Dilshan Madushanka

Dilshan Madushanka

Sri Lankan • Left Arm Bowl
t20 Int ALL TIME STATS
15 Mat
49 Overs
478 Runs
15 W
9.75 E/R

Personal Information

Full Name Lokumarakkalage Dilshan Madushanka
Date of Birth September 18, 2000
Age 22
Nationality Sri Lankan
Birth Place Hambantota, Southern Province, Sri Lanka
Height 5ft 9inch
Role Bowler
Batting Style Right-hand Bat
Bowling Style Left-arm Medium-fast
Debut December 9, 2020
Jersey No. 98
Family Sujith Krishantha (Father) and KG Nilanthi (Mother)

Most Recent Matches

Match R BF 4s 6s S/R O R W E/R
SL vs WI 0 0 0 0 0 5 50 1 10.00
IND vs SL 0 1 0 0 0.00 3 45 1 15.00
BLK vs DS 1 1 0 0 100.00 4 43 0 10.75
GM vs DS 0 0 0 0 0 3 20 1 6.67
DS vs GM 2 4 0 0 50.00 4 16 1 4.00

Batting Stats

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Game Type Mat Inn R BF NO Avg S/R 100s 50s H 4s 6s Ct St
ODIs 23 11 36 79 8 12.00 45.56 0 0 19 5 0 6 0
TESTs 1 2 0 8 1 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
T20Is 15 5 2 7 1 0.50 28.57 0 0 1 0 0 4 0
T20s 42 13 25 49 6 3.57 51.02 0 0 12 1 1 8 0
LISTAs 33 15 42 89 11 10.50 47.19 0 0 19 6 0 7 0
FIRSTCLASS 10 13 65 159 10 21.66 40.88 0 0 18 8 0 3 0

Bowling Stats

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Game Type Mat Inn O R W Avg E/R Best 5w 10w
ODIs 23 23 173 1020 41 24.87 5.89 5/80 1 0
TESTs 1 1 17 77 0 0 4.52 0 0 0
T20Is 15 15 49 478 15 31.86 9.75 3/24 0 0
T20s 42 42 135 1249 36 34.69 9.25 3/24 0 0
LISTAs 33 33 250.4 1410 62 22.74 5.62 5/40 2 0
FIRSTCLASS 10 19 217.4 786 33 23.81 3.61 8/63 1 0

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Dilshan Madushanka: A Brief Biography

South Africa v Sri Lanka - ICC Men's Cricket World Cup India 2023
South Africa v Sri Lanka - ICC Men's Cricket World Cup India 2023 (Image Credits: Getty Images)

Born on September 18, 2000, in Hambantota, Sri Lanka, Lokumarakkalage Dilshan Madushanka is a bowler who plays for Sri Lanka. He is a left-arm fast-medium bowler who is one of the soaring stars of the young Sri Lankan bowling attack.

Madushanka has taken inspiration from his icon former legendary Sri Lankan left-arm pacer Chaminda Vaas and has taken a leaf from the veteran’s book of left-arm pace bowling. He is lethal upfront with the new ball and has created a great impression in the international cricket arena.

Dilshan Madushanka: Along the Years

YearAgeAchievement
202019Played in the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup 2020
202019Took a five-wicket haul against Nigeria Under-19 in the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup 2020
202019Made First-Class debut for Colts Cricket Club
202020Made T20 debut for Dambulla Viiking
202221Made List-A debut for Sri Lanka A
202221Selected for ACC T20 Asia Cup 2022
202221Made T20I debut against Afghanistan
202221Won ACC T20 Asia Cup 2022
202221Selected for ICC T20 World Cup 2022
202221Ruled out of ICC T20 World Cup 2022
202322Made ODI debut against India
202322Made Test debut against Pakistan
202322Ruled out of ACC Asia Cup 2023
202323Played in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023
202323Took maiden ODI five-wicket against India in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023
202323Bought by Mumbai Indians for INR 4.60 crores
202423Ruled out of IPL 2024 due to injury
202423Selected for the ICC T20 World Cup 2024

Dilshan Madushanka Records

  • Highest wicket-taker for Sri Lanka Under-19 in ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup 2020

  • Fifth-highest wicket-taker for Sri Lanka Under-19 in ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup 2020 after Ravi Bishnoi (IND U-19), Shafiqullah Ghafari (AFG U-19), Akhil Kumar (CAN U-19 and Tanveer Sangha (AUS U-19)

  • Second-most expensive player in Lanka Premier League (LPL) history after Matheesha Pathirana

  • Fourth Sri Lankan bowler to take a five-wicket haul in Cricket World Cups after Ashantha de Mil, Chaminda Vaas, and Lasith Malinga

  • Highest wicket-taker for Sri Lanka in ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 (21)

  • Third-highest wicket-taker in ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 after Mohammed Shami (IND) and Adam Zampa (AUS)

  • Third-best career strike rate in ODIs (25.31) among full-member nations after Ryan Harris (AUS) and Corey Anderson (NZ)

Dilshan Madushanka Awards and Accolades

  • Nominated for ICC Men’s Emerging Cricketer of the Year Award 2023 along with Gerald Coetzee (RSA), Yashasvi Jaiswal (IND) and Rachin Ravindra (NZ)

Dilshan Madushanka Career

Dilshan Madushanka has started his cricketing career as an impactful bowler. He can be a destructive left-arm pacer with disciplined lines and lengths and proper grooming.

Dilshan Madushanka Domestic Career

Dilshan Madushanka made his First-Class debut for the Colts Cricket Club on March 13, 2020, in Colombo. After having a decent outing in the first innings, Madushanka rattled the Negombo Cricket Club’s batters as he took a six-wicket haul on FC debut in the second innings. The match ended in a draw, and the tournament was eventually called off due to the outbreak of the Coronavirus.

Madushanka made his T20 debut for Dambulla Viiking in the Lanka Premier League on December 09, 2020. He had a pretty expensive outing and managed to pick a solitary wicket of Ahsan Ali as Viiking won the match by 4 wickets. In LPL 2023, he was signed by the defending champions Jaffna Kings for a whopping USD 92,000, making him the then-most expensive player in LPL auction history. A year later, the record was broken by his national teammate Matheesha Pathirana in the LPL 2024 auction.

Dilshan Madushanka bowling for the Jaffna Kings in the Lanka Premier League 2024 (Image Credits: Dilshan Madushanka's Instagram)
Dilshan Madushanka bowling for the Jaffna Kings in the Lanka Premier League 2024 (Image Credits: Dilshan Madushanka's Instagram)

Madushanka made his List-A debut a couple of years later for Sri Lanka A against Australia A on June 08, 2022 in Colombo. He went wicketless as Sri Lanka A lost by 7 wickets.

Dilshan Madushanka IPL Career

Following his exploits with the ball in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 on Indian conditions, Dilshan Madushanka was offered a lucrative deal when he was sold to Mumbai Indians after having a bidding war with Lucknow Super Giants for INR 4.60 crores. But to his dismay, he was ruled out of IPL 2024 due to an injury and was replaced by South Africa’s Under-19 star Kwena Maphaka.

Dilshan Madushanka International Career

Following the footsteps of his idol Chaminda Vaas, Dilshan Madushanka has shown promise as an emerging star in the making for his national team who could do wonders in the future. However, frequent injury concerns have laid back his international career and have restrained the left arm from announcing himself with the talent he has gotten.

Dilshan Madushanka ODI Career

Dilshan Madushanka made his ODI debut against India on January 10, 2023 in Guwahati. He had a mediocre maiden outing but managed to pick the wicket of Indian captain Rohit Sharma.

Madushanka had to miss the Asia Cup 2023 owing to an injury and Sri Lanka finished as the runners-up at home. With promise at the helm, he was drafted into the squad to represent Sri Lanka at the ICC Cricket World Cup in 2023. The 23-year-old pacer from Hambantota justified his selection as he was the sole shining spot in an otherwise dismal campaign for the 1996 Cricket World Cup champions.

The Lankan pacer was the third-highest wicket-taker of the tournament with 21 wickets, only behind India’s Mohammed Shami and Australia’s Adam Zampa. Madushanka impressed with the ball against the host India and became the fourth Sri Lankan bowler after Ashantha de Mel, Chaminda Vaas, and Lasith Malinga to take a five-wicket haul in CWCs. He leaked 80 runs but got rid of the in-form Rohit Sharma in the opening over with a cracking deliver and got the prized scalps of Indian batters Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, and Shreyas Iyer as well and denied their centuries in the process.

Australia v Sri Lanka - ICC Men's Cricket World Cup India 2023
Australia v Sri Lanka - ICC Men's Cricket World Cup India 2023 (Image Credits: Getty Images)

Dilshan Madushanka Test Career

Dilshan Madushanka made his Test debut against Pakistan on July 24, 2023, in Colombo. It was his only Test and went wicketless as Sri Lanka lost the match by an innings.

Dilshan Madushanka on his Test debut against Pakistan in Colombo in July 2023 (Image Credits: Dilshan Madushanka's Instagram)
Dilshan Madushanka on his Test debut against Pakistan in Colombo in July 2023 (Image Credits: Dilshan Madushanka's Instagram)

Dilshan Madushanka T20I Career

Dilshan Madushanka made his T20I debut in the T20 Asia Cup 2022 in the opening match against Afghanistan. He did not have an international debut to remember as he bowled just an over and conceded 10 runs with Sri Lanka losing the match by 8 wickets. He had a decent tournament by picking 6 wickets in 6 matches, including an impactful 3/24 against India in the Super 4 where he sent former Indian captain Virat Kohli back to the pavilion for a duck by castling the stumps. With that performance, the left-arm pacer was instrumental in leading Sri Lanka to that elusive title.

However, a quad muscle tear ruined his dream of representing Sri Lanka as he was ruled out of the T20 World Cup 2022. Madushanka was selected to play in the T20 World Cup 2024 but did not get a game to play as Sri Lanka crashed out of the tournament in the group stage itself.

Dilshan Madushanka bowling against Zimbabwe in a T20I in January 2024 (Image Credits: Dilshan Madushanka's Instagram)
Dilshan Madushanka bowling against Zimbabwe in a T20I in January 2024 (Image Credits: Dilshan Madushanka's Instagram)

Dilshan Madushanka Under-19 Career

Dilshan Madushanka played in the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup 2020 and was the highest wicket-taker for Sri Lanka Under-19 with 13 wickets on the board, including a five-wicket haul against Nigeria Under-19.

Dilshan Madushanka’s Family

Born to a fisherman Sujith Krishantha, Dilshan Madushanka had to work the hard yards to earn a career in professional cricket. Though his father was uninterested in his son playing cricket, it was his mother KG Nilanthi who backed him during his early days.

FAQs on Dilshan Madushanka

A. Dilshan Madushanka made his international debut in a T20I against Afghanistan in the T20 Asia Cup 2022 in Dubai in 2022.

A. Dilshan Madushanka represented Sri Lanka in the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup 2020.

A. Dilshan Madushanka’s best figures of 5/80 came against India in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 in Mumbai.

A. Dilshan Madushanka was bought by the Mumbai Indians in the IPL 2024 auction but was ruled out due to an injury.

A. Dilshan Madushanka was selected for the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 but did not get to play a match.