Dasun Shanaka

Madagamagamage Dasun Shanaka (born 9 September 1991) is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer and former limited overs captain of the Sri Lankan cricket team.

An all-rounder, Shanaka is a right-handed batter and a right-arm medium fast bowler.

He was the 134th Test player for Sri Lanka.

He took his first Test wicket by dismissing England captain Alastair Cook.

Though he took 3 for 46 runs, he only scored 4 runs in the two innings, and Sri Lanka lost the match by an innings and 88 runs.

He was named in Sri Lanka's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against Pakistan in July 2015.

He made his T20I debut on 1 August 2015 as the 58th T20I cap for Sri Lanka.

In May 2016, Shanaka scored a century against Leicestershire County Cricket Club in a first-class match on the tour of England.

He made his Test debut for Sri Lanka on 19 May 2016 against England on the same tour.

He made his One Day International (ODI) debut against Ireland on 16 June 2016.

Shanaka scored 42 runs from 19 balls.

Bowling, he took five wickets for 42 runs.

He became the twelfth player, and third Sri Lankan, to take five wickets on debut in an ODI.

In March 2018, he was named the vice-captain of Galle's squad for the 2017–18 Super Four Provincial Tournament.

The following month, he was also named as the vice-captain of Galle's squad for the 2018 Super Provincial One Day Tournament.

On 3 June 2018, he was selected to play for the Montreal Tigers in the players' draft for the inaugural edition of the Global T20 Canada tournament.

In August 2018, he was named in Kandy's squad the 2018 SLC T20 League.

He was the leading run-scorer for Kandy in the tournament, with 312 runs in six matches, including a century in Kandy's final match.

In October 2018, he was named in the squad for the Chittagong Vikings team, following the draft for the 2018–19 Bangladesh Premier League.

In 2019, he captained the Twenty20 International (T20I) side against Pakistan, with Sri Lanka whitewashing Pakistan 3–0 in the series under his captaincy.

In February 2021, ahead of their tour of the West Indies, Shanaka was formally appointed as Sri Lanka's T20I captain, replacing Lasith Malinga.

In July 2021, Shanaka was also named as the captain of Sri Lanka's One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against India.

Shanaka led Sri Lanka to win the 2022 Asia Cup, the six title the team won.

In March 2019, he was named in Dambulla's squad for the 2019 Super Provincial One Day Tournament.

In November 2019, he was selected to play for the Cumilla Warriors in the 2019–20 Bangladesh Premier League.

In October 2020, he was drafted by the Dambulla Viiking for the inaugural edition of the Lanka Premier League.

In August 2021, he was named as the captain of the SLC Greys team for the 2021 SLC Invitational T20 League tournament.

Shanaka was the leading run-scorer in the tournament, and he was named the player of the series.

In November 2021, he was selected to play for the Dambulla Giants following the players' draft for the 2021 Lanka Premier League.

In July 2022, he was signed by the Dambulla Giants for the third edition of the Lanka Premier League.

On 5 February 2023, in International League T20 against Mumbai Indians Emirates Dasun scored 15th T20 half century.

He scored unbeaten 58 runs from 36 balls.

He also put 122 run partnership with Sikander Raza and brought 7 wicket victory for Dubai Capitals.

Due to his knock Dasun won player of the match award.

In the Eliminator match Mumbai Indians Emirates beat Dubai Capitals at Sharjah.

They are left of the tournament.

Later Same month Shanaka joined with Rangpur Riders in Bangladesh Premier League 2023.

He played two matches in BPL 2023 and he took 4 wickets.

In February 2023 he signed with Peshawar Zalmi in Pakistan Super League.

In April 2023, he was signed by Gujarat Titans for the 2023 Indian Premier League as a replacement player for Kane Williamson.