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| Full name | Minod Bhanuka Ranasinghe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 29 April 1995 Wennapuwa, Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Wicket-keeper-batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Only Test(cap 152) | 3 January 2021 v South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut(cap 192) | 2 October 2019 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 4 September 2021 v South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut(cap 82) | 5 October 2019 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 29 July 2021 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Sinhalese Sports Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018-present | Colombo Cricket Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020 | Jaffna Stallions | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | Kandy Warriors | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Minod Bhanuka Ranasinghe (born 29 April 1995) is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer who plays all formats of the game. [1] 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. [2]
In a 2015–16 Premier League Tournament match in January 2016,he scored 342 runs for Sinhalese Sports Club against Badureliya Sports Club at Surrey Village Cricket Ground,Maggona. [3]
In March 2018,he was named in Kandy's squad for the 2017–18 Super Four Provincial Tournament. [4] [5] The following month,he was also named in Kandy's squad for the 2018 Super Provincial One Day Tournament. [6]
In August 2018,he was named in Dambulla's squad the 2018 SLC T20 League. [7] In March 2019,he was named in Galle's squad for the 2019 Super Provincial One Day Tournament. [8] In October 2020,he was drafted by the Jaffna Stallions for the inaugural edition of the Lanka Premier League. [9] In August 2021,he was named in the SLC Greys team for the 2021 SLC Invitational T20 League tournament. [10] SLC Greys won the tournament,with Bhanuka being named the player of the match in the final. [11]
In July 2022,he was signed by the Kandy Falcons for the third edition of the Lanka Premier League. [12]
He was part of Sri Lanka's squad for the 2014 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup. In October 2017,he was named in Sri Lanka's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against Pakistan in the UAE,but he did not play. [13] In September 2019,he was named in Sri Lanka's squads for the series against Pakistan in Pakistan. [14] He made his One Day International (ODI) debut for Sri Lanka,against Pakistan,on 2 October 2019. [15] He made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut for Sri Lanka,also against Pakistan,on 5 October 2019. [16]
In November 2019,he was named in Sri Lanka's squad for the 2019 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup in Bangladesh. [17] In December 2020,Gunathilake was named in Sri Lanka's Test squad for their series against South Africa. [18] He made his Test debut for Sri Lanka,against South Africa,on 3 January 2021. [19] [20]
In September 2021,he was added to Sri Lanka's squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup. [21] 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. [22]