India tour of New Zealand 2026
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Born
Aug 30, 1995 (31 years)
Role
Keeper
Nationality
Sri Lanka
Batting Style
Right-Hand-Bat
Bowling Style
Matches
Innings
Runs
Highest Score
Not Out
Strike Rate
50's
100's
200's
Average
Balls
300's
4's
6's
Ducks
Matches
Innings
Wickets
Balls
Runs
Overs
Economy
Maidens
BBI
4W
5W
10W
Hattricks
Average
Strike Rate
Sri Lanka, Colts Cricket Club, Sri Lanka A, Galle District, Jaffna District, Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club, Sri Lanka Emerging Players, Kegalle District, Sri Lanka Board XI, Kandy District, Moors Sports Club, Colombo Commandos, Dambulla District, Dambulla Viiking, SLC Blues, Galle Gladiators, Jaffna Kings, Dambulla Aura, SLC Yellows, Colombo Strikers
Since his entry to domestic cricket in 2014, wicket-keeper batsman Sadeera Samarawickrama has been earmarked as one for the future. An aggressive batsman by nature, he has all the shots in the book and also possesses the ability to make them look extra elegant during execution. Temperament isn’t his greatest friend and some pundits opine that it’s what has been pegging Samarawickrama back.
Considering the sort of batting crisis Sri Lanka had faced in recent years, he should have been an automatic pick in the national side by now. Instead, he continues to be in and out of the side despite his obvious talent. In the shorter formats, Samarawickrama enjoys batting at the top of the order where he can utilize the fielding restrictions with the utmost freedom. A product of the U19 system, he was Kusal
Mendis’ peer and while the latter has taken comparatively bigger strides as an international player, Samarawickrama’s current status is quite complicated. Considering his run-scoring prowess in domestic cricket, he will always be at the back of selectors’ minds but it’s up to the youngster to fulfil his enormous potential. If tapped well, Samarawickerama has it in him to be an all-format star.
Written by
Hariprasad Sadanandan.
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