Minod Bhanuka

Minod Bhanuka Ranasinghe (born 29 April 1995) is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer who plays all formats of the game.[1] He made his international debut for the Sri Lanka cricket team in October 2019. He was part of Sri Lanka's squad for the 2014 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup. He is an old boy of Maliyadeva College, Kurunegala.[2]

Minod Bhanuka
Personal information
Full name
Minod Bhanuka Ranasinghe
Born (1995-04-29) 29 April 1995
Wennapuwa, Sri Lanka
BattingLeft-handed
RoleWicket-keeper-batsman
International information
National side
Only Test (cap 152)3 January 2021 v South Africa
ODI debut (cap 192)2 October 2019 v Pakistan
Last ODI4 September 2021 v South Africa
T20I debut (cap 82)5 October 2019 v Pakistan
Last T20I29 July 2021 v India
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2017Sinhalese Sports Club
2018-present Colombo Cricket Club
2020Jaffna Stallions
2021Kandy Warriors
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I FC
Matches 1 6 5 61
Runs scored 6 140 64 4,067
Batting average 3.00 23.33 16.00 44.20
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 12/14
Top score 5 36 36 342
Catches/stumpings 0/0 5/1 6/0 145/43
Source: Cricinfo, 26 July 2022

Domestic career

In a 2015–16 Premier League Tournament match in January 2016, he scored 342 runs for Sinhalese Sports Club against Badureliya Sports Club at Surrey Village Cricket Ground, Maggona.[3]

In March 2018, he was named in Kandy's squad for the 2017–18 Super Four Provincial Tournament.[4][5] The following month, he was also named in Kandy's squad for the 2018 Super Provincial One Day Tournament.[6]

In August 2018, he was named in Dambulla's squad the 2018 SLC T20 League.[7] In March 2019, he was named in Galle's squad for the 2019 Super Provincial One Day Tournament.[8] In October 2020, he was drafted by the Jaffna Stallions for the inaugural edition of the Lanka Premier League.[9] In August 2021, he was named in the SLC Greys team for the 2021 SLC Invitational T20 League tournament.[10] SLC Greys won the tournament, with Bhanuka being named the player of the match in the final.[11]

In July 2022, he was signed by the Kandy Falcons for the third edition of the Lanka Premier League.[12]

International career

He was part of Sri Lanka's squad for the 2014 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup. In October 2017, he was named in Sri Lanka's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against Pakistan in the UAE, but he did not play.[13] In September 2019, he was named in Sri Lanka's squads for the series against Pakistan in Pakistan.[14] He made his One Day International (ODI) debut for Sri Lanka, against Pakistan, on 2 October 2019.[15] He made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut for Sri Lanka, also against Pakistan, on 5 October 2019.[16]

In November 2019, he was named in Sri Lanka's squad for the 2019 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup in Bangladesh.[17] In December 2020, Gunathilake was named in Sri Lanka's Test squad for their series against South Africa.[18] He made his Test debut for Sri Lanka, against South Africa, on 3 January 2021.[19][20]

In September 2021, he was added to Sri Lanka's squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.[21] 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.[22]

References
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  2. "Minod Bhanuka". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
  3. "AIA Premier League Tournament, Group B: Badureliya Sports Club v Sinhalese Sports Club at Kaluthara, Jan 8-10, 2016". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  4. "Cricket: Mixed opinions on Provincial tournament". Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 26 March 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  5. "All you need to know about the SL Super Provincial Tournament". Daily Sports. 26 March 2018. Archived from the original on 27 March 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  6. "SLC Super Provincial 50 over tournament squads and fixtures". The Papare. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  7. "SLC T20 League 2018 squads finalized". The Papare. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  8. "Squads, Fixtures announced for SLC Provincial 50 Overs Tournament". The Papare. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  9. "Chris Gayle, Andre Russell and Shahid Afridi among big names taken at LPL draft". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  10. "Sri Lanka Cricket announce Invitational T20 squads and schedule". The Papare. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  11. "SLC Greys crowned Dialog-SLC Invitational T20 Champions". The Papare. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
  12. "LPL 2022 draft: Kandy Falcons sign Hasaranga; Rajapaksa to turn out for Dambulla Giants". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
  13. "Thisara Perera to captain Sri Lanka in Lahore". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
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  15. "3rd ODI (D/N), Sri Lanka tour of Pakistan at Karachi, Oct 2 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  16. "1st T20I (N), Sri Lanka tour of Pakistan at Lahore, Oct 5 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  17. "Sri Lanka squad for Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2019 announced". The Papare. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  18. "Sri Lanka to take 22 players to South Africa". The Papare. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  19. "2nd Test, Johannesburg, Jan 3 - Jan 7 2021, Sri Lanka tour of South Africa". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  20. "Fernando and Bhanuka – All you need to know about Sri Lanka's latest Test debutants". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  21. "Sri Lanka to take 4 additional players to Oman & UAE". The Papare. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
  22. "Sri Lanka 'A' squads announced for Australia 'A' games". The Papare. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
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