Lahiru Madushanka is an old Thomian of St Thomas' College, Matale.
17 Facts About Lahiru Madushanka
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Lahiru Madushanka showed immense talent within the series, where his knock of 63 and 4 for 17 runs against India U-19, produced only in the losing side with just 5 runs short.
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In 2012, Lahiru Madushanka was picked to the Under-19 World Cup 2012.
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The first match for Sri Lanka was against Namibia U-19s, where Lahiru Madushanka was able to pick up 4 for 15 runs.
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Lahiru Madushanka took 6 wickets for 24 runs against Ireland U-19 team, where Sri Lanka won the match by 109 runs.
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Lahiru Madushanka scored his highest T20 score of 41* runs against Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club.
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Lahiru Madushanka was included to the Sri Lanka A team for the tour in New tealand and played the second unofficial ODI.
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Lahiru Madushanka took 2 wickets for 57 runs and Sri Lanka won the match by 7 wickets finally.
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In July 2019, Lahiru Madushanka was included to the Sri Lanka Emerging Team squad for the tour of South Africa.
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On 14 July 2019 in the final one day match against University Sports South Africa XI, Lahiru Madushanka took 4 wickets for 35 runs and finally Sri Lanka Emerging Team won the match and series.
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Lahiru Madushanka adjudged man of the match for bowling performances.
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Lahiru Madushanka made his ODI debut on 4 February 2017 against South Africa at the Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg.
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Lahiru Madushanka was dismissed for a duck, but took his first international wicket in his first over, by dismissing Faf du Plessis for 24 runs.
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Lahiru Madushanka was included into the preliminary squad with 22 players for the ODI series against Bangladesh.
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Lahiru Madushanka made his T20I debut for Sri Lanka, against New Zealand, on 6 September 2019.
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In September 2021, Lahiru Madushanka was named in Sri Lanka's squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.
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In October 2024, Lahiru Madushanka was named as the captain of Sri Lanka for the 2024 Hong Kong Cricket Sixes tournament held in Hong Kong, where Sri Lanka won the tournament under Lahiru Madushanka after 17 years.