List of Sri Lanka ODI wicket-keepers

Last updated June 07, 2020

This is a chronological list of Sri Lanka ODIs wicket-keepers who have kept wicket in a match for Sri Lanka. Figures do not include catches made when the player was a non wicket-keeper.

No.	Player	Span	ODIs	Catches	Stumpings	Total	Ref
1	Ranjit Fernando	1975	3	0	0	0	^[1]
2	Sunil Jayasinghe	1979	2	1	0	1	^[2]
3	Rohan Jayasekera	1982	2	0	0	0	^[3]
4	Mahes Goonatilleke	1982	6	0	4	4	^[4]
5	Guy de Alwis	1983-1988	31	27	3	30	^[5]
6	Brendon Kuruppu	1983-1990	31	26	8	34	^[6]
7	Amal Silva	1984/85	20	17	3	20	^[7]
8	Asanka Gurusinha	1985/87	3	1	0	1	^[8]
9	Ashley de Silva	1986-1999	57	39	6	45	^[9]
10	Hashan Tillakaratne	1986-1993	4	4	2	6	^[10]
11	Romesh Kaluwitharana	1992-2004	186	131	75	206	^[11]
12	Gamini Wickremasinghe	1992/93	4	2	4	6	^[12]
13	Pubudu Dassanayake	1993/94	16	9	4	13	^[13]
14	Pubudu Dassanayake	1993/94	16	9	4	13	^[13]
15	Nisal Fernando	1994	2	0	0	0	^[14]
16	Chamara Dunusinghe	1995	1	1	1	3	^[15]
17	Lanka de Silva	1997	11	9	6	15	^[16]
18	Kumar Sangakkara	2000–2015	353	377	96	473	^[17]
19	Tillakaratne Dilshan	2002-2010	3	3	1	4	^[18]
20	Prasanna Jayawardene	2003-2007	6	4	1	5	^[19]
21	Dinesh Chandimal	2010-	24	19	3	22	^[20]
22	Kusal Perera	2013-2015	5	10	0	10	^[21]

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[1] Ranjit Fernando

[2] Sunil Jayasinghe

[3] Rohan Jayasekera

[4] Mahes Goonatilleke

[5] Guy de Alwis

[6] Brendon Kuruppu

[7] Amal Silva

[8] Asanka Gurusinha

[9] Ashley de Silva

[10] Hashan Tillakaratne

[11] Romesh Kaluwitharana

[12] Gamini Wickremasinghe

[espncricinfoci-13] 1 2 Pubudu Dassanayake

[14] Nisal Fernando

[15] Chamara Dunusinghe

[16] Lanka de Silva

[17] Kumar Sangakkara

[18] Tillakaratne Dilshan

[19] Prasanna Jayawardene

[20] Dinesh Chandimal

[21] Kusal Perera