Rumesh Buddika Muthukumarana (born 14 November 1990) is a Sri Lankan

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er. He is a left-handed batsman and right-arm off-break bowler who currently plays for

Chilaw Marians Cricket Club Chilaw Marians Cricket Club are a first-class cricket team based in Chilaw, Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerl ...

. He was born in

Matara District Matara ( si, මාතර දිස්ත්‍රික්කය ''Mātara distrikkaya''; ta, மாத்தறை மாவட்டம் ''Māttaṛai māvaṭṭam'') is a district in Southern Province, Sri Lanka. It is one of 25 districts ...

and had his education at

Mahinda College Mahinda College is a Buddhist boys' school in Galle, Sri Lanka. The school was established on 1 March 1892 by the Buddhist Theosophical Society led by Colonel Henry Steel Olcott. As of May 2022 it is a national school providing primary and seco ...

Galle Galle ( si, ගාල්ල, translit=Gālla; ta, காலி, translit=Kāli) (formerly Point de Galle) is a major city in Sri Lanka, situated on the southwestern tip, from Colombo. Galle is the provincial capital and largest city of Southern ...

, where he started his cricket career.

Cricket career

He represented Sri Lanka in the

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, which was held in

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. Buddika, who played in the 2008 Under-23 tournament for Chilaw Marians, joined Ragama Cricket Club in 2009, with whom he reached the semi-finals of the same competition with their representative Under-23 team. Buddika made his List A debut in the Premier Limited Overs Tournament in 2009–10, against Colts. He later represented Tamil Union cricket club for few seasons, before moving to Galle Cricket Club in 2015/ 2016 season. Rumesh has scored over 6000 first class runs including 16 hundreds. His career best performance is 239 not out for Tamil Union against Moors in 2014. He currently averages over 40 in first class cricket and is one of the most consistent performers in Sri Lankan club cricket. Rumesh Buddika also holds the

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's record for the highest individual score by a batsman in first class cricket. In March 2018, he was named in Galle's squad for the 2017–18 Super Four Provincial Tournament. He was the leading run-scorer for Burgher Recreation Club in the

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, with 781 runs in nine matches. He is also a former captain of the Sri Lankan Development Emerging Team.

Records and trivia

* In an Under 19 one day cricket match held between Sri Lanka and South Africa at

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, Johannesburg in 2009, Rumesh Buddika outscored the entire opposition in their home conditions by 4 runs.Buddika and Rajapaksa lead rout of South Africa
/ref> He scored 139 runs in that game while the entire South African team managed to score only 135 runs.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Buddika, Rumesh 1990 births Living people Sri Lankan cricketers Alumni of Mahinda College Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club cricketers Ragama Cricket Club cricketers Wayamba cricketers Sri Lanka Cricket Combined XI cricketers Basnahira cricketers Kurunegala Warriors cricketers Sportspeople from Matara, Sri Lanka Cricketers from Southern Province, Sri Lanka