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Thissara Perera

Thisara Perera
තිසර පෙරේරා
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Personal information
Full name Narangoda Liyanaarachchilage Thisara Chirantha Perera
Born (1989-04-03) 3 April 1989 (age 28)
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Nickname Panda, TP
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Batting Left-hand bat
Bowling Right-arm Medium Fast
Role All-rounder
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 115) 26 May 2011 v England
Last Test 8 July 2012 v Pakistan
ODI debut (cap 141) 24 December 2009 v India
Last ODI 23 October 2017 v Pakistan
ODI shirt no. 1
T20I debut (cap 36) 3 May 2010 v Zimbabwe
Last T20I 29 October 2017 v Pakistan
T20I shirt no. 1
Domestic team information
Years Team
2008—present Wayamba
2010 Chennai Super Kings
2011 Kochi Tuskers Kerala
2012 Mumbai Indians
2012 Brisbane Heat
2012 Kandurata Warriors
2013 Sunrisers Hyderabad (#16)
2014—2015 Kings XI Punjab
2015—present Rangpur Riders
2016—present Quetta Gladiators
2016 Rising Pune Supergiants (#16)
2016—present St Kitts and Nevis Patriots
2017—present Melbourne Renegades
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I LA
Matches 6 125 63 157
Runs scored 203 1,441 780 1,936
Batting average 20.30 17.57 22.28 19.95
100s/50s 0/1 0/7 -/- 0/8
Top score 75 80* 49 80*
Balls bowled 954 4,499 820 5,887
Wickets 11 133 45 198
Bowling average 59.36 32.62 27.20 28.06
5 wickets in innings 0 3 0 6
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 n/a
Best bowling 4/151 6/44 3/24 6/44
Catches/stumpings 1/0 51/– 21/– 65/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 30 October 2017

Narangoda Liyanaarachchilage Thisara Chirantha Perera,(Sinhalese: තිසර පෙරේරා; born 3 April 1989), popularly as Thisara Perera, is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer who currently represents Sri Lanka in limited over formats, rather six Test match appearances and a former T20I captain. Domestically he plays for Colts Cricket Club, Rising Pune Supergiants, Wayamba Wolves, and have recently joined Gloucestershire squad to play NatWest T20 Blast. Primarily a bowling all-rounder, he is an aggressive left-handed batsman who can hit big sixes in death overs and is a useful right-arm medium-fast bowler.

On 26 July 2013 against South Africa, Perera hit Robin Peterson for 35 runs in one over. (6,Wd, 6,6,6,4,6), which is recorded as the second most expensive over in ODI History.

Perera was a part of the Sri Lankan team that won the 2014 ICC World Twenty20. On 12 February 2016, Perera joined Brett Lee to take hat-tricks in both ODI & T20I. In Australia he is known by his nickname "panda", which was bestowed upon him by George Bailey during his stint at BBL with the Brisbane Heat, although he prefers "TP".

Thisara Perera started his cricket career as a teenager at St. Anthony's College, Wattala. He later attended the prestigious St. Joseph's College, Colombo, which has produced Sri Lankan cricketers such as Chaminda Vaas, Angelo Mathews and Dimuth Karunaratne. He represented Sri Lanka at various youth levels, and was selected for the 2008 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup. In November 2008, he made his first class debut for the Colts Cricket Club. He has picked up 41 wickets in 18 U19 ODIs.He's also the leading wicket taker for Sri Lanka national under-19 cricket team without grabbing a fifer in his career.


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