Wanindu Hasaranga has been Sri Lanka’s biggest match-winner in the limited-overs formats for a few years now. A product of Richmond College, the leg-spinner ended up being the highest wicket-taker in the T20 World Cup last year as well as the Abu Dhabi T10 while capturing 26 wickets in arguably the biggest cricket festival in the world – the Indian Premier League (IPL).
The day-night matches in Sri Lanka’s limited over series against Australia next month will go ahead as scheduled, a Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) official said today, refuting reports in foreign media that all matches had been shifted to day games.
Pathirana first came to the limelight when he appeared to have bowled a delivery at 175kmph during one of the junior matches, which was then considered a technical fault. Since then the right-arm fast-bowler, who has a slingy bowling action, has been a consistent performer for the Sri Lanka Under 19 team. However, the 19-year-old was handed his debut last week by Chennai Super Kings and the youngster repaid the faith shown in him by MS Dhoni pick
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