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Full name | Ramith Laksen Bandara Rambukwella | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Kandy, Sri Lanka | 8 September 1991||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Ramiya | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm offbreak | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Opening batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations | Keheliya Rambukwella (father) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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National side |
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T20I debut(cap 50) | 21 November 2013 v New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last T20I | 5 July 2016 v England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2011–present | Sinhalese Sports Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Ramith Rambukwella (born 8 September 1991) is a professional Sri Lankan first-class cricketer who plays for Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club and Twenty20 Internationals for Sri Lanka national side. [1] His father Keheliya Rambukwella is a minister and a member of parliament in Sri Lankan government. [2]
In April 2018, he was named in Galle's squad for the 2018 Super Provincial One Day Tournament. [3] In August 2018, he was named in Dambulla's squad the 2018 SLC T20 League. [4]
He made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut against New Zealand on 21 November 2013 as the 50th T20I cap for Sri Lanka. [5]
Rambukwella, who was in UK with the Sri Lanka A team in July 2016, was called up to Sri Lanka's squad for the T20I against England on 5 July 2016. [6]
Rambukwella is married to his longtime partner Natali, where the wedding was celebrated on 3 May 2017 in Galle Face Hotel.[ citation needed ]
On 18 July 2013, Rambukwella was fined with 50% of his tour fee of the West Indies after causing mild panic on a flight by attempting to open the cabin door at 35,000 feet. He was drunk at that time, where he had mistaken the cabin door for the lavatory, and suggested he had been half-asleep, which is what prompted the error. [7]
In September 2013, he was arrested following a car accident in Colombo, which struck a wall. [8] He was arrested again in March 2018, for involving in drunk driving and assault. [9]
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