Pothotuwa Arachchige Dhananjaya Lakshan (born 5 October 1998), popularly as Dhananjaya Lakshan, is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer.[1] He made his international debut for the Sri Lanka cricket team in June 2021.[2]
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| Full name | Pothotuwa Arachchige Dhananjaya Lakshan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 October 1998 Galle, Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium-fast | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | All rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Only ODI (cap 200) | 29 June 2021 v England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018–present | Colts Cricket Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020 | Galle Gladiators | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Domestic career
editIn April 2018, he was named in Galle's squad for the 2018 Super Provincial One Day Tournament.[3] He made his List A debut for Galle in the 2018 Super Provincial One Day Tournament on 11 May 2018.[4] Prior to his List A debut, he was named in Sri Lanka's squad for the 2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.[5]
In August 2018, he was named in Kandy's squad the 2018 SLC T20 League.[6] He made his Twenty20 debut for Kandy on 21 August 2018.[7] He made his first-class debut for Colts Cricket Club in the 2018–19 Premier League Tournament on 7 December 2016.[8] In October 2020, he was drafted by the Galle Gladiators for the inaugural edition of the Lanka Premier League.[9] In August 2021, he was named in the SLC Blues team for the 2021 SLC Invitational T20 League tournament.[10]
In November 2021, he was selected to play for the Galle Gladiators following the players' draft for the 2021 Lanka Premier League.[11] In July 2022, he was signed by the Colombo Stars for the third edition of the Lanka Premier League.[12]
International career
editIn June 2021, Lakshan was named in Sri Lanka's squad for their tour of England.[13][14] He made his One Day International (ODI) debut on 29 June 2021, for Sri Lanka against England.[15] In July 2021, he was named in Sri Lanka's squad for their series against India.[16]
In April 2022, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) named him as the T20 captain of the Sri Lanka Emerging Team for their tour to England.[17] 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.[18]
References
edit- ^ "Five lesser-known Sri Lanka players who can make a difference against India". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
- ^ "Dhananjaya Lakshan". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
- ^ "SLC Super Provincial 50 over tournament squads and fixtures". The Papare. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
- ^ "8th Match, Sri Lanka Super Four Provincial Limited Over Tournament at Colombo, May 11 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
- ^ "U-19 Cricket: Kamindu to lead Sri Lanka U19s at ICC Youth WC". Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). Archived from the original on 14 December 2017. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
- ^ "SLC T20 League 2018 squads finalized". The Papare. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
- ^ "(N)SLC T20 League at Colombo, Aug 21 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
- ^ "Group B, Premier League Tournament Tier A at Colombo, Dec 7-9 2018". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
- ^ "Chris Gayle, Andre Russell and Shahid Afridi among big names taken at LPL draft". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
- ^ "Sri Lanka Cricket announce Invitational T20 squads and schedule". The Papare. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
- ^ "Kusal Perera, Angelo Mathews miss out on LPL drafts". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
- ^ "LPL 2022 draft: Kandy Falcons sign Hasaranga; Rajapaksa to turn out for Dambulla Giants". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
- ^ "Avishka, Oshada & Pradeep return to Sri Lanka squad". The Papare. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
- ^ "Sri Lanka announces their T20I and ODI squads for England tour". Cricket Times. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
- ^ "1st ODI, Chester-le-Street, Jun 29 2021, Sri Lanka tour of England". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
- ^ "Bhanuka Rajapaksa picked for India ODIs, T20Is; Kumara, Rajitha return from injuries". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
- ^ "18-member Sri Lanka Emerging Team for England tour finalized". The Papare. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
- ^ "Sri Lanka 'A' squads announced for Australia 'A' games". The Papare. Retrieved 8 June 2022.