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    "title": "Cricket World Cup 2023: Dasun Shanaka Factfile",
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    "excerpt": "Story And Factfile of Dasun Shanaka Sri Lanka captain for CWC 2023. 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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    "editor1": "<p>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.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>He enjoyed a memorable ODI debut in 2016, scoring 42 and taking a career-best 5-43 with his medium pace against Ireland.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>However, he endured a miserable time during the World Cup qualifying event in Zimbabwe in June, managing just 12 runs and taking five wickets.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>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.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><b>Also Read: <\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cricketnmore.com\/live-cricket-score\">LIVE Score<\/a><\/p><p>Here is the factfile on Sri Lanka captain Dasun Shanaka ahead of the Cricket World Cup which gets underway in India on Thursday:<\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>Name: Dasun Shanaka<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Age: 32<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Playing role: All-rounder<\/li>\r\n\t<li>International ODI career<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Matches: 67<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Runs: 1,204<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Highest score: 108 not out<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Average: 22.29<\/li>\r\n\t<li>100s: 2<\/li>\r\n\t<li>50s: 3<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Wickets: 27<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Best bowling: 5-43<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Average: 34.11<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n",
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    "created": "2023-10-03 08:45:13",
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