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Chamika Karunaratne

Born: 1996-05-29
Batting: right handed
Bowling: right-arm fast-medium
From: Sri Lankan

Batting career

Career totals by format

Batting career statistics
Format	M	Runs	Avg	SR	HS
Test	4	22	11	51.16	22
ODI	26	451	25.06	78.43	75
T20I	48	347	17.35	104.83	35*
First-class	17	831	43.74	83.85	125*
List A	21	537	35.8	108.92	95*
T20	88	1,339	37.19	147.79	75*
T10	20	123	30.75	168.49	58*
list a	1	9	9	42.86	9

Bowling career

Career totals by format

Bowling career statistics
Format	M	Wkts	Econ	Overs	Best
Test	4	1	5.69	26.0	1/130
ODI	26	24	5.76	132.5	4/43
T20I	48	28	8.4	125.5	2/22
First-class	17	35	3.75	226.3	4/69
List A	21	32	5.12	134.5	5/39
T20	88	69	8.72	209.2	4/11
T10	20	17	11.67	30.4	3/6
list a	1	0	6.57	7.0	—

Recent performances

ODI match form

31 Mar 2023vs NZ, NZ vs SL 2023, #3ODI

Batting: 24 (42b)
Bowling: —

31 Mar 2023vs NZ, NZ vs SL 2023, #3ODI

Batting: —
Bowling: 0/26 (4.5o)

25 Mar 2023vs NZ, NZ vs SL 2023, #1ODI

Batting: —
Bowling: 4/43 (9.0o)

25 Mar 2023vs NZ, NZ vs SL 2023, #1ODI

Batting: 11 (24b)
Bowling: —

15 Jan 2023vs IND, IND vs SL 2023, #3ODI

Batting: —
Bowling: 1/58 (8.0o)

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15 Jan 2023vs IND, IND vs SL 2023, #3ODI

Batting: 1 (6b)
Bowling: —

12 Jan 2023vs IND, IND vs SL 2023, #2ODI

Batting: —
Bowling: 2/51 (8.0o)

12 Jan 2023vs IND, IND vs SL 2023, #2ODI

Batting: 17 (25b)
Bowling: —

10 Jan 2023vs IND, IND vs SL 2023, #1ODI

Batting: 14 (21b)
Bowling: —

10 Jan 2023vs IND, IND vs SL 2023, #1ODI

Batting: —
Bowling: 1/54 (8.0o)

About Chamika Karunaratne

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Chamika Karunaratne is a fast-bowling allrounder who plays for Sri Lanka’s national team and represents Nondescripts Cricket Club domestically. Karunaratne has been on the fringes of Sri Lanka since his U-19 days. He might not be the bowler with tearaway pace but his ability to pick the correct length in the channel makes the seamer a hard opponent. Born in Colombo, Karunaratne comes from a sporting background. His father and brothers are all professional badminton players. The hearty pacer was also a junior national champion in javelin throw and also played badminton at the international level, before finding his peace at cricket. In 2013, he was picked for the Sri Lankan U-19 team to play two Youth Tests and three Youth ODIs. The all-rounder wasn’t picked for the 2014 U-19 World Cup, hence, decided to prove himself through domestic cricket. He made his first-class debut for Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club in the 2015–16 Premier League Tournament. The following season, the allrounder made his List-A and T20 debuts, before getting selected for the Emerging Teams Asia Cup in 2018. After the 2018 season, there was no looking back for Karunaratne. In January 2019, he was named in the squad for the Test series against Australia Down Under. The bowling all-rounder made his Test debut at Canberra where he scalped Marnus Labuschagne’s wicket in the of his career. However, after that, he got bashing by the Australians and finished with the figures of 1 for 148. Karunaratne was named in the teams for the tours of South Africa and West Indies but wasn’t unfortunate to make it into the playing XIs then. In May 2021, the Sri Lankan was named to the squad for the three-match ODI series against Bangladesh. The promising all-rounder has shown a lot of promise and can be the answer for his national team in these transition times. (As of May 2021)