Asela Gunaratne
| Player Info | |
|---|---|
| Date of Birth | 08 January 1986 |
| Place of Birth | Kandy, Sri Lanka |
| Career | November 2016 - Active |
| Role | Allrounder |
Batting & Fielding Statistics
| Mat | Inns | No | Runs | HS | Avg | BF | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Career | 31 | 25 | 4 | 575 | 114* | 27.38 | 724 | 79.41 | 1 | 1 | 50 | 6 | 10 | 0 |
Bowling Statistics
| Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | WKTS | BBM | Avg | Econ | SR | 4W | 5W | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Career | 30 | 25 | 834 | 723 | 22 | 3/10 | 32.86 | 5.20 | 37.90 | 0 | 0 |
Videos
1. Scored his maiden ODI century against South Africa in February 2017 from No. 6, becoming the first Sri Lankan to score a ton from that batting position.
2. His 84 against Australia in a T20I in 2017 is the highest score by a Sri Lankan player batting at No. 5 or lower.
3. Serves in the Sri Lankan army as a Warrant Officer.
4. Playing in his first ICC CT
5. ODI debut against Zimbabwe at Harare in 2016
6. He was immediately effective in Tests, hitting a fifty and a hundred in his first three international innings, against Zimbabwe
7. He took eight wickets with his seamers as Sri Lanka won the tri-nations trophy in Zimbabwe, in November 2016
8. He also helped Sri Lanka claim a T20 series in Australia in February 2017 by hitting 84 in 46 balls in Geelong in a chase of 174.