Profile
Thisara Perera is a right-arm fast bowler who bats left handed and has been touted as a genuine all-rounder in the Sri Lankan ranks. He earned his call-up to the national squad in 2009 as an emergency backup to an injured Angelo Mathews and has since then impressed with both bat and ball. He was consequently usurped by Chennai in the IPL for the second edition.
Opening the bowling for his Under-19 squad, Thisara performed well on the England tour and was brilliant in a tri-nation tournament involving India and Bangladesh, picking up eight wickets in four matches. His performances earned him a ticket to Sri Lanka’s Under-19 World Cup held in Malaysia in 2008. Injuries to senior players paved the way for an ODI debut against India in 2009. Thisara also took six wickets in the tri-series involving India and Bangladesh in Dhaka and shared a match-winning partnership with Thilan Samaraweera against India. Since then Perera has regularly featured in ODIs and T20s for Sri Lanka. He was transferred from the now defunct Kochi Tuskers Kerela to the Mumbai camp for the 5th edition of the IPL in 2012. The following year, he was released from Mumbai and traded to the Hyderabad.
Statistics
Show:
| |
Matches |
Innings |
Runs |
NO |
Avg. |
SR |
100's |
50's |
HS |
| Test |
6 |
10 |
203 |
0 |
20.3 |
73.02 |
0 |
1 |
75 |
| ODI |
56 |
39 |
506 |
7 |
15.81 |
110.48 |
0 |
1 |
69* |
| T20 |
24 |
20 |
244 |
10 |
24.4 |
158.44 |
0 |
0 |
35* |
| IPL |
23 |
18 |
260 |
5 |
20 |
130.65 |
0 |
0 |
40 |
| CLT20 |
6 |
6 |
35 |
1 |
7 |
140 |
0 |
0 |
12* |
| |
Matches |
Innings |
Balls |
Runs |
Wickets |
BBI |
BBM |
Avg. |
Econ. |
4w |
5w |
10w |
Extras |
| Test |
6 |
8 |
954 |
653 |
11 |
4/63 |
/ |
59.36 |
4.10 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
| ODI |
56 |
52 |
2165 |
1988 |
75 |
6/44 |
/ |
26.50 |
5.50 |
2 |
3 |
0 |
42 |
| T20 |
24 |
19 |
310 |
409 |
16 |
2/19 |
/ |
25.56 |
7.91 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
11 |
| IPL |
23 |
23 |
463 |
635 |
21 |
3/20 |
/ |
30.23 |
8.22 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
13 |
| CLT20 |
6 |
6 |
93 |
115 |
3 |
1/13 |
/ |
38.33 |
7.41 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
| |
Catches |
Stumpings |
Runouts |
| Test |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| ODI |
23 |
0 |
8 |
| T20 |
9 |
0 |
1 |
| IPL |
7 |
0 |
4 |
| CLT20 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
Career
Span:
- Test:
- 2011-2012
- ODI:
- 2009-2013
- T20:
- 2010-2013
- IPL:
- 2010-2013
- CLT20:
- 2009-2012
- Test
-
- Debut:
- Sri Lanka Vs England at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff - May 26, 2011
- Last played:
- Sri Lanka Vs Pakistan at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy - Jul 08, 2012
- ODI
-
- Debut:
- Sri Lanka Vs India at Eden Gardens, Kolkata - Dec 24, 2009
- Last played:
- Sri Lanka Vs Bangladesh at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy - Mar 28, 2013
- T20
-
- Debut:
- Sri Lanka Vs Zimbabwe at Providence Stadium, Guyana - May 03, 2010
- Last played:
- Sri Lanka Vs Bangladesh at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy - Mar 31, 2013
- IPL
-
- Debut:
- Chennai Vs Mumbai at Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai - Mar 25, 2010
- Last played:
- Hyderabad Vs Rajasthan at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi - May 22, 2013
- CLT20
-
- Debut:
- Wayamba Vs Victoria at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi - Oct 13, 2009
- Last played:
- Mumbai Vs Sydney Sixers at Kingsmead, Durban - Oct 22, 2012
