lanka's squad for the 2019 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup in Bangladesh.
Pothotuwa Arachchige Dhananjaya Lakshan,popularly as Dhananjaya Lakshan,is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer. He made his international debut for the Sri Lanka cricket team in June 2021.
Perumapperuma Arachchige Kaveesha Praveen Jayawickrama,normally known as Praveen Jayawickrama,is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer who plays for the national team in all three formats. He made his international debut for the Sri Lanka cricket team in April 2021. He had his education in St. Sebastian's College,Moratuwa. and Holy Cross College,Kalutara.
Chamika Deemantha Gunasekara is a Sri Lankan professional cricketer who currently plays Test and ODI cricket for the national team. Chamika was educated at Ananda College,Colombo.