Avishka Fernando
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| Full name | Weerahandige Inol Avishka Fernando | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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5 April 1998 Wadduwa, Sri Lanka | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting style | Right-handed batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Right-arm medium fast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Only ODI (cap 175) | 31 August 2016 v Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Weerahandige Inol Avishka Fernando (born 5 April 1998) is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer from Wadduwa, Sri Lanka. As an 18-year-old, he has been picked in Sri Lankan ODI squad for their home series against Australia.[1] He earned his first call-up to the national ODI team without having played any T20 or List A or first-class cricket.
Rising in ranks
He hit 95 from 96 balls in Sri Lanka's victory over England in the quarter-final of the 2016 Under-19 World Cup, and later in the year would hit two consecutive hundreds against the same opposition, this time in a bilateral series in England.[2] Sri Lanka U-19s whitewashed England U-19s for the first time in England as well.
International career
He made his One Day International debut for Sri Lanka against Australia on 31 August 2016 at Dambulla. He was dismissed for a duck after facing two balls from Mitchell Starc.[3]
References
- ↑ Andrew Fernando (19 August 2016). "18-year-old Avishka Fernando in Sri Lanka ODI squad". Retrieved 20 August 2016.
- ↑ "SL U-19 versus England U19". 16 August 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
- ↑ "Australia tour of Sri Lanka, 4th ODI: Sri Lanka v Australia at Dambulla, Aug 31, 2016". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 August 2016.