Nickname Siraa Name Nuwan Pradeep Bowling style Right-arm fast Role Cricketer | Height 1.78 m Batting style Right-handed | |
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Full name Aththachchi Nuwan Pradeep Roshan Fernando Relations Nilakshi Champika (wife) (m.2015) Current team Sri Lanka national cricket team | ||
3rd test day four post match press conference nuwan pradeep and rohit sharma
Aththachchi Nuwan Pradeep Roshan Fernando (born 19 October 1986), commonly known as Nuwan Pradeep, is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer who is playing for all three formats of the game. With the fellow pacer Dhammika Prasad, Pradeep is the opening bowlers in test cricket.
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- 3rd test day four post match press conference nuwan pradeep and rohit sharma
- Nuwan pradeep first over of his career
- International career
- Personal life
- References
Despite being a national cricketer, he had never actually played the game until he was 20. He shot into prominence after winning a bowling speed contest, earning a national test call up less than 3 years later.
Nuwan pradeep first over of his career
International career
In 2010, Pradeep was called up to the Sri Lankan squad for the second Test against India. In 2011 he was again selected to the national Test squad, in the tournament against Pakistan in the UAE. He made his Test debut against Pakistan in October 2011, but did not take a wicket on debut.
He became an in and out pace bowler for Sri Lanka due to most of the injuries. Despite the fact, he is one of the fastest bowlers ever found on current Sri Lanka squad. He took his first international wicket by dismissing Mohammad Ayub of Pakistan on 25 June 2012 at Galle International Stadium. After the tour of New Zealand in 2014/15 season, Pradeep showcased his bowling abilities, which sealed him in the permanent spot in Test squad. He is currently a bowling partner of Dhammika Prasad in Test cricket.
On 5 July 2016 he made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut for Sri Lanka against England.
On 28 December 2016 he took the 10,000th lbw in Test cricket, when he dismissed Hashim Amla during Sri Lanka's tour to South Africa. However, Pradeep was injured during the second T20I against South Africa and was sent to Sri Lanka.
After injury, Pradeep was re-called for the India tour in July 2017. In the first match of the series, he took his maiden Test five-wicket haul at Galle International Stadium. His bowling performance in the match was highly praised by commentators as well. However, finally Sri Lanka lost the match by 304 runs. However, during the day two of second test, Pradeep was injured and did not bowl further throughout the match. He did bat in both innings, but was released from the remaining matches of the series.
Personal life
Pradeep is married to his longtime partner, Nilakshi Champika. Their wedding was celebrated on 7 May 2015.