Deepika Rasangika
Deepika Rasangika (born 13 December 1983) is a Sri Lankan cricketer who now plays for the Bahrain women's cricket team.[1][2]
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| Born | 13 December 1983 Colombo, Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ODI debut (cap 40) | 2 May 2008 Sri Lanka v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 23 January 2014 Sri Lanka v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut (cap 9/9) | 12 June 2009 Sri Lanka v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 22 June 2022 Bahrain v Bhutan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rasangika played in more than 60 matches for the Sri Lanka women's cricket team from 2008 to 2014.[3] She was named in Sri Lanka's squad for the 2009 Women's Cricket World Cup.[4][5]
Rasangika moved to Bahrain in 2017 to take up a position at a local coaching academy.[6]
In March 2022, she was named in Bahrain's squad for the 2022 GCC Women's Gulf Cup in Oman.[7] She made her Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) debut for Bahrain against Oman, in the opening match of that tournament.[8] On 22 March 2022, in Bahrain's match against Saudi Arabia, Rasangika scored 161 not out.[9] She became the first cricketer for Bahrain to score a century in WT20Is,[10] and her total was the highest individual score in a WT20I match.[11][12]
References
- "Deepika Rasangika breaks world record for highest individual score in Women's T20Is". DNA India. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
- "Former Sri Lanka Cap Rasangika stars for Bahrain in record T20I". The Papare. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
- "Deepika Rasangika". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
- "ICC Women's World Cup 2009 / Sri Lanka Women Squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 September 2013.
- "ICC Women's World Cup, 2008/09 – Sri Lanka Women / Records / Batting and bowling averages". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 8 October 2013. Retrieved 3 September 2013.
- Sipra, Adnan (24 March 2022). "Record-setter Rasangika on cloud nine". Gulf Daily News. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
- "A proud moment for women in Bahrain, as the Bahrain Cricket federation held the first-ever capping ceremony for the National Women's Cricket Team". Cricket Bahrain (via Instagram). Retrieved 16 March 2022.
- "1st Match, Al Amerat, Mar 20 2022, GCC Women's Twenty20 Championship Cup". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
- "7th Match, Al Amerat, Mar 22 2022, GCC Women's Twenty20 Championship Cup". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
- "Women's T20I records tumble as Bahrain thrash Saudi Arabia". The Cricketer. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
- "Centuries in WT20I matches – Overall aggregate". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
- "Bahrain women's cricket team smashes highest ever T20I total, breaks records". The Indian Express. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
