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