Kaluwa Dewage Udeshika Prabodhani (born 20 September 1985) is a Sri Lankan cricketer who plays for the national women's cricket team.[1] In October 2018, she was named in Sri Lanka's squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 tournament in the West Indies.[2] She was the joint-leading wicket-taker for Sri Lanka in the tournament, with four dismissals in three matches.[3] In January 2020, she was named in Sri Lanka's squad for the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup in Australia.[4] In October 2021, she was named in Sri Lanka's team for the 2021 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournament in Zimbabwe.[5] In January 2022, she was included in Sri Lanka's squad for the 2022 Commonwealth Games Cricket Qualifier tournament in Malaysia[6] and, in July 2022, in the national team for the cricket tournament at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England.[7]

Udeshika Prabodhani
Prabodhani bowling for Sri Lanka during the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup
Personal information
Full name
Kaluwa Dewage Udeshika Prabodhani
Born (1985-09-20) 20 September 1985 (age 38)
Darga Town, Sri Lanka
BattingRight-handed
BowlingLeft arm medium
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 43)7 February 2009 v Pakistan
Last ODI9 October 2019 v Australia
T20I debut (cap 8)12 June 2009 v Pakistan
Last T20I6 September 2023 v England
Career statistics
Competition WODI WT20I
Matches 56 78
Runs scored 201 114
Batting average 6.93 6.33
100s/50s 0/0 0/0
Top score 21 14
Balls bowled 2,038 1,464
Wickets 30 51
Bowling average 48.33 25.41
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 3/35 3/16
Catches/stumpings 6/– 15/–
Source: Cricinfo, 9 July 2022
Medal record
Representing  Sri Lanka
Women's Cricket
Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2022 Hangzhou Team
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Incheon Team

References edit

  1. ^ "Udeshika Prabodhani". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
  2. ^ "Squads confirmed for ICC Women's World T20 2018". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  3. ^ "ICC Women's World T20, 2018/19 - Sri Lanka Women: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
  4. ^ "Sri Lanka squad for ICC Women's T20I World Cup 2020". Sri Lanka Cricket. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  5. ^ "Chamari Atapattu to lead 17-member Sri Lankan squad in ICC World Cup Qualifiers". Women's CricZone. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  6. ^ "Sri Lanka Women's Squad for Commonwealth Games Qualifier 2022". Sri Lanka Cricket. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  7. ^ "Sri Lanka finalise squad for upcoming Commonwealth Games". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 19 July 2022.

External links edit

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