Avishka

Fernando

Sri Lanka
Batsman

About Avishka Fernando

Name
Avishka Fernando
Born
Apr 05, 1998 (26 years)
Birth Place
Sri Lanka
Role
Batsman
Batting Style
Right Handed
Bowling Style
Right-arm medium fast

Avishka Fernando is a hard-hitting right-handed batsman who started to show a lot of promise at a very young age. In the school system, he was breaking and making records for fun and it didn't take him long to catch the attention of the selectors.


Fernando was initially picked in Sri Lanka's age-group teams and he didn't disappoint. A century against the touring Australia Under-19 team in 2014 was enough to prove his worth and he soon found himself in the 2016 Under-19 World Cup squad. The tournament didn't go as per his standard although his match-winning 95 runs off 96 balls against England in the quarterfinal gave the world a glimpse of his potential. He followed that up with a couple of centuries against the same team in a bilateral series and earned his first call-up to the national ODI team.


At the age of 18, without playing any First Class or List A or T20 game, Fernando was handed his ODI debut against Australia. The young man received a harsh reality check in his first international outing as Mitchell Starc sent him packing in just two balls for a duck.


Following that, Avishka made his First Class debut a few months later against a touring West Indies A team. After gaining some experience under his belt, Avishka once again was selected in the limited-overs team for the tour of South Africa in 2019 but he failed to impress. With the national team struggling with form and fitness of some key players, Avishka Fernando was picked in the World Cup squad of 2019 in spite of his modest tour of South Africa. One of the brightest young prospects in the country, Sri Lanka would be hoping that their investment in Fernando pays off in the long run. 

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ICC Ranking

# 0
Test
# 60
ODI
# 1513
T20I

Career Stats

Batting
Bowling
Batter
Test
ODI
T20I
Domestic-Firstclass
Matches
0
42
35
34
Innings
0
42
33
54
Runs
0
1357
341
1818
Highest Score
0
127
37
223
SR
0.00
91.00
92.00
73.00
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Team Played For

Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Colts Cricket Club
Colts Cricket Club
Sri Lanka A
Sri Lanka A
Sinhalese Sports Club
Sinhalese Sports Club
Sri Lanka Under-19
Sri Lanka Under-19
Chattogram Challengers
Chattogram Challengers
Sri Lanka Under-23
Sri Lanka Under-23
Colombo
Colombo
Kandy
Kandy
Khulna Tigers
Khulna Tigers
Sri Lankans
Sri Lankans
Kegalle District
Kegalle District
Dambulla
Dambulla
Bangla Tigers
Bangla Tigers
Team Abu Dhabi
Team Abu Dhabi
Dambulla Sixers
Dambulla Sixers
Jaffna Kings
Jaffna Kings
SLC Reds
SLC Reds
NYS Lagos
NYS Lagos