Deepika Rasangika (born 13 December 1983) is a Sri Lankan

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er who now plays for the Bahrain women's cricket team. Rasangika played in more than 60 matches for the Sri Lanka women's cricket team from 2008 to 2014. She was named in Sri Lanka's squad for the

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. In March 2022, she was named in

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's squad for the

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in Oman. She made her

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(WT20I) debut for Bahrain against

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, in the opening match of that tournament. On 22 March 2022, in Bahrain's match against

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, Rasangika scored 161

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. She became the first cricketer for Bahrain to score a century in WT20Is, and her total was the highest individual score in a WT20I match.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Rasangika, Deepika 1983 births Living people Sri Lankan women cricketers Sri Lanka women One Day International cricketers Sri Lanka women Twenty20 International cricketers Bahraini women cricketers Bahrain women Twenty20 International cricketers Cricketers from Colombo Sri Lankan emigrants to Bahrain Sri Lankan expatriates in Bahrain Dual international cricketers