Upul Tharanga

Full Name:	Warushavithana Upul Tharanga
Birth date:	February 2, 1985
Age:	37 years
Birth Country:	Sri Lanka
Batting Style:	Left Hand Batsman
Team :	Sri Lanka

Warushavithana Upul Tharanga was born in Balapitiya, Sri Lanka on 2nd February, 1985.Tharanga received his education in Ambalangoda at Dharmasoka College. The 29 year old left handed batsman has been a part of the Sri Lankan cricket squad since the year 2005. Prior to his selection, his family was devastated in the Asian tsunami where their family home at Ambalangoda was washed away. Tharanga represented various clubs in his career so far, such as Nondescripts Cricket Club, Singha Sports Club, Sri Lanka A, Asia XI, Mohammedan Sporting Club, Ruhuna. Kandurata Maroons etc.

Tharanga, alongside being a batsman, also features as an occasional wicketkeeper. From the early age of 15, Tharanga used to play for Nondescripts. He was a part of the under-19 team of Sri Lanka when they won the 2004 World Cup where he scored a whooping 117. Tharanga played his first List A for Nondescripts Cricket Club vs. Sebastianites Cricket and Athletic Club on 20th September 2003 in Colombo. He made his First Class debut in 2000. His test ebut was against India on 18-22 December 2005 at Ahmedabad where he couldn’t score much. He debuted in the ODIs against West Indies in 2005 at Dambulla and his T20 debut was against England on June 15th 2006, where he added 34 runs to the scoreboard.

Tharanga’s career reached an early high in 2006 and then faced some major adversities in 2007 and subsequent years. In 2011 he picked up the gears again and resurfaced. One major stigma on his career was the positive dope test after world cup of 2011. Due to this breach of ICC Anti-Doping Code, Tharanga was banned from cricket and related activities from 9th May 2011 to 8th August 2011.

Recent matches

Team	Opp	Match Date	Score
Asia Lions	World Giants	2022-01-29	DT20
Asia Lions	World Giants	2022-01-26	DT20
Asia Lions	India Maharajas	2022-01-24	DT20
Asia Lions	World Giants	2022-01-21	DT20
Asia Lions	India Maharajas	2022-01-20	DT20
Jaffna Kings	Colombo Stars	2021-12-16	DT20
Jaffna Kings	Dambulla Giants	2021-12-13	DT20
Jaffna Kings	Kandy Warriors	2021-12-12	DT20
Jaffna Kings	Kandy Warriors	2021-12-08	DT20
Jaffna Kings	Dambulla Giants	2021-12-07	DT20

Statistictics by year

Batting Statistics

	Mat	Inns	Out	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	BP	SR	100s	50s	0s	4s	6s	Ct
TEST	31	58	55	3	1754	165	31.89	3212	54.61	3	8	6	239	9	24
ODI	203	201	188	13	6302	174	33.52	8337	75.59	14	33	16	733	41	45
IT20	28	28	27	1	462	54	17.11	375	123.20	0	1	3	50	12	3

Bowling Statistics

	Mat	Ave	Eco	SR	BBI	BBM
TEST	31	-	-	-	0/0	0/0
ODI	199	-	-	-	0/0	0/0
IT20	29	-	-	-	0/0	0/0

Awards

Player of the Match	Date
Bangladesh Legends vs Sri Lanka Legends 10th T20 Match RSWS 2021	2021-03-10
Sri Lanka Legends vs West Indies Legends 6th T20 Match RSWS 2021	2021-03-06
Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh Tri Series Final Match 2018	2018-01-27
India vs Sri Lanka 3rd ODI Match	2013-07-02
Sri Lanka vs Australia 3rd ODI Match 2011	2011-08-16

Man Of Series	Date
Sri Lanka vs West Indies ODI Series 2011 Schedule	2011-02-06
Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh ODI Series 2005 Schedule	2005-09-04

Last Series Played

Legends League Cricket 2022

LPL 2021 - Lanka Premier League T20

T10 League November 2021 Schedule

Road Safety World Series 2021

LPL 2020 - Lanka Premier League T20

Team Squad
Dinesh Chandimal	Kamindu Mendis
Praveen Jayawickrama	Dilshan Madushanka
Dhananjaya de Silva	Oshada Fernando
Chamika Karunaratne	Kusal Mendis
Angelo Mathews	Niroshan Dickwella