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Full name | Pothotuwa Arachchige Dhananjaya Lakshan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Galle, Sri Lanka | 5 October 1998|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium-fast | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | All rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Only ODI(cap 200) | 29 June 2021 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2018–present | Colts Cricket Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2020 | Galle Gladiators | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,31 July 2022 |
Pothotuwa Arachchige Dhananjaya Lakshan (born 5 October 1998),popularly as Dhananjaya Lakshan,is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer. [1] He made his international debut for the Sri Lanka cricket team in June 2021. [2]
In April 2018,he was named in Galle's squad for the 2018 Super Provincial One Day Tournament. [3] He made his List A debut for Galle in the 2018 Super Provincial One Day Tournament on 11 May 2018. [4] Prior to his List A debut,he was named in Sri Lanka's squad for the 2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup. [5]
In August 2018,he was named in Kandy's squad the 2018 SLC T20 League. [6] He made his Twenty20 debut for Kandy on 21 August 2018. [7] He made his first-class debut for Colts Cricket Club in the 2018–19 Premier League Tournament on 7 December 2016. [8] In October 2020,he was drafted by the Galle Gladiators for the inaugural edition of the Lanka Premier League. [9] In August 2021,he was named in the SLC Blues team for the 2021 SLC Invitational T20 League tournament. [10]
In November 2021,he was selected to play for the Galle Gladiators following the players' draft for the 2021 Lanka Premier League. [11] In July 2022,he was signed by the Colombo Stars for the third edition of the Lanka Premier League. [12]
In June 2021,Lakshan was named in Sri Lanka's squad for their tour of England. [13] [14] He made his One Day International (ODI) debut on 29 June 2021,for Sri Lanka against England. [15] In July 2021,he was named in Sri Lanka's squad for their series against India. [16]
In April 2022,Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) named him as the T20 captain of the Sri Lanka Emerging Team for their tour to England. [17] In June 2022,he was named in the Sri Lanka A squad for their matches against Australia A during Australia's tour of Sri Lanka. [18]