Suranga Sampath is a Sri Lankan blind cricketer.[1] He was part of the Sri Lankan team during the 2017 ICC World T20 for the Blind.[2] In the 2017 Blind T20 World Cup, he was the top scorer throughout the tournament with an aggregate of 733 runs with an average of excess 150.[3] He also scored 5 centuries during the tournament, the most by any player in a single Blind T20 World Cup series; thus becoming the only batsman to score 5 centuries in a single edition of a Blind T20 World Cup. He picked up 4 wickets during the tournament to be adjudged the man of the tournament.[4][5][6]
Suranga Sampath along with Ruwan Wasantha set the record for the highest ever partnership for any wicket in Blind T20I history as well as in Blind T20 World Cup history when they put on an unbeaten 334 runs for the first wicket in the 2017 Blind T20 World Cup.[7] He was also named as a player in the dream team during the 2017 Blind T20 World Cup.[8]
Suranga Sampath was also named as the member of the Sri Lankan blind cricket team for the 2018 Blind Cricket World Cup. During the first match for Sri Lanka in the tournament against Australia he scored 130 which propelled the team score to 485/7 in 40 overs and played a key role in a massive victory by a margin of 303 runs.[9]
Blind International Centuries edit
Blind T20I Centuries edit
| Suranga Sampath's T20 International centuries | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Runs | Match | Opponents | City/Country | Venue | Year | Results | |
| 1 | 146* | 5 |  New Zealand
|
Delhi, India | Delhi IIT Ground[10] | 2017 | Won[11] | |
| 2 | 116* | 6 |  West Indies
|
Delhi, India | Delhi IIT Ground[10] | 2017 | Won[12] | |
| 3 | 164* | 8 |  England
|
Ahmedabad, India | Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium | 2017 | Won[13] | |
| 4 | 111 | 10 |  Nepal
|
Pune, India | Pune PYC Ground[14] | 2017 | Won[15] | |
| 5 | 105* | 11 |  Australia
|
Cochin, India | Rajagiri College Ground[16] | 2017 | Won[17] | |
References edit
- ^ "Suranga Sampath". CricHQ. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
- ^ "India beat Sri Lanka, enter final of T20 World Cup for the Blind - Times of India". indiatimes.com. 10 February 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
- ^ "leaderboards - Blind Cricket World Cup 2017". Blind Cricket. Archived from the original on 17 February 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
- ^ "Accolades for blind cricketer Suranga Sampath". Island Cricket. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
- ^ "Sunday Times - Cricket: Accolades for blind cricketer Suranga Sampath". sundaytimes.lk. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
- ^ "Sri Lanka's Suranga Sampath named man of the series at 2017 Blind T20 Cricket world cup". sbs.com.au. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
- ^ "WORLD RECORD BY SRI LANKA BLIND CRICKET TEAM". Hiru News. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
- ^ "Dream Team - Blind Cricket World Cup 2017". Blind Cricket. Archived from the original on 17 February 2017. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
- ^ "Australia demolished by the Lions". ThePapare.com. 10 January 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
- ^ a b "Delhi IIT Ground". CricHQ. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
- ^ "[Sri Lanka v New Zealand]". CricHQ. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
- ^ "[Sri Lanka v Wset Indies]". CricHQ. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
- ^ "[Sri Lanka v England]". CricHQ. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
- ^ "Pune PYC Ground". CricHQ. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
- ^ "[Sri Lanka v Nepal]". CricHQ. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
- ^ "Rajagiri College Ground". CricHQ. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
- ^ "[Sri Lanka v Australia]". CricHQ. Retrieved 15 March 2017.