Who is Dunith Wellalage Sri Lanka Bowler

Rahul Sharma

3 weeks ago

Dunith Vellalaghe is a slow left arm bowler from Sri Lanka who can also bat. Asia Cup 2023 India vs Sri Lanka In which he bowled amazingly and took 5 important wickets. Which also includes legend players like Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. Now All World wants to know about this young cricketer.

After his brilliant spell of 10 overs, Dunith Vellalaghe also showed his talent in batting. When he came to bat, Sri Lanka’s condition was bad, 6 wickets of the team had fallen. He remained not out till the end, he scored 42 runs on 46 balls and struggled a lot but in the last, India won by 41 runs.

Lets have a look his career stats and more:-

Full Name	Dunith Nethmika Wellalage
Born	09 January, 2003, Colombo
Birth Palace	Colombo
Age	20 y 246 Days
Playing role	Slow Left Arm Orthodox ( All Rounder )
Batting Style	Left Handed
Sport	Cricket
Education	ST. Joesph’s College, Colombo
Playing for Teams	Sri Lanka National Team. Jaffna, Lanka Cricket Club, Sri Lanka Under – 19’s, Colts Cricket Club, Jaffna Kings, Sri Lanka A

Dunith Wellalage Creer Stats

Bowling:-

Format	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	Ave	Eco	SR
Test	1	2	78	35	0	—-	2.69	—-
ODI	12	11	432	395	13	30.38	5.48	33.2
FC	25	39	3835	2150	80	26.87	3.36	47.9
List A	36	35	1598	1279	46	27.80	4.80	34.7
T20	27	22	376	405	22	18.40	6.46	17.0

Batting and Fielding:-

Format	Mat	Inns	Runs	Ave
Test	1	2	29	14.50
ODI	12	9	145	20.71
FC	25	33	772	27.57
List A	36	29	533	23.17
T20	27	16	201	18.27

Dunith Wellalage Debut and last match

TEST MATCHES:- Sri Lanka vs Pakistan at Galle – july- 24-28, 2022

ODI MATCHES:- Sri Lanka vs Australia at Pallekele- June-14, 2022

LAST ODI:- Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh at Colombo – 09 September 2023 in asia cup 2023

FC MATCHES:- Lankan CC vs SL Navy at Welisara -may-09-11, 2019

LAST FC MATCH:- Dambulla vs Galle at Galle -march-02-05, 2023

LIST A MATCH:- Sinhalese vs Lankan CC at Colombo (SSC)- December 14, 2019

LAST LIST A MATCH:- Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh at Colombo September 09, 2023

T2O MATCH:- SLC Dev vs Surrey at The Oval 25 may 2022

LAST T20 MATCH:- Kandy vs Kings at Colombo at 17 August 2023

Dunith Wallalage Recent Match

DATE	MATCH	BOWL	BAT	VENUE	FORMAT
Sep- 09-2023	Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh	1/26	3	Colombo	ODI
Sep-05-2023	Sri Lanka vs Afghanistan	2/36	33*	Lahore	ODI
Aug-31-2023	Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh	1/30	—	Pallekele	ODI
Aug-17-2023	Kings vs Kandy	0/25	3	Colombo	T20
Aug-13-2023	Kings vs Titans	0/9	22	Colombo	T20
Aug-12-2023	Kings vs Kandy	2/43	6*	Colombo	T20
Aug-08-2023	Kings vs Strikers	2/9	—	Pallekele	T20
Aug-07-2023	Kings vs Aura	1/28	16	Pallekele	T20
Aug-05-2023	Kings vs Kandy	0/17	38*	Pallekele	T20
Aug-04-2023	Kings vs Titans	4/10	—	Pallekele	T20

Dunith Wellalage Wikipedia:- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunith_Wellalage