Pothotuwa Arachchige Dhananjaya Lakshan (born 5 October 1998), popularly as Dhananjaya Lakshan, is a professional Sri Lankan

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er. He made his international debut for the

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in June 2021.

Domestic career

In April 2018, he was named in Galle's squad for the 2018 Super Provincial One Day Tournament. He made his List A debut for Galle in the 2018 Super Provincial One Day Tournament on 11 May 2018. Prior to his List A debut, he was named in Sri Lanka's squad for the 2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup. In August 2018, he was named in Kandy's squad the 2018 SLC T20 League. He made his

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debut for Kandy on 21 August 2018. He made his first-class debut for

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in the

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on 7 December 2016. In October 2020, he was drafted by the Galle Gladiators for the inaugural edition of the

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. In August 2021, he was named in the SLC Blues team for the

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tournament. In November 2021, he was selected to play for the

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following the players' draft for the

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. In July 2022, he was signed by the

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for the third edition of the

International career

In June 2021, Lakshan was named in Sri Lanka's squad for their tour of England. He made his One Day International (ODI) debut on 29 June 2021, for Sri Lanka against

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. In July 2021, he was named in Sri Lanka's squad for their series against India. In April 2022, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) named him as the T20 captain of the Sri Lanka Emerging Team for their tour to England. 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.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lakshan, Dhananjaya 1998 births Living people Sri Lankan cricketers Sri Lanka One Day International cricketers Colts Cricket Club cricketers Cricketers from Galle Galle Gladiators cricketers