Rajapaksha Mudiyanselage Vishmi Dewmini Gunarathne (born 22 August 2005, known as Vishmi Gunaratne) is a Sri Lankan

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er who currently plays for Chilaw Marians Cricket Club and

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. She plays as a right-handed

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Domestic career

In 2022, playing for her school Rathnavali Balika Vidyalaya, Gunaratne scored the first ever quadruple century in Sri Lanka Girls' cricket, scoring 417 off 128 balls against Jayasiripura KV. Gunaratne played for Chilaw Marians Cricket Club during the 2021–22 Sri Lanka Women's Division One Tournament, and scored 138 * in her side's match against Sri Lanka Army Sports Club Second XI.

International career

In October 2021, Gunaratne was selected in Sri Lanka's squad for the

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, but did not play a match. Gunaratne made her

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debut on 18 January 2022, at the

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against

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, opening the batting and scoring 8 runs. She missed Sri Lanka's tour of Pakistan in order to sit exams. During Sri Lanka's series against India in June and July 2022, she made her WT20I high score, scoring 45 as part of Sri Lanka's record opening partnership in WT20Is (87, made with

Chamari Athapaththu Atapattu Mudiyanselage Chamari Jayangani (born 9 February 1990, also known as Chamari Athapaththu) is a Sri Lankan cricketer and the current captain of the women's Twenty20 International team of Sri Lanka. She had a short stint as the captain o ...

). In the same series, she made her

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debut, on 4 July 2022. Gunaratne was selected as part of Sri Lanka's squad for the

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, playing two matches in the tournament. In January 2023, Gunaratne was named in

's squad for the

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, as

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of the side. She was Sri Lanka's leading run-scorer in the tournament, with 134 runs at an average of 44.66. In February 2023, she played four matches for Sri Lanka at the

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, scoring 60 runs.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gunaratne, Vishmi 2005 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Sri Lankan women cricketers Sri Lanka women One Day International cricketers Sri Lanka women Twenty20 International cricketers Cricketers at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for Sri Lanka Asian Games medalists in cricket Cricketers at the 2022 Asian Games Asian Games silver medalists for Sri Lanka Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games