Rajapaksha Mudiyanselage Vishmi Dewmini Gunarathne (born 22 August 2005, known as Vishmi Gunaratne) is a Sri Lankan cricketer who currently plays for Chilaw Marians Cricket Club and Sri Lanka. She plays as a right-handed batter.[1][2]
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| Full name | Rajapaksha Mudiyanselage Vishmi Dewmini Gunarathne | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (2005-08-22) 22 August 2005 (age 17) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batter | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| ODI debut (cap 75) | 4 July 2022 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 7 July 2022 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut (cap 49) | 18 January 2022 v Scotland | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 2 August 2022 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021/22–present | Chilaw Marians Cricket Club | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 18 August 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
In 2022, playing for Rathnavali Balika Vidyalaya School, Gunaratne scored the first ever quadruple century in Sri Lanka Girls' cricket, scoring 417 from 128 balls against Jayasiripura KV.[3][4]
Gunaratne played for Chilaw Marians Cricket Club during the 2021–22 Sri Lanka Women's Division One Tournament, and scored 138* in her side's match against Sri Lanka Army Sports Club Second XI.[5]
In October 2021, Gunaratne was selected in Sri Lanka's squad for the 2021 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier, but did not play a match.[6]
Gunaratne made her Twenty20 International debut on 18 January 2022, at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Cricket Qualifier against Scotland, opening the batting and scoring 8 runs.[7] She missed Sri Lanka's tour of Pakistan in order to sit exams.[8]
During Sri Lanka's series against India in June and July 2022, she made her WT20I high score, scoring 45 as part of Sri Lanka's record opening partnership in WT20Is (87, made with Chamari Athapaththu).[9] She made her One Day International debut on 4 July 2022, during the same series.[10] Gunaratne was selected as part of Sri Lanka's squad for the 2022 Commonwealth Games, playing two matches in the tournament.[11][12]