Eldenia Medagedara Dilshan yasika Munaweera, commonly known as Dilshan Munaweera ( si, ඩිල්ශාන් මුණවීර; born 24 April 1989 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 me ...

), is a professional

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

n cricketer, who plays limited over formats for the national side. He is a member of

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for Sri Lanka. He is a right-handed batsman, who can hit very hard and a handy off break bowler.

Early and domestic career

Coming from a cricketing background Munaweera is the son of former first class cricketer Sudath Munaweera and Manjula Munaweera also played women's cricket. Munaweera got married in 2016 to Sanjeewani Palihakkara who is a fashion designer. He was educated at Nalanda College Colombo and played cricket for the college first XI team from 2006 to 2008. In April 2018, he was named in Colombo's squad for the 2018 Super Provincial One Day Tournament. In November 2021, he was selected to play for the

Colombo Stars Colombo Stars, formerly known as Colombo Kings, is a franchise Twenty20 cricket team based in Colombo, Sri Lanka, that competes in the Lanka Premier League. Ashoka Pathirage, a Sri Lankan businessman, owns the team. The team was supposed to be ...

following the players' draft for the 2021 Lanka Premier League.

International career

Munaweera has played

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for

Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club is a first-class cricket team based in Colombo, Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO () ...

. He has also played four

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s for Sri Lanka. He represented

at the 2008 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup and at the

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. Munaweera was picked up for the 3-T20Is against Australia in 2017 as a senior batsman, where many senior players were ruled out due to injuries. In his comeback match on 17 February 2017, Munaweera scored 29-ball 44 runs to provide a fast start to the chase. Sri Lanka finally won the match by 5 wickets. In August 2017, he was added to Sri Lanka's

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(ODI) squad ahead of the fourth match against India. He made his ODI debut on 31 August 2017 against India. He only scored 11 runs and Sri Lanka lost the match by 168 runs. In May 2018, he was one of 33 cricketers to be awarded a national contract by

Sri Lanka Cricket Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) is the governing body for cricket in Sri Lanka. It was first registered with the Sri Lankan Ministry of Sports (Sri Lanka), Ministry of Sports as the Board of Cricket for Sri Lanka (BCCSL) on 30 June 1975 as a national spo ...

ahead of the 2018–19 season.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Munaweera, Dilshan 1989 births Living people Sri Lankan cricketers Sri Lanka One Day International cricketers Sri Lanka Twenty20 International cricketers Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club cricketers Duronto Rajshahi cricketers Alumni of Nalanda College, Colombo Cricketers at the 2010 Asian Games Basnahira North cricketers Sebastianites Cricket and Athletic Club cricketers Wayamba cricketers Uva Next cricketers Basnahira cricketers Galle Guardians cricketers Barbados Royals cricketers Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club cricketers Prime Bank Cricket Club cricketers Sylhet Sixers cricketers Balkh Legends cricketers Asian Games competitors for Sri Lanka Dambulla Giants cricketers South Asian Games silver medalists for Sri Lanka South Asian Games medalists in cricket