Dasun Shanaka arrived on the international scene in T20 cricket before graduating to ODIs punctuated by a brief Test career which yielded just six matches over five years.
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He enjoyed a memorable ODI debut in 2016, scoring 42 and taking a career-best 5-43 with his medium pace against Ireland.
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However, he endured a miserable time during the World Cup qualifying event in Zimbabwe in June, managing just 12 runs and taking five wickets.
Captain since 2021, Shanaka needs to boost the morale of a team who were crushed by 10 wickets by India in the recent Asia Cup final on home ground in Colombo.
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Here is the factfile on Sri Lanka captain Dasun Shanaka ahead of the Cricket World Cup which gets underway in India on Thursday:
- Name: Dasun Shanaka
- Age: 32
- Playing role: All-rounder
- International ODI career
- Matches: 67
- Runs: 1,204
- Highest score: 108 not out
- Average: 22.29
- 100s: 2
- 50s: 3
- Wickets: 27
- Best bowling: 5-43
- Average: 34.11
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