Ruvindu Gunasekera

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Ruvindu Gunasekera
Personal information
Full name
Ruvindu Gunasekera
Born (1991-07-20) 20 July 1991 (age 32)
Colombo, Sri Lanka
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm leg-break
Role Batsman
International information
National side
ODI debut(cap  57)1 July 2008 v  Bermuda
Last ODI28 January 2014 v  Netherlands
ODI shirt no.57
T20I debut(cap  30)13 March 2012 v  Netherlands
Last T20I26 November 2013 v  Kenya
T20I shirt no.57
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches1982147
Runs scored4552028961,184
Batting average 23.9425.2524.8825.73
100s/50s0/60/11/60/12
Top score726515087
Balls bowled626161
Wickets 139
Bowling average 29.5316.22
5 wickets in innings 00
10 wickets in match00
Best bowling4/344/37
Catches/stumpings 7/–0/–13/–19/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 12 February 2018

Ruvindu Gunasekera (born 20 July 1991) is a Sri Lankan-born cricketer who played One Day International cricket for Canada. [1]

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Early life

Gunasekara was born in Colombo, Sri Lanka, where he began playing cricket at an early age, under the influence of his father, who was a player on the Sri Lanka A cricket team. Gunasekara immigrated to Toronto, Canada in 2006. He enrolled at the University of Toronto Scarborough in 2010, pursuing a degree in management. [2]

Career

Sri Lanka

Gunasekera was a member of the team for ICC Under 19 World Cup in New Zealand. [3]

In March 2018, he was the leading run-scorer in the 2017–18 SLC Twenty20 Tournament in Sri Lanka, with 272 runs in five matches, batting for Saracens Sports Club. [4] The following month, he was also named in Dambulla's squad for the 2018 Super Provincial One Day Tournament. [5]

In August 2018, he was named in Dambulla's squad the 2018 SLC T20 League. [6] In February 2019, Sri Lanka Cricket named him as the Best Batsman in the 2017–18 SLC Twenty20 Tournament. [7]

Canada

In January 2018, he was named in Canada's squad for the 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Two tournament. [8] On 3 June 2018, he was selected to play for the Vancouver Knights in the players' draft for the inaugural edition of the Global T20 Canada tournament. [9] [10] In April 2019, he was named in Canada's squad for the 2019 ICC World Cricket League Division Two tournament in Namibia. [11]

In June 2021, he was selected to take part in the Minor League Cricket tournament in the United States following the players' draft. [12] [13]

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