Minod Bhanuka

Minod Bhanuka Ranasinghe (born 29 April 1995) is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer. He made his international debut for the Sri Lanka cricket team in October 2019. He was part of Sri Lanka's squad for the 2014 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup.He is an old boy of Maliyadeva College, Kurunegala.[1]

Minod Bhanuka Ranasinghe
Personal information
Full nameMinod Bhanuka Ranasinghe
Born (1995-04-29) 29 April 1995
Sri Lanka
BattingLeft-handed
RoleWicketkeeper-batsman
International information
National side
Only ODI (cap 192)2 October 2019 v Pakistan
T20I debut (cap 82)5 October 2019 v Pakistan
Last T20I7 October 2019 v Pakistan
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2017SSC
2018-presentCCC (squad no. 15)
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20 FC LA
Matches 1 2 45 46
Runs scored 36 0 2,854 1,055
Batting average 36.00 0.00 43.90 27.76
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 9/8 1/5
Top score 36 0 342 113*
Balls bowled – – 6 –
Wickets – – 0 –
Bowling average – – – –
5 wickets in innings – – – –
10 wickets in match – – – –
Best bowling – – – –
Catches/stumpings 0/0 2/0 106/31 42/21
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 13 October 2019

Domestic career

In a 2015–16 Premier League Tournament match in January 2016, he scored 342 runs for Sinhalese Sports Club against Badureliya Sports Club at Surrey Village Cricket Ground, Maggona.[2]

In March 2018, he was named in Kandy's squad for the 2017–18 Super Four Provincial Tournament.[3][4] The following month, he was also named in Kandy's squad for the 2018 Super Provincial One Day Tournament.[5]

In August 2018, he was named in Dambulla's squad the 2018 SLC T20 League.[6] In March 2019, he was named in Galle's squad for the 2019 Super Provincial One Day Tournament.[7]

International career

He was part of Sri Lanka's squad for the 2014 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup. In October 2017, he was named in Sri Lanka's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against Pakistan in the UAE, but he did not play.[8] In September 2019, he was named in Sri Lanka's squads for the series against Pakistan in Pakistan.[9] He made his One Day International (ODI) debut for Sri Lanka, against Pakistan, on 2 October 2019.[10] He made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut for Sri Lanka, also against Pakistan, on 5 October 2019.[11]

In November 2019, he was named in Sri Lanka's squad for the 2019 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup in Bangladesh.[12]

References
  1. "Minod Bhanuka". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
  2. "AIA Premier League Tournament, Group B: Badureliya Sports Club v Sinhalese Sports Club at Kaluthara, Jan 8-10, 2016". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  3. "Cricket: Mixed opinions on Provincial tournament". Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 26 March 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  4. "All you need to know about the SL Super Provincial Tournament". Daily Sports. 26 March 2018. Archived from the original on 27 March 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  5. "SLC Super Provincial 50 over tournament squads and fixtures". The Papare. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  6. "SLC T20 League 2018 squads finalized". The Papare. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  7. "Squads, Fixtures announced for SLC Provincial 50 Overs Tournament". The Papare. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  8. "Thisara Perera to captain Sri Lanka in Lahore". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 October 2017.
  9. "Sri Lanka ODI and T20I Squads for Pakistan tour". Sri Lanka Cricket. Retrieved 11 September 2019.
  10. "3rd ODI (D/N), Sri Lanka tour of Pakistan at Karachi, Oct 2 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  11. "1st T20I (N), Sri Lanka tour of Pakistan at Lahore, Oct 5 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
  12. "Sri Lanka squad for Emerging Teams Asia Cup 2019 announced". The Papare. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
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