Wanindu Hasaranga

Wanindu Hasaranga
Personal information
Full name	Pinnaduwage Wanindu Hasaranga de Silva
Born	29 July 1997 (age 26); Galle, Sri Lanka
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm Googly
Role	Bowling All-rounder
Relations	Chaturanga de Silva (brother)
International information
National side	Sri Lanka (2017–present);
Test debut (cap 151)	26 December 2020 v South Africa
Last Test	21 April 2021 v Bangladesh
ODI debut (cap 180)	2 July 2017 v Zimbabwe
Last ODI	11 February 2024 v Afghanistan
ODI shirt no.	49
T20I debut (cap 80)	1 September 2019 v New Zealand
Last T20I	21 February 2024 v Afghanistan
T20I shirt no.	49
Domestic team information
2015/16–present	Colombo Cricket Club
2017/18	Sylhet Sixers
2020/21–2021	Jaffna Kings
2021/22–2023	Royal Challengers Bangalore
2020/21	Deccan Gladiators
2022–present	B-Love Kandy
2023–present	Desert Vipers
2023	Washington Freedom
2024	Quetta Gladiators
2024	Sunrisers Hyderabad
Career statistics
	Source: ESPNcricinfo, 5 April 2024

Pinnaduwage Wanindu Hasaranga de Silva (born 29 July 1997), better known as Wanindu Hasaranga, is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer and former T20I captain served as 13th captain in Sri Lanka Cricket. He resigned as the captain on 11th of July 2024. The reason for the resignation suggests due to his poor captaincy and performance in the T20 World Cup 2024. He plays for the Sri Lanka cricket team in white ball cricket as a Bowling All rounder.^[1] He is a Right-arm Googly bowler. Even though googly is a variation of a traditional Leg Spinner, Wanindu use googlies all the time rarely he bowls a Leg break, His main stock delivery is googly and he has a additional variation of Leg spin. Hasaranga made his international debut for Sri Lanka in July 2017.^[1] His elder brother, Chaturanga de Silva, has also represented the national team.^[2] Hasaranga made history when he took the first ever hat-trick for Sri Lanka in a T20 World Cup during the 2021 edition of the tournament, and being the first Sri Lankan on an ODI debut to take a hat-trick. He is regarded as one of the best bowlers in the T20 format

^ ^a ^b "Wanidu Hasaranga". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 December 2015.
^ "Chaturanga de Silva". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 July 2017.

[Bio-1] "Wanidu Hasaranga". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 December 2015.

[2] "Chaturanga de Silva". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 July 2017.

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