Avishka Perera (born 26 April 2001) is a Sri Lankan

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er. He made his Twenty20 debut on 10 March 2021, for Colts Cricket Club in the

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. He made his

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debut on 30 March 2021, for Colts Cricket Club in the

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. In April 2022,

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(SLC) named him in the Sri Lanka Emerging Team's squad for their tour to England. In July 2022, he was signed by the

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for the third edition of the Lanka Premier League. Avishka is educated at Nalanda College, Colombo and captained the college first XI cricket team in 2020.91st Annual Ananda-Nalanda ‘Battle of the Maroons’ powered by Dialog Axiata
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* 2001 births Living people Sri Lankan cricketers Colts Cricket Club cricketers Place of birth missing (living people) Alumni of Nalanda College, Colombo {{SriLanka-cricket-bio-2000s-stub