Deepika Rasangika

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Deepika Rasangika
Personal information
Born (1983-12-13) 13 December 1983 (age 40)
Colombo, Sri Lanka
BattingLeft-handed
International information
National sides
ODI debut(cap  40)2 May 2008 
Sri Lanka v  Pakistan
Last ODI23 January 2014 
Sri Lanka v  India
T20I debut(cap  9/9)12 June 2009 
Sri Lanka v  Pakistan
Last T20I22 June 2022 
Bahrain v  Bhutan
Career statistics
Competition WODI WT20I
Matches3135
Runs scored473496
Batting average 18.1922.54
100s/50s0/21/0
Top score84161*
Balls bowled102202
Wickets 411
Bowling average 20.5018.36
5 wickets in innings 00
10 wickets in match00
Best bowling4/383/9
Catches/stumpings 9/–6/–
Source: Cricinfo, 22 June 2022

Deepika Rasangika (born 13 December 1983) is a Sri Lankan cricketer who now plays for the Bahrain women's cricket team. [1] [2]

Rasangika played in more than 60 matches for the Sri Lanka women's cricket team from 2008 to 2014. [3] She was named in Sri Lanka's squad for the 2009 Women's Cricket World Cup. [4] [5]

Rasangika moved to Bahrain in 2017 to take up a position at a local coaching academy. [6]

In March 2022, she was named in Bahrain's squad for the 2022 GCC Women's Gulf Cup in Oman. [7] She made her Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) debut for Bahrain against Oman, in the opening match of that tournament. [8] On 22 March 2022, in Bahrain's match against Saudi Arabia, Rasangika scored 161 not out. [9] She became the first cricketer for Bahrain to score a century in WT20Is, [10] as well as racking up the highest individual score in a WT20I match. [11] [12]

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