Happy B’Day Sri Lankan cricketer Upul Tharanga. Upul was born on 2 February 1985 in Balapitiya, Sri Lanka. And his full name is Warushavithana Upul Tharanga, and his nickname is Upula. Tharanga’s batting style is left-handing. and it’s is 36th birthday.
A Former Professional Sri Lankan Cricketer :-
Upul Tharanga is a former professional Sri Lankan cricketer. And a former limited-overs captain who plays for all formats of the game. He is a left-handed opener and occasional wicket-keeper. On 23 February 2021, Upul announced his retirement from international cricket.
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Tharanga was born in Balapitia General Hospital. His father Varushavithange was a merchant of the Bhadrasom fish market. His mother RJ Padma is a homemaker and Tharanga has an elder brother Nuwan Tharanga. And an elder sister Kumesha Manori.
Tharanga was born in Balapitia General Hospital. His father Varushavithange was a merchant of the Bhadrasom fish market. His mother RJ Padma is a homemaker. And Tharanga has an elder brother Nuwan Tharanga and an elder sister Kumesha Manori.
He was selecting in Colombo’s squad for the 2019 Super Provincial One Day Tournament. In October 2020, he was drafting by Dambulla Hawks for the inaugural edition of the Lanka Premier League. In November 2021, He was selecting to play for Jaffna Kings. After the players were drafting for the 2021 Lanka Premier League.
His Batting Career :-
| M | Inn | NO | Runs | HS | Avg | BF | SR | 100 | 200 | 50 | 4s | 6s | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Test | 31 | 58 | 3 | 1754 | 165 | 31.89 | 3212 | 54.61 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 239 | 9 |
| ODI | 235 | 223 | 17 | 6951 | 174 | 33.74 | 9155 | 75.93 | 15 | 0 | 37 | 799 | 52 |
| T20I | 26 | 26 | 1 | 407 | 47 | 16.28 | 330 | 123.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 12 |
One of The Cricket Legend :-
He came for Jayasuriya’s special praise. One of the cricket legends. said that he could be the next captain of the Sri Lankan cricket team.
Tharanga holds the record of waiting for a Maximum number of days between two test centuries. It is the longest gaps between Test centuries by a player.
Sri Lanka Cricket sacked Tharanga from captaincy. And Thisara Perera was selecting as the captain of Sri Lanka for the ODI and T20I matches against India.
Tharanga made his ODI debut against West Indies in 2005. He scored his maiden ODI century in 2005, scoring 105 against Bangladesh at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo.
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Under Tharanga’s captaincy, Sri Lanka faced three 5–0 ODI whitewashes against South Africa, India, and Pakistan in 2017. His win-loss ratio is 4/15.
His highest ODI score came against India in 2013 where he scored an unbeaten 174 at Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica. This is Sri Lanka’s second-highest score in ODIs after Sanath Jayasuriya’s 189. As of 6 May 2017, Tharanga has scored three Test centuries and 15 ODI centuries.
In May 2018, he was one of 33 cricketers to be awarding. A national contract by Sri Lanka Cricket ahead of the 2018–19 season.
