Upul Tharanga of Sri Lanka cricket team bats left handedly and is an occasional wicketkeeper. He has also played for Sri Lanka Board XI, Singha Sports Club, Ruhuna, Nondescripts Cricket Club and Asia XI.
Tharanga debuted in One day Internationals on 2nd August 2005 at Dambulla against West Indies. In this match, he was the opening batsman and scored 6 runs in 12 balls. Sri Lanka was victorious in this match by 50 runs. The first Test match of Tharanga was played from 18th to 22nd December 2005 at Ahmedabad against India. In the 1st innings, he took 1 catch and scored 2 runs in 14 deliveries while batting at the No. 1 position. In the 2nd innings, he was again sent to bat at the No. 1 spot and he scored 47 runs in 117 balls. India won this match by 259 runs.
Career Highlights
| Team |
Sri Lanka National Cricket Team
|
| Role | Batsman |
| Born | 2 Feb 1985 |
| Nationality |
Sri Lanka
|
| Number | 44 |
| Team History | |
Singha Sports Club
|
2000 - present |
|
Nondescripts
|
2003 - present |
|
Ruhuna
|
2007 - present |
|
Sri Lanka
|
2005 - present |
| Lalitpur Patriots | 2020 |
| Dhaka Dynamites | 2018 - 2019 |
| Sylhet Sixers | 2017 |
| Kandurata Maroons | 2014 |
Tharanga appeared in 15 Test matches and scored 713 runs in these with 165 as his highest score. His batting strike rate was 49.51 and batting average was 28.52. He hit 3 half centuries, 1 century, 99 boundaries and 5 sixers and took 11 catches. In One day Internationals, Tharanga had a batting strike rate of 70.67 and batting average of 30.91 in the 74 matches he played. Overall, he scored 2133 runs and his highest score was 120. He took 12 catches and hit 5 sixers, 253 fours, 6 hundreds and 9 fifties.
