Dasun Shanaka Biography and Career
Madagamagamage Dasun Shanaka is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer and current limited overs captain of the Sri Lankan cricket team. He was born on 9 September 1991. He generally plays as an all-rounder and is a right-handed batter and right-arm medium fast bowler. In this article we are going to talk about the biography, career, notable works, games and family of Dasun Shanaka so read the article till the end.
Career
Dasun Shanaka is an international cricketer and he played so many games for country, state and clubs this biography article is incomplete without talking about his career. So here you will gain info about his achievements and life story.
Dasun Shanaka was named in Sri Lanka’s Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against Pakistan in July 2015. He made his T20I debut on 1 August 2015 as the 58th T20I cap for Sri Lanka.
He made his Test debut for Sri Lanka on 19 May 2016 against England on the same tour. He was the 134th Test player for Sri Lanka. He took his first Test wicket by dismissing England captain Alastair Cook. Though he took 3 for 46 runs, he only scored 4 runs in the two innings, and Sri Lanka lost the match by an innings and 88 runs.
In March 2018, he was named the vice-captain of Galle’s squad for the 2017–18 Super Four Provincial Tournament. The following month, he was also named as the vice-captain of Galle’s squad for the 2018 Super Provincial One Day Tournament.
On 3 June 2018, he was selected to play for the Montreal Tigers in the players’ draft for the inaugural edition of the Global T20 Canada tournament. In August 2018, he was named in Kandy’s squad the 2018 SLC T20 League. He was the leading run-scorer for Kandy in the tournament, with 312 runs in six matches, including a century in Kandy’s final match.
He was re-called for the one-off T20I against India in September 2017. Shanaka was out LBW for nought in the match and did not bowl. India won the match by 8 wickets.
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Shanaka got married on 5 September 2020 to his girlfriend Chevanthi, who have been together for almost three years. Their wedding was held at the Avanra Garden Hotel in Negombo.
He made his One Day International (ODI) debut against Ireland on 16 June 2016. Shanaka scored 42 runs from 19 balls. Bowling, he took five wickets for 42 runs. He became the twelfth player, and third Sri Lankan, to take five wickets on debut in an ODI. After the two matches against Ireland, he was named as the player of the series.
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During the second Test against India, Dasun Shanaka was found guilty for changing the condition. The incident was caught on cameras and informed to the match referee David Boon by on field umpires as well as third umpire.
By found guilty, Dasun Shanaka was fined with 75% of his match fee and handed three demerit points. In May 2018, he was one of 33 cricketers to be awarded a national contract by Sri Lanka Cricket ahead of the 2018–19 season.
In September 2022, Shanaka captained Sri Lanka in the 2022 Asia Cup twenty20 series held in the UAE. In the first match against Afghanistan, Sri Lanka lost the match by 8 wickets.
However, in the next match against Bangladesh, Shanaka made a match-winning knock of 45 runs and Sri Lanka later won the match by 1 wicket and entered Super 4 rounds.
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