Bodiyabaduge Oshada Piyumal Fernando, commonly as Oshada Fernando (born 15 April 1992), is a professional Sri Lankan

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er who plays all formats of the game. He plays for

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in domestic cricket, and he made his international debut for the

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in February 2019.

Domestic career

He made his first-class debut for

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in the 2010–11 Premier Trophy on 1 April 2011. In March 2018, he was named in Galle's squad for the 2017–18 Super Four Provincial Tournament. In August 2018, he was named in Galle's squad the

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. He was the leading run-scorer in the

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, with 1,181 runs in nine matches, including six centuries. In March 2019, he was named in Dambulla's squad for the 2019 Super Provincial One Day Tournament. In October 2020, he was drafted by the Dambulla Viiking for the inaugural edition of the

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

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tournament.

International career

In February 2019, he was named in Sri Lanka's

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squad for their series against South Africa. He made his Test debut for Sri Lanka against

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on 13 February 2019. During the second match at Port Elizabeth, Fernando scored his maiden test fifty. Along with

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, they put an unbeaten match winning partnership of 163 runs off 213 balls to win the match by 8 wickets. He hit 75

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in 106 balls and Mendis scored 84 off 110 balls. With that win, Sri Lanka won the series 2-0. It was the first Test series win by Sri Lanka in South Africa. Later the same month, he was named in Sri Lanka's One Day International (ODI) squad, also for the series against South Africa. He made his ODI debut for Sri Lanka against

on 3 March 2019. In September 2019, he was named in Sri Lanka's

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(T20I) squad for their series against Pakistan. He made his T20I debut for Sri Lanka, against

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, on 9 October 2019. In the match he scored match winning unbeaten 78 runs, where Sri Lanka won the match by 13 runs and whitewashed Pakistan 3-0. Fernando's score of 78 was the highest score by a batsman for Sri Lanka on debut, and the first fifty scored by a Sri Lankan on debut in a T20I match. In December 2019, also against Pakistan, Fernando scored his first century in Test cricket. 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. During the Test match series against Australia, Fernando became a COVID-19 substitute in both matches. In the first match he replaced

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, and in the second match he replaced

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fernando, Oshada 1992 births Living people Sri Lankan cricketers Sri Lanka Test cricketers Sri Lanka One Day International cricketers Sri Lanka Twenty20 International cricketers Chilaw Marians Cricket Club cricketers Colts Cricket Club cricketers Dambulla Giants cricketers Moors Sports Club cricketers Cricketers from Colombo