Batting style Right-handed batsman Role Batsman | Bowling style Right-arm medium fast | |
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Full name Weerahandige Inol Avishka Fernando Current team Sri Lanka national cricket team | ||
Weerahandige Inol Avishka Fernando (born 5 April 1998) is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer from Wadduwa, Sri Lanka. As an 18-year-old, he has been picked in Sri Lankan ODI squad for their home series against Australia. He earned his first call-up to the national ODI team without having played any T20 or List A or first-class cricket.
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- Avishka fernando st sebastian s college 1st xi captain 2015 16
- Rising in ranks
- International career
- References
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Rising in ranks
He hit 95 from 96 balls in Sri Lanka's victory over England in the quarter-final of the 2016 Under-19 World Cup, and later in the year would hit two consecutive hundreds against the same opposition, this time in a bilateral series in England. Sri Lanka U-19s whitewashed England U-19s for the first time in England as well.
International career
He made his One Day International debut for Sri Lanka against Australia on 31 August 2016 at Dambulla. He was dismissed for a duck after facing two balls from Mitchell Starc.
