Nuwan Kulasekara

Full Name:	Kulasekara Mudiyanselage Dinesh Nuwan Kulasekara
Birth date:	July 22, 1982
Age:	39 years
Birth Country:	Sri Lanka
Batting Style:	Right Hand Batsman
Bowling Style:	Right Arm Fast Medium Bowler
Team :	Sri Lanka

Kulasekara Mudiyanselage Dinesh Nuwan Kulasekara was born to the Kulasekara family on the 22nd day of July, 1982. He was born in Nittambuwa, Sri lanka and received his schooling in Gampaha. Kulasekara was initially inclined towards playing softball, but, gradually his interest shifted towards cricket.

Career Highlights:

First Class debut in 2001-2002
List A debut in 2002-2003
His first appearance in ODI was against England on 18th November 2003 at Dambulla. In this match he grabbed 2 wickets in 9 overs while conceding only 19 runs. Sri Lanka won the match by 10 wickets
He debuted in Test Match versus New Zealand at Napier on the 4th of April, 2005. The match was a draw and Kulasekara picked up one wicket.
In 2008 he played is first T20I against Pakistan at King City
Kulasekara was a part of the Sri Lankan squad for the World Cup 2007.
He was awarded the best bowler in 2003-2003 domestic cricket competition.
His first test 50 was against England in May 2006, at Lord’s
In 2009, Kulasekara held the position of best bowler in the ODI rankings for a handful of months
His first 5 wicket haul was against Australia on 18th January 2013 at Brisbane. He gave away only 22 runs.
The Chennai Super Kings priced him at $100,000 in IPL 2011

Kulasekara is one of the most moderate and humble natured cricketer. He mastered the art of inswing and bowls at a lively pace. He is considered among the top swing bowlers. He also falls in league with the ‘Pinch Hitters” and at times wields hiss willow magic in the lower order. One of his notable innings was with Kumar Sangakkara against England in Champions Trophy of 2013.

Recent matches

Wkts	Team	Opp	Match Date	Score
3/45	Asia Lions	World Giants	2022-01-29	DT20
1/15	Asia Lions	World Giants	2022-01-26	DT20
2/14	Asia Lions	India Maharajas	2022-01-24	DT20
2/17	Asia Lions	World Giants	2022-01-21	DT20
0/42	Asia Lions	India Maharajas	2022-01-20	DT20
0/44	Sri Lanka Legends	India Legends	2021-03-21	DT20
5/25	Sri Lanka Legends	South Africa Legends	2021-03-19	DT20
0/1	Sri Lanka Legends	England Legends	2021-03-14	DT20
0/17	Sri Lanka Legends	Bangladesh Legends	2021-03-10	DT20
2/13	Sri Lanka Legends	South Africa Legends	2021-03-08	DT20

Statistictics by year

Batting Statistics

	Mat	Inns	Out	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BP	SR	50s	0s	4s	6s	Ct
TEST	21	28	27	1	391	64	14.48	930	42.04	1	4	47	8	8
ODI	167	116	81	35	1278	73	15.78	1573	81.25	4	17	89	38	43
IT20	56	28	20	8	195	31	9.75	175	111.43	0	5	14	5	17

Bowling Statistics

	Mat	Inns	Overs	MO	Runs	Wkts	Ave	Eco	SR	Ext	4wkts	5wkts	BBI	BBM
TEST	21	38	594.3	120	1794	48	37.38	3.32	74.3	33	3	0	4/21	8/58
ODI	170	169	1277.4	102	6217	182	34.16	5.26	42.1	158	3	1	5/22	5/22
IT20	56	56	197.2	6	1471	65	22.63	7.66	18.2	52	2	0	4/31	4/31

Awards

Player of the Match	Date
Sri Lanka Legends vs South Africa Legends 2nd Semi Final Match RSWS 2021	2021-03-19
Comilla Victorians vs Barisal Bulls 8th Match BPL T20 2015	2015-11-25
Australia vs Sri Lanka 3rd ODI Match	2013-01-18
Chennai Super Kings vs Pune Warriors 24th IPL T20 Match 2012	2012-04-19
India vs Sri Lanka 8th ODI Match 2012	2012-02-21

Man Of Series	Date
Sri Lanka vs Pakistan Test Series 2009 Schedule	2009-07-24

Last Series Played

Legends League Cricket 2022

Road Safety World Series 2021

Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe ODI Series 2017

ICC Champions Trophy 2017

Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh T20 Series 2017

Team Squad
Angelo Mathews	Chamika Karunaratne
Kusal Mendis	Dilshan Madushanka
Dinesh Chandimal	Kamindu Mendis
Vishwa Fernando	Lasith Embuldeniya
Kamil Mishara	Dimuth Karunaratne