Pramod Bhanuka Bandara Rajapaksa, popularly known as Bhanuka Rajapaksa, is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer, who plays limited over internationals for the national team. He is a left-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium. He was born in Colombo.
Srilankan batsman Bhanuka Rajapaksha intends to retire from international cricket.
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Bhanuka Rajapaksa stats-
Batsman Career Batting StatsLeft-Handed Batsman-
| Format | M | Inn | NO | Runs | HS | Avg | BF | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ODI2021– | 5 | 5 | 0 | 89 | 65 | 17.8 | 85 | 104.7 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 2 |
| T20I2019– | 18 | 15 | 3 | 320 | 77 | 26.7 | 235 | 136.2 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 18 |
| 1st class2011–20 | 77 | 121 | 9 | 4087 | 268 | 36.5 | 4554 | 89.7 | 9 | 21 | 421 | 158 |
| List A2009– | 121 | 115 | 11 | 3040 | 117 | 29.2 | 3129 | 97.2 | 4 | 17 | 308 | 104 |
| T202019– | 105 | 91 | 10 | 1912 | 96* | 23.6 | 1420 | 134.7 | 0 | 10 | 160 | 96 |
Career Bowling StatsRight-Arm Medium Bowler-
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| Format | M | Inn | B | Mdn | Runs | W | BB | Econ | Avg | SR | 4W | 5W |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ODI2021– | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| T20I2019– | 18 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1st class2011–20 | 77 | 67 | 2514 | 70 | 1366 | 47 | 4/59 | 3.26 | 29.1 | 53.5 | 1 | 0 |
| List A2009– | 121 | 30 | 600 | 4 | 486 | 14 | 2/16 | 4.86 | 34.7 | 42.9 | 0 | 0 |
| T202019– | 105 | 24 | 378 | 2 | 472 | 28 | 3/11 | 7.49 | 16.9 | 13.5 | 0 | 0 |
Career Fielding Stats-
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| Format | Catches | Run Outs | Stumpings |
|---|---|---|---|
| T20I2019– | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1st class2011–20 | 66 | 1 | 0 |
| List A2009– | – | – | – |
| T202019– | 34 | 0 | 0 |
A hard-hitting left-handed middle-order batsman, Bhanuka made waves as early as 2010, when he emerged as the leading run-getter in the under-19 World Cup. He followed it up with the ‘Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year’ award and the ‘Young emerging U-19 Player’ in the following year.
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He had to wait 10 years before representing Sri Lanka. His international debut came in the away tour of Pakistan, where he impressed one and all with his dynamic strokeplay. Bhanuka is expected to be a key player as his country rebuilds towards the next World Cup.
