Nuwan

Thushara

Sri Lanka
Bowler

About Nuwan Thushara

Name
Nuwan Thushara
Born
Aug 06, 1994 (30 years)
Birth Place
Sri Lanka
Role
Bowler
Batting Style
Right Handed
Bowling Style
Right-arm medium fast

Ilandari Dewage Nuwan Thushara is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer who currently plays T20Is for the national team. A fast bowler with a slinging action, Thushara made his international debut for the Sri Lanka cricket team in February 2022 against Australia.

He made his first-class debut for Sinhalese Sports Club in the 2015–16 Premier League Tournament on 26 December 2015. He then made his List A debut for Colombo Cricket Club in the 2017–18 Premier Limited Overs Tournament in March 2018. In October 2020, he was drafted by the Galle Gladiators for the inaugural edition of the Lanka Premier League. In August 2021, he was named to the SLC Greens team for the 2021 SLC Invitational T20 League tournament. In November 2021, he was selected to play for the Galle Gladiators following the players' draft for the 2021 Lanka Premier League. In July 2022, he was signed by the Galle Gladiators for the third edition of the Lanka Premier League. Nuwan was recently acquired by the Indian T20 League franchise Mumbai for the 2024 season for 4.8 crores INR.

In January 2022, he was named in Sri Lanka's One Day International squad for their series against Zimbabwe. Later that month, he was named in Sri Lanka's Twenty20 International squad for their away series against Australia. He made his T20I debut on 13 February 2022, for Sri Lanka against Australia. In June 2022, he was named in Sri Lanka's ODI squad for their home series against Australia. In February 2024, he was named in Sri Lanka's T20I squad for their tour to Bangladesh. On 9 March 2024, during the third T20I, he took his first hat-trick in T20Is and became the fifth Sri Lankan bowler to do so. He also picked up his maiden five-wicket haul in T20Is.  

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ICC Ranking

# 0
Test
# 0
ODI
# 56
T20I

Career Stats

Batting
Bowling
Batter
Test
ODI
T20I
Domestic-Firstclass
Matches
0
0
11
5
Innings
0
0
5
6
Runs
0
0
8
2
Highest Score
0
0
6
1
SR
0.00
0.00
57.00
8.00
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Team Played For

Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Badureliya Sports Club
Badureliya Sports Club
Colombo Cricket Club
Colombo Cricket Club
Sri Lanka Emerging
Sri Lanka Emerging
Sri Lanka A
Sri Lanka A
Sinhalese Sports Club
Sinhalese Sports Club
Mumbai Indians
Mumbai Indians
St Kitts and Nevis Patriots
St Kitts and Nevis Patriots
Colombo
Colombo
Quetta Gladiators
Quetta Gladiators
Dambulla
Dambulla
Deccan Gladiators
Deccan Gladiators
Dambulla Sixers
Dambulla Sixers
Galle Marvels
Galle Marvels
Jaffna Kings
Jaffna Kings
Fortune Barishal
Fortune Barishal
SLC Greens
SLC Greens
MI Cape Town
MI Cape Town
Dubai Capitals
Dubai Capitals
Lumbini All Stars
Lumbini All Stars