Ravija Sandaruwan

Ravija Sandaruwan

Personal information
Full name	Bodadura Ravija Sandaruwan de Silva
Born	(1992-06-22) 22 June 1992 (age 32) Colombo, Sri Lanka
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm Off break
Role	Batsman
International information
National side	Kuwait (2019–present)
T20I debut (cap 9)	20 January 2019 v Maldives
Last T20I	19 September 2023 v United Arab Emirates
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2012–2013	Saracens Sports Club
2022	Badureliya Sports Club
Career statistics
Competition T20I FC LA T20 Matches 27 1 1 30 Runs scored 890 2 0 962 Batting average 35.60 1.00 0.00 34.35 100s/50s 1/5 0/0 0/0 1/6 Top score 103 1 0 103 Balls bowled – 36 – – Wickets – 1 – – Bowling average – 40.00 – – 5 wickets in innings – 0 – – 10 wickets in match – 0 – – Best bowling – 1/40 – – Catches/stumpings 4/– 3/– 0/– 4/–
Source: Cricinfo, 21 September 2023

Ravija Sandaruwan (born 22 June 1992) is a Sri Lankan-born cricketer who plays for the Kuwait national cricket team.^[1] He made his List A debut for Saracens Sports Club in the 2012–13 Premier Limited Overs Tournament in Sri Lanka on 27 December 2012.^[2] He made his first-class debut, also for Saracens Sports Club, in the 2012–13 Premier League Tournament on 30 March 2013.^[3]

In April 2018, he represented Kuwait in Western sub-region group of the 2018–19 ICC World Twenty20 Asia Qualifier tournament, playing in all six matches.^[4][5] In his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut against the Maldives on 20 January 2019 in the 2019 ACC Western Region T20 tournament, Sandaruwan was named the player of the match.^[6] Three days later, in the match against Bahrain, he scored 103 runs from 59 balls, and was again named the player of the match.^[7][8] He was the leading run-scorer in the tournament, with 177 runs in four matches.^[9]

In June 2019, he was named in Kuwait's T20I squad for their series against Qatar.^[10] In October 2021, he was named in Kuwait's squad for the Group A matches in the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier.^[11]

References

1. "Ravija Sandaruwan". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
2. "Group A, Premier Limited Over Tournament at Panadura, Dec 27 2012". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
3. "Group A, Premier League Tournament at Panagoda, Mar 30 - Apr 1 2013". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
4. "ICC World Twenty20 Asia Qualifier A begins in Kuwait". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
5. "ICC World Twenty20 Asia Region Qualifier A, 2018 - Kuwait: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
6. "2nd Match, ACC Western Region T20 at Al Amarat, Jan 20 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
7. "8th Match, ACC Western Region T20 at Al Amarat, Jan 23 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
8. "Cricket: Qatar stretches lead at top, Kuwait wins battle of super bats against Bahrain". Times of Oman. Retrieved 23 January 2019.
9. "ACC Western Region T20: Most Runs". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 January 2019.
10. "Kuwait Cricket set to play its first ever T-20 Internationals bilateral series with Qatar". Kuwait Page. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
11. "Kuwait Cricket announce Men's squad for T20 World Cup Asia qualifiers". Czarsportz. Retrieved 4 October 2021.

External links

• Ravija Sandaruwan at ESPNcricinfo