Harshitha Madavi

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Harshitha Madavi
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Madavi batting for Sri Lanka during the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup
Personal information
Full nameHarshitha Madavi Dissanayake Samarawickrama
Born (1998-06-29) 29 June 1998 (age 23)
Colombo, Sri Lanka
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight arm slow-medium
International information
National side
ODI debut(cap  68)20 September 2016 v  Australia
Last ODI9 October 2019 v  Australia
T20I debut(cap  42)20 March 2016 v  Ireland
Last T20I24 January 2022 v  Bangladesh
Career statistics
Competition WODI WT20I
Matches1317
Runs scored253226
Batting average 19.4620.54
100s/50s0/00/1
Top score4265*
Balls bowled240
Wickets 0-
Bowling average --
5 wickets in innings 0-
10 wickets in match0-
Best bowling--
Catches/stumpings 6/–2/–
Source: Cricinfo, 24 January 2022

Harshitha Madavi (born 29 June 1998) is a Sri Lankan cricketer who plays for Sri Lanka's women's cricket team. [1] She made her One Day International (ODI) debut against Australia on 20 September 2016. [2]

In November 2019, she was named as the captain of Sri Lanka's squad for the women's cricket tournament at the 2019 South Asian Games. [3] The Sri Lankan team won the silver medal, after losing to Bangladesh by two runs in the final. [4] In January 2020, she was named as the vice-captain of Sri Lanka's squad for the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup in Australia. [5]

In October 2021, she was named as the vice-captain of Sri Lanka's team for the 2021 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournament in Zimbabwe. [6] In January 2022, she was named as the vice-captain of Sri Lanka's team for the 2022 Commonwealth Games Cricket Qualifier tournament in Malaysia. [7]

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References

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