Akila Dananjaya Biography and Career
Mahamarakkala Kurukulasooriya Patabendige Akila Dananjaya Perera, popularly as Akila Dananjaya, is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer, who plays all forms of the game for the national team. In this article we are going to talk about the biography, career, notable works, games and family of Akila Dananjaya so read the article till the end.
Career
Akila Dananjaya was selected to play for Wayamba United in the inaugural Sri Lanka Premier League. In only his second match for the franchise, he took 3–18 against Nagenahira Nagas, consistently disturbing the batsmen with his flight, googly and other variations.
In the 2013 IPL auctions, Dananjaya was sold to the Chennai Super Kings for his base price of $20,000. In January 2018, he was bought by the Mumbai Indians in the 2018 IPL auction.
In March 2018, he was named in Galle’s squad for the 2017–18 Super Four Provincial Tournament. In August 2018, he was named in Colombo’s squad the 2018 SLC T20 League. In March 2019, he was named in Colombo’s squad for the 2019 Super Provincial One Day Tournament.
In October 2020, he was drafted by the Galle Gladiators for the inaugural edition of the Lanka Premier League. In August 2021, he was named in the SLC Reds team for the 2021 SLC Invitational T20 League tournament.
Officially a left-hand batsman and an off-break bowler, he is said to have seven variations, including the leg-break, googly, carrom ball, doosra and his stock off-spinner that had impressed national team captain Mahela Jayawardene so much in the nets as to make Jayawardene request him to be fast-tracked into the national squad. Dhananjaya had at that point played no first-class, List A, T20 or even U-19 cricket. This in turn led to controversy as his selection was questioned by the media on the basis of a net performance.
This in turn led to a place in the final squad for the 2012 ICC World Twenty20. He made his debut international appearance at the age of 18 against New Zealand at Pallekele in a pool match of World Twenty20.
Akila Dananjaya was hit on the face by a full-blooded drive from New Zealand opener Rob Nicol, with the ball going through his hands to strike the left side of his face. X-rays and MRI scans revealed that he had suffered a fracture on his left cheek bone as a result of the blow and did not play in the pool match against West Indies.
In 2018, Dhananjaya was named to Sri Lanka’s Test squad for the tour of Bangladesh. He made his Test debut on 8 February 2018 against Bangladesh in the second Test at Sher-e-Bangla Cricket Stadium. He took his first test wicket of Mahmudullah in the Bangladesh’s first innings and claimed two more wickets to restrict Bangladesh to 110 by finishing with decent figures of 3/20.
In the second innings, Dananjaya Perera his maiden Test five-wicket haul by taking 5 for 24 runs, becoming only the 3rd Sri Lankan to take a fifer on his test debut and the first instance for Sri Lanka since 1999.
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Short biography of Akila Dananjaya
Akila Dananjaya 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.
Akila Dananjaya was born on 4 October 1993. In March 2021, he became the first bowler to take hat-trick and be hit for the maximum of six sixes in an over in the same match, by Kieron Pollard against West Indies.
The son of a carpenter from Moratuwa, Dananjaya studied at Moratuwa Maha Vidyalaya Panadura Mahanama Navodya Vidyalaya, Panadura.
He married his longtime partner Nethalie Tekshini on 22 August 2017 just two days before his recall to the ODI team for second ODI against India. The wedding was celebrated at Ramadia Ran Mal Holiday Resort, Moratuwa and two spinners Rangana Herath and Ajantha Mendis signed as witnesses.
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Random biography facts about Akila Dananjaya
Akila Dananjaya made his comeback return to national team during the tour of Caribbean in March 2021, after a gap of 2 years since reassessing his bowling action.
In the first T20I between the two sides at Antigua, Akila Dananjaya took a hat-trick in his second over of the spell which was also his maiden hat-trick at international level by dismissing Evin Lewis, Chris Gayle and Nicholas Pooran in consecutive deliveries.
It was the first time that a bowler took a hat-trick against West Indies in a T20I. He became the third Sri Lankan bowler to take a hat-trick in T20I after Thisara Perera and Lasith Malinga as well as the first Sri Lankan spinner to do so. However, he also conceded 36 runs in the very next over after claiming the hat-trick.
In September 2021, Dananjaya was named as one of four reserve players in Sri Lanka’s squad for the 2021 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup.
Why is Akila Dananjaya not playing?
Akila Dananjaya Banned For 1 year for Illegal Bowling Action.
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