Ruvindu Gunasekera (born 20 July 1991) is a Sri Lankan-born cricketer who played One Day International cricket for Canada.[1]
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| Full name | Ruvindu Gunasekera | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 July 1991 Colombo, Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm leg-break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ODI debut (cap 57) | 1 July 2008 v Bermuda | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 28 January 2014 v Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI shirt no. | 57 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut (cap 30) | 13 March 2012 v Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 26 November 2013 v Kenya | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I shirt no. | 57 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Early life
editGunasekara was born in Colombo, Sri Lanka, where he began playing cricket at an early age, under the influence of his father, who was a player on the Sri Lanka A cricket team. Gunasekara immigrated to Toronto, Canada in 2006. He enrolled at the University of Toronto Scarborough in 2010, pursuing a degree in management.[2]
Career
editSri Lanka
editGunasekera was a member of the team for ICC Under 19 World Cup in New Zealand.[3]
In March 2018, he was the leading run-scorer in the 2017–18 SLC Twenty20 Tournament in Sri Lanka, with 272 runs in five matches, batting for Saracens Sports Club.[4] The following month, he was also named in Dambulla's squad for the 2018 Super Provincial One Day Tournament.[5]
In August 2018, he was named in Dambulla's squad the 2018 SLC T20 League.[6] In February 2019, Sri Lanka Cricket named him as the Best Batsman in the 2017–18 SLC Twenty20 Tournament.[7]
Canada
editIn January 2018, he was named in Canada's squad for the 2018 ICC World Cricket League Division Two tournament.[8] On 3 June 2018, he was selected to play for the Vancouver Knights in the players' draft for the inaugural edition of the Global T20 Canada tournament.[9][10] In April 2019, he was named in Canada's squad for the 2019 ICC World Cricket League Division Two tournament in Namibia.[11]
In June 2021, he was selected to take part in the Minor League Cricket tournament in the United States following the players' draft.[12][13]
References
edit- ^ "Ruvindu Gunasekera". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
- ^ "Q&A with UTSC's very own cricket star". University of Toronto Scarborough. 18 April 2011. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
- ^ Profile Archived 2010-03-16 at the Wayback Machine Official website. Retrieved 12 February 2010.
- ^ "SLC Twenty-20 Tournament, 2017/18: Most Runs". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
- ^ "SLC Super Provincial 50 over tournament squads and fixtures". The Papare. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
- ^ "SLC T20 League 2018 squads finalized". The Papare. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
- ^ "New contracts for domestic players; 2017/18 best performers rewarded". The Papare. 20 February 2019. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
- ^ "Canadian squad for World Cricket League Division 2 tournament". Cricket Canada. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
- ^ "Global T20 Canada: Complete Squads". SportsKeeda. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
- ^ "Global T20 Canada League – Full Squads announced". CricTracker. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
- ^ "Cricket Canada announces the Senior National Squad for the ICC WCL Division 2, Namibia". Cricket Canada. Archived from the original on 10 April 2019. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
- ^ "All 27 Teams Complete Initial Roster Selection Following Minor League Cricket Draft". USA Cricket. 10 June 2021. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
- ^ "Nine Sri Lankans to play in USA MiLC tournament; Arjuna Ranatunga's son among them". The Papare. 15 June 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2021.