Nuwan Thushara

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Nuwan Thushara
Personal information
Full name
Ilandari Dewage Nuwan Thushara
Born (1994-08-06) 6 August 1994 (age 29)
Thalawa, Alpitiya, Sri Lanka
BattingRight handed
BowlingRight arm medium-fast
Role Bowler
International information
National side
T20I debut(cap  92)13 February 2022 v  Australia
Last T20I09 March 2024 v  Bangladesh
Career statistics
Competition T20I FC LA T20
Matches853987
Runs scored821038
Batting average 8.000.662.504.22
100s/50s0/00/00/00/0
Top score61* 4* 7*
Balls bowled14531211931649
Wickets 11244120
Bowling average 19.72118.5022.3118.03
5 wickets in innings 1002
10 wickets in match0000
Best bowling5/202/374/355/13
Catches/stumpings 0/–1/–5/–12/–
Source: Cricinfo, 09 March 2024

Ilandari Dewage Nuwan Thushara (born 6 August 1994) is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer currently plays T20Is for the national team. A fast bowler with a slinging action, Thushara made his international debut for the Sri Lanka cricket team in February 2022 against Australia. [1] He is a past pupil of Thalawa Kanitu Vidyalaya, Alpitiya.

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Domestic and franchise career

He made his first-class debut for Sinhalese Sports Club in the 2015–16 Premier League Tournament on 26 December 2015. [2] He made his List A debut for Colombo Cricket Club in the 2017–18 Premier Limited Overs Tournament on 10 March 2018. [3] In October 2020, he was drafted by the Galle Gladiators for the inaugural edition of the Lanka Premier League. [4] In August 2021, he was named in the SLC Greens team for the 2021 SLC Invitational T20 League tournament. [5] In November 2021, he was selected to play for the Galle Gladiators following the players' draft for the 2021 Lanka Premier League. [6]

In July 2022, he was signed by the Galle Gladiators for the third edition of the Lanka Premier League. [7]

Nuwan was acquired by IPL franchise Mumbai Indians in IPL 2024 auction for 4.8 crores INR. [8]

International career

In January 2022, he was named in Sri Lanka's One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against Zimbabwe. [9] Later the month, he was named in Sri Lanka's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their away series against Australia. [10] He made his T20I debut on 13 February 2022, for Sri Lanka against Australia. [11] In June 2022, he was named in Sri Lanka's One Day International (ODI) squad for their home series against Australia. [12]

In February 2024, he was named in Sri Lanka's T20I squad for their tour to Bangladesh. [13] On 9 March 2024, during the third T20I, he took his first hat-trick in T20Is and became the fifth Sri Lankan bowler to do so. [14] He also picked up his maiden five-wicket haul in T20Is. [15]

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