Minod Bhanuka Ranasinghe (born 29 April 1995) is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer who plays all formats of the game.[1] 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.[2]
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| Full name | Minod Bhanuka Ranasinghe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1995-04-29) 29 April 1995 (age 27) Wennapuwa, Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Wicket-keeper-batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Only Test (cap 152) | 3 January 2021 v South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 192) | 2 October 2019 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 4 September 2021 v South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut (cap 82) | 5 October 2019 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 29 July 2021 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Sinhalese Sports Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018-present | Colombo Cricket Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020 | Jaffna Stallions | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | Kandy Warriors | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 26 July 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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.[3]
In March 2018, he was named in Kandy's squad for the 2017–18 Super Four Provincial Tournament.[4][5] The following month, he was also named in Kandy's squad for the 2018 Super Provincial One Day Tournament.[6]
In August 2018, he was named in Dambulla's squad the 2018 SLC T20 League.[7] In March 2019, he was named in Galle's squad for the 2019 Super Provincial One Day Tournament.[8] In October 2020, he was drafted by the Jaffna Stallions for the inaugural edition of the Lanka Premier League.[9] In August 2021, he was named in the SLC Greys team for the 2021 SLC Invitational T20 League tournament.[10] SLC Greys won the tournament, with Bhanuka being named the player of the match in the final.[11]
In July 2022, he was signed by the Kandy Falcons for the third edition of the Lanka Premier League.[12]
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.[13] In September 2019, he was named in Sri Lanka's squads for the series against Pakistan in Pakistan.[14] He made his One Day International (ODI) debut for Sri Lanka, against Pakistan, on 2 October 2019.[15] He made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut for Sri Lanka, also against Pakistan, on 5 October 2019.[16]
In November 2019, he was named in Sri Lanka's squad for the 2019 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup in Bangladesh.[17] In December 2020, Gunathilake was named in Sri Lanka's Test squad for their series against South Africa.[18] He made his Test debut for Sri Lanka, against South Africa, on 3 January 2021.[19][20]
In September 2021, he was added to Sri Lanka's squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.[21] In June 2022, he was named in the Sri Lanka A squad for their matches against Australia A during Australia's tour of Sri Lanka.[22]
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