Vimukthi Perera (full name Nawagamuwage Vimukthi Ramesh Perera; born 14 November 1989) is a
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 ...
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cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...
er. He is a left-handed batsman and left-arm medium-fast bowler who plays for
Moors Sports Club
Moors Sports Club is a first-class cricket team based in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
History
Moors Sports Club was founded by members of Colombo Grand Mosque at New Moor Street in the Colombo neighbourhood of Pettah. Like most clubs founded during the co ...
. He was born 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 ...
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Perera made his cricketing debut for Sri Lanka Schools in the 2008-09 Inter-Provincial Twenty20 Tournament.
Perera played for Moors Under-23s during the 2009 season, making his debut against Saracens Under-23s. In the first innings in which he bowled, he took figures of 5-36.
In August 2018, he was named in Galle's squad the
2018 SLC T20 League
The 2018 SLC T20 League was a domestic Twenty20 cricket tournament that was held in Sri Lanka, between 21 August and 2 September 2018. Four teams took part in the tournament: Colombo, Dambulla, Galle and Kandy. The Rangiri Dambulla International ...
.
References
External links
Vimukthi Pereraat Cricket Archive
1989 births
Living people
Sri Lankan cricketers
Sri Lanka Schools cricketers
Moors Sports Club cricketers
Sri Lanka Schools XI cricketers
Cricketers from Colombo
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