Janith Liyanage (born 12 July 1995) is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He made his international debut for the Sri Lanka cricket team in February 2022.[1]
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Full name | Kongala Liyanage Janith Vimukthi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1995-07-12) 12 July 1995 (age 27) Colombo, Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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T20I debut (cap 93) | 20 February 2022 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last T20I | 27 February 2022 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 26 July 2022 |
He made his first-class debut for Ragama Cricket Club in the 2014–15 Premier Trophy on 16 January 2015.[2]
In March 2018, he was named in Galle's squad for the 2017–18 Super Four Provincial Tournament.[3][4] The following month, he was also named in Galle's squad for the 2018 Super Provincial One Day Tournament.[5] In November 2021, he was selected to play for the Dambulla Giants following the players' draft for the 2021 Lanka Premier League.[6]
In January 2022, he was named in Sri Lanka's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against Australia.[7] He made his T20I debut on 20 February 2022, for Sri Lanka against Australia.[8]
In July 2022, he was signed by the Kandy Falcons for the third edition of the Lanka Premier League.[9]
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