Andri Raffaelo Berenger ( si, ඇන්ඩ්‍රි බෙරෙන්ජර්; born 29 August 1991), is a Sri Lankan

cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by str ...

er. He is a right-handed batsman. He was born in

Colombo Colombo ( ; si, කොළඹ, translit=Koḷam̆ba, ; ta, கொழும்பு, translit=Koḻumpu, ) is the executive and judicial capital and largest city of Sri Lanka by population. According to the Brookings Institution, Colombo m ...

. He has played for the

United Arab Emirates The United Arab Emirates (UAE; ar, اَلْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَة الْمُتَحِدَة ), or simply the Emirates ( ar, الِْإمَارَات ), is a country in Western Asia ( The Middle East). It is located at t ...

and for

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Personal life

Berenger was born in

on 29 August 1991. His father Kenham Berenger was a Sri Lankan boxing champion. He grew up in the UAE where his parents were expatriate workers. Berenger represented the UAE at the Under-15 Gulf Cup in Bahrain before winning a sports scholarship to attend St. Peter's College, Colombo.

Cricket career

Sri Lanka

Berenger represented the

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at the

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in New Zealand. Berenger made his cricketing debut in a List A match for Seeduwa Raddoluwa in December 2008 against

Moratuwa Sports Club Moratuwa Sports Club was a first-class cricket team in Sri Lanka. It competed in the Premier Trophy, Sri Lanka's main first-class cricket competition, for 13 of the seasons following the international recognition of first-class status for the 198 ...

. Later in the same week, he made a single first-class appearance for the side, in the 2008-09 Premier Championship. Berenger later played for

Sinhalese Sports Club The Singhalese Sports Club (SSC) is a first-class cricket club in Sri Lanka. Singhalese is the most successful club in Sri Lankan domestic cricket, having won the Premier Trophy a record 32 times to 2017. Although the name is correctly spelt wi ...

and

Colombo Cricket Club The Colombo Cricket Club (CCC) is a first-class cricket club in Sri Lanka. It is the oldest in the country, having been formed in 1863, and is headquartered at 31 Maitland Crescent, Colombo 7, close to the headquarters of Sri Lanka Cricket. Hi ...

United Arab Emirates

He made his One Day International debut for the United Arab Emirates against Afghanistan on 28 November 2014. He represented the UAE at the

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in Australia and New Zealand.

Qatar

In October 2021, he was named in Qatar's

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(T20I) squad for the Group A matches in the

2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier The 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier was a tournament that was played as part of qualification process for the 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup in October 2021. In April 2018, the International Cricket Council (ICC) granted full internation ...

. He made his T20I debut on 23 October 2021, for Qatar against

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References

1991 births Living people Cricketers from Colombo Sri Lankan cricketers Emirati cricketers Qatari cricketers Qatar Twenty20 International cricketers United Arab Emirates One Day International cricketers Seeduwa Raddoluwa Cricket Club cricketers Sri Lanka Cricket Combined XI cricketers Colombo Cricket Club cricketers Alumni of St. Peter's College, Colombo Cricketers at the 2015 Cricket World Cup Sri Lankan emigrants to the United Arab Emirates Sri Lankan emigrants to Qatar Sri Lankan expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates Sri Lankan expatriate sportspeople in Qatar Dual international cricketers {{SriLanka-cricket-bio-1990s-stub