Lokumarakkalage Dilshan Madushanka (born 18 September 2000) is a professional

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er who currently plays Twenty20 Internationals for Sri Lanka. He is a past pupil of Hungama Vijayaba Central College, Hungama.

Domestic career

He made his first-class debut on 13 March 2020, for

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in the

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. In October 2020, he was drafted by the

Dambulla Viiking Dambulla Aura, previously known as Dambulla Viiking and Dambulla Giants, are a franchise Twenty20 cricket team based in Dambulla, Sri Lanka, that competes in the Lanka Premier League (LPL). In June 2021, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) terminated the f ...

for the inaugural edition of the

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. He made his

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debut on 9 December 2020, for the Dambulla Viiking in the 2020 Lanka Premier League. 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 January 2020, he was named in Sri Lanka's squad for the

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. On 27 January 2020, in Sri Lanka's plate quarter-final match against

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, Madushanka took a

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. In December 2020, Madushanka was named in Sri Lanka's

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squad for their series against South Africa. In February 2021, Madushanka was named in Sri Lanka's

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squad for their series against the West Indies. In April 2021, Madushanka was again named in Sri Lanka's Test squad, this time for their series against Bangladesh. In April 2022, he was named in Sri Lanka's Test squad for their series against Bangladesh. He made his

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debut on 8 June 2022, for Sri Lanka A against Australia A during Australia's tour of Sri Lanka. Later the same month, he was named in Sri Lanka's

squad, also for their home series against Australia. Also in July, he was again named in Sri Lanka's Test squad, this time for their home series against Pakistan. In August 2022, he was named in Sri Lanka's

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(T20I) squad for the

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. He made his T20I debut on 27 August 2022, against

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. Madushanka made a promising start to his international career, especially in the match against India, where he dismantled Indian top order by swinging the ball into the right-hand batters, and flattened the stumps twice including knocking two of

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's out of the ground and then

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. Madushanka made his

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(ODI) debut on 10 January 2023, against India. Madushanka took his maiden ODI wicket of

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. He made his Test debut on 24 July 2023, against Pakistan. At the World Cup 2023, Madushanka took a total of 21 wickets over 9 matches at an average of 25.00, and had his first ODI five-wicket haul of 5/80 against India on 2nd Nov 2023 held at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Madushanka, Dilshan 2000 births Living people Sri Lankan cricketers Sri Lanka Twenty20 International cricketers Colts Cricket Club cricketers Dambulla Aura cricketers Place of birth missing (living people)