Pinnaduwage Wanindu Hasaranga de Silva (born 29 July 1997), better known as Wanindu Hasaranga, is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer and current T20I captain who plays for the Sri Lanka cricket team in white ball cricket as a bowling All rounder.
He is a Right-arm leg spinner.
2015
Hasaranga made his List A debut on 30 November 2015 in the AIA Premier Limited Over Tournament.
In December 2015, he was named in Sri Lanka's squad for the 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.
2016
He represented Sri Lankan under 19 cricket team at the Under-19 Cricket World Cup held in Bangladesh in 2016.
At the age of 16, he played as a frontline seam bowler and even opened the bowling for Richmonds College cricket team.
However, he switched to bowling leg-spin after witnessing a demonstration by his coach Lanka de Silva who taught him on how to bowl leg spin.
He soon followed the footsteps of his coach and transformed into a leg-spinner.
It was the coach who identified the potential on him to convert him into a leg-spinner after realizing Hasaranga's great arm speed.
He also underwent a pace-to-spin bowling transformation workshop and also took part in an age group 50 over local tournament at the age of 17 where he bagged a tally of 28 wickets in just 6 matches.
He took seven wickets in the 2016 U19 World Cup which also included a match winning bowling performance of 3/34 against England in the quarter-final of the tournament to help Sri Lanka reach semi-final stage.
He made his first-class debut for Sri Lanka Ports Authority Cricket Club in the 2015–16 Premier League Tournament, on 26 February 2016.
He gained limelight for his all-round efforts scoring 586 runs including a century averaging just under 40 with a strike rate of 93 and taking 15 wickets including a five-wicket haul in the 2016-17 domestic FC season.
2017
Hasaranga made his international debut for Sri Lanka in July 2017.
His elder brother, Chaturanga de Silva, has also represented the national team.
Hasaranga made history when he took the first ever hat-trick for Sri Lanka in a T20 World Cup during the 2021 edition of the tournament, and being the first Sri Lankan on an ODI debut to take a hat-trick.
Wanindu Hasaranga de Silva was educated at Richmond College, Galle, where he started his cricket career.
In November 2017, Hasaranga was named the most promising player in domestic cricket for the 2016–17 season at Sri Lanka Cricket's annual awards.
He made his Twenty20 debut for Sylhet Sixers on 11 November 2017 in the 2017–18 Bangladesh Premier League.
2018
In March 2018, Hasaranga was named in Colombo's squad for the 2017–18 Super Four Provincial Tournament.
The following month, he was also named in Colombo's squad for the 2018 Super Provincial One Day Tournament.
In August 2018, he was named in Dambulla's squad the 2018 SLC T20 League.
Hasaranga was the leading run-scorer for Colombo Cricket Club in the 2018–19 Premier League Tournament, with 765 runs in nine matches.
2019
In March 2019, he was named in Galle's squad for the 2019 Super Provincial One Day Tournament.
2020
In October 2020, he was drafted by the Jaffna Stallions for the inaugural edition of the Lanka Premier League.
He was named the player of the tournament, after taking seventeen wickets.
In August 2021, Hasaranga was included in the Royal Challengers Bangalore squad for the second phase of the 2021 Indian Premier League (IPL) in the UAE.
He made his IPL debut on 20 September 2021 against Kolkata Knight Riders.
In November 2021, he was selected to play for the Jaffna Kings following the players' draft for the 2021 Lanka Premier League.
In the 2022 IPL Auction, Hasaranga was bought by the Royal Challengers Bangalore.
He delivered his best bowling figures in an IPL match and the best for any bowler at the Wankhede Stadium when he took 5 for 18 against Sunrisers Hyderabad in May 2022.
In April 2022, he was bought by the Manchester Originals for the 2022 season of The Hundred in England.
In July 2022, he was signed by the Kandy Falcons for the third edition of the Lanka Premier League.
In 2022, Hasaranga was signed up by Quetta Gladiators for the PSL 8.
In 2022, Hasaranga was signed by Desert Vipers in International League T20.
He played for Desert Vipers in 2023, he ended up being third highest wicket-taker scalping 9 wickets.
Hasaranga played the Major League Cricket in the US, as he was signed by Washington Freedom in 2023.
Before 2024 IPL, the Royal Challengers Bangalore released Hasaranga and was signed by Sunrisers Hyderabad for Rs.
1.5 crore in the auction.
Hasaranga was named to Sri Lanka's One Day International (ODI) squad for their series against Zimbabwe.
