34 Facts About Danushka Gunathilaka

Mestiyage Don Danishka Gunathilaka, commonly known as Danushka Gunathilaka, was born on 17 March 1991 and is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer who represented and played for Sri Lanka as a top-order batter in all formats of the game.

Danushka Gunathilaka has been occasionally sidelined due to disciplinary issues.

Danushka Gunathilaka played for Sri Lanka national under-19 cricket team at the 2010 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.

Danushka Gunathilaka played for Sri Lanka national under-19 cricket team at the 2010 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.

Danushka Gunathilaka ended up the inaugural edition of the Lanka Premier League in 2020 as the leading runscorer of the tournament with 476 runs in 10 matches and singlehandedly carried the Galle Gladiators franchise to the tournament final.

Danushka Gunathilaka made his One Day International debut for Sri Lanka against the West Indies on 1 November 2015.

Danushka Gunathilaka was selected for home ODI series against West Indies in 2015 after a string of impressive performances with the Sri Lankan A side in the tour of New Zealand in the same year scoring two fifties in four innings.

Sri Lanka won the match by 8 wickets and Danushka Gunathilaka was adjudged man of the match for his performance.

Danushka Gunathilaka was not initially announced to the Sri Lanka squad for 2017 ICC Champions Trophy.

Danushka Gunathilaka scored 77 runs against India, guiding the team to victory.

Danushka Gunathilaka scored his maiden ODI century on 6 July 2017 against Zimbabwe at MRIC Stadium.

Danushka Gunathilaka won the man of the match award for his impressive batting performance.

Danushka Gunathilaka missed out on his consecutive century, dismissed for 87 runs, whereas his counterpart Dickwella scored his second consecutive century.

Danushka Gunathilaka made his Test debut for Sri Lanka against India on 26 July 2017.

Danushka Gunathilaka only scored 18 runs in the match, and took the sole wicket of Abhinav Mukund.

Danushka Gunathilaka was ruled out from the Sri Lankan side prior to the start of the 2018 Asia Cup due to suffering an injury in the training session and was replaced by Shehan Jayasuriya.

On 2 October 2019, Danushka Gunathilaka scored his second ODI century during the second ODI against Pakistan in Karachi.

Danushka Gunathilaka won the man of the match award for his all-round performance.

On 10 March 2021, in the first match against the West Indies, Danushka Gunathilaka became the first cricketer for Sri Lanka to be given out obstructing the field in ODIs.

Danushka Gunathilaka was replaced in the lineup by Ashen Bandara, but stayed in Australia with the team.

Danushka Gunathilaka was apprehended early on 6 November 2022 at the team hotel in Sydney.

Danushka Gunathilaka had communicated with her for a number of days via an online dating app.

Danushka Gunathilaka was initially refused bail as it was thought he posed a flight risk, and was held in custody at Parklea Correctional Centre for 11 days.

Danushka Gunathilaka is suspended by SLC from playing all forms of cricket.

On 5 October 2017, Danushka Gunathilaka was suspended for six limited over international matches and omitted from the Sri Lanka ODI squad for Pakistan in the UAE.

In January 2018, ICC officially reprimanded Danushka Gunathilaka for breaching Level 1 of the ICC Code of Conduct when he gave send off to Bangladeshi batsman Tamim Iqbal when he was dismissed during the final of the ODI Tri Nation Series between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.

On 22 July 2018, Danushka Gunathilaka was again suspended from international cricket by Sri Lanka Cricket for breaching the "Player Code of Conduct" by breaking the team curfew.

Danushka Gunathilaka's suspension came immediately after the end of the second test against South Africa.

Danushka Gunathilaka was fined his entire match fee from the second test and was suspended for six matches.

The reason for the suspension from international cricket was due to the fact that one of the friends of Danushka Gunathilaka was accused of raping a Norwegian woman in a hotel room at Colombo and Danushka Gunathilaka was inquired by the Sri Lanka Police regarding the matter.

In March 2021, the International Cricket Council reprimanded Danushka Gunathilaka for breaching Level 1 of the ICC Code of Conduct for using offensive, indecent and inappropriate language towards West Indies batsman Nicholas Pooran after dismissing him during the 35th over of the West Indies innings in the third ODI between Sri Lanka and West Indies.

Danushka Gunathilaka was directed to attend mandatory counselling sessions for a year instead of handing over another ban from cricket.

However, Danushka Gunathilaka refused the allegations and initially asked SLC to intervene into the false allegations leveled against him.

In July 2021, following the outcome of the incident, Danushka Gunathilaka was suspended from playing in international cricket for one year.