Personal Information

Full NameMadagamagamage Dasun Shanaka
BornSeptember 9, 1991 Negombo
Age32 Years, 6 Months, 10 Days
National SideSri Lanka
Batting StyleRight Handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
SportCricket

Ranking

TestODIT20
Batting-14357
Bowling-167155

Man of the Match

TestODIT20World CupCL
0130-

Career Information

Teams PlayedSri Lanka, Sri Lanka A, Sinhalese Sports Club, Chattogram Challengers, Sylhet Strikers, Wayamba United, Rangpur Riders, Saint Lucia Kings, Sri Lanka Cricket Board President XI, Comilla Victorians, Colombo, Kandy, Galle, Peshawar Zalmi, Colombo Commandos, Sri Lankan XI, Khulna Tigers, Sri Lankans, Kandy District, Dambulla, Bangla Tigers, Maratha Arabians, Montreal Tigers, Delhi Bulls, Badulla Sea Eagles, Dambulla Aura, Galle Titans, SLC Greens, SLC Greys, Chennai Braves, Gujarat Titans, Dubai Capitals, Seattle Orcas
Career Span

Madagamagamage Dasun Shanaka Overall Stats

Batting & Fielding Performance

MIN/ORHS100s50s4s6sAVGS/RCTSTDucksR/O
Test
612214066* v SA019714.0050.724020
ODI
716351299108* v IND241034222.3991.4718066
World Cup
2208068 v SA016340.00100.001000
T20I
968820142574* v IND051057020.95122.73350117
IPL
3312617 v CSK002113.00100.002010
tten
2419822737* v NW00181420.63187.607030
ILT20
108215558* v MIE0112625.83115.673000
ttwenty_non_domestic
1512318958* v MIE0113821.00112.503000

Bowling Performance

IOMRWBest3s5sAVGE/RS/RMtc
Test
812719431133/46 v ENG2033.153.3958.616
ODI
461763999275/43 v IRE2137.005.6739.1146
World Cup
21106400/28 v PAK00-5.81-2
T20I
4879.20669303/16 v IND1022.308.4315.8648
tten
1117.2026742/25 v NW0066.7515.4026.0011
ILT20
3505711/24 v MIE0057.0011.4030.003
ttwenty_non_domestic
69010611/24 v MIE00106.0011.7754.006

Madagamagamage Dasun Shanaka Profile

Dasun Shanaka is a right-arm all-rounder known for his steady pace bowling and hard-hitting batting technique. The Negombo born all-rounder had to work really hard at the domestic level to find his way in the national team. Even though his domestic figures were not up to the mark, showcasing his potential along with some three-dimensional performances were enough to convince the selectors.


After playing a few seasons with the Sinhalese Sports Club, Shanaka was handed his maiden T20I call-up against Pakistan in August 2015. One of the highlights of his career came during a T20I match in Pune against India where he picked 3 crucial scalps of MS Dhoni, Hardik Pandya and Suresh Raina and ended with figures of 3 for 16. He played some handy cameos for Sri Lanka in the 2016 World T20 tournament and in the same year was handed his Test cap.


Further Dasun got the opportunity to represent Sri Lanka in all the formats of the game but failed to make the most out of it. His inconsistency along with the presence of senior all-rounders in the squad kept him in and out of the squad. In September 2019 when most of Sri Lanka's prime players opted out of the tour of Pakistan over security reasons, Shanaka was named the skipper of Sri Lanka's T20I squad. He didn't disappoint and led a young bunch in inflicting a clean sweep on the then number 1 T20I team.