Narangoda Liyanaarachchige Thisara Chirantha Perera, popularly as Thisara Perera, is a former Sri Lankan international cricketer who played all formats for the national team.
38 Facts About Thisara Perera
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Thisara Perera was a part of the Sri Lankan team that won the 2014 ICC World Twenty20, and scored the winning six in the final.
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On 26 July 2013 against South Africa, Thisara Perera hit Robin Peterson for 35 runs in one over, which is recorded as the second most expensive over in ODI History.
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On 28 March 2021 Thisara Perera became the first Sri Lankan to hit six sixes in an over, doing so for the Sri Lanka Army Sports Club against Bloomfield.
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On 3 May 2021, Thisara Perera announced his retirement from international cricket, however he confirmed that he would continue to play domestic and franchise cricket.
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Thisara Perera started his cricket career as a teenager at St Anthony's College, Wattala.
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Thisara Perera later attended the prestigious St Joseph's College, Colombo, which has produced Sri Lankan cricketers such as Chaminda Vaas, Angelo Mathews and Dimuth Karunaratne.
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Thisara Perera represented Sri Lanka at various youth levels, and was selected for the 2008 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup.
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Thisara Perera has picked up 41 wickets in 18 U19 ODIs.
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Thisara Perera is the leading wicket taker for the Sri Lanka under-19 team without grabbing a fifer in his career.
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Thisara Perera made his international debut for Sri Lanka in December 2009, in a late call-up to play in an ODI against India in Kolkata.
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Thisara Perera took his first five-wicket haul in international cricket in August 2010, earning him the player of the match award in an ODI victory over India.
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Thisara Perera took five wickets in an ODI against Australia on the same tour.
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Thisara Perera was a member of Sri Lanka's squad for the 2011 Cricket World Cup in Sri Lanka, India and Bangladesh.
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Thisara Perera was part of the team defeated in the final of the tournament by India, scoring 22 not out off ten deliveries and taking the wicket of Gautam Gambhir.
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Thisara Perera has the record for the highest ODI score for Sri Lanka when batting at number 9 position or lower when he scored unbeaten 80 runs.
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On 5 January 2019, in the second ODI against New Zealand, Thisara Perera scored his first century in ODIs, when he made 140 runs from 74 balls.
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Thisara Perera scored thirteen sixes in his innings, the most by a Sri Lankan batsman in an ODI, and the most sixes by a batsman on the losing side in an ODI match.
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Thisara Perera was selected in Sri Lanka's Test squad for a series against England.
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Thisara Perera made his debut in the first Test of the series at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff.
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Thisara Perera was not selected for the Test series against Pakistan later in the year, being retained only for the ODI and Twenty20 sides, but was recalled to the Test team for the end-of-year tour of South Africa.
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Thisara Perera played in all three Tests of the tour, scoring 81 runs and taking five wickets.
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Thisara Perera was a member of the Sri Lankan team that in October 2010 inflicted Australia's first defeat in a Twenty20 international in Australia, bringing up Sri Lanka's final 16 runs to win the match off three deliveries.
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Thisara Perera contributed to the win 2014 ICC World Twenty20 championship which was Sri Lanka's first World T20I title.
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Thisara Perera took a hat-trick on 12 February 2016 in a T20I series against India, which is the fourth overall and first by a Sri Lankan.
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Thisara Perera has played the most number of T20I innings for Sri Lanka without scoring a T20I fifty and holds the record for scoring most number of T20I runs for Sri Lanka without hitting any fifties.
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Thisara Perera too has the record for the highest individual score for Sri Lanka when batting at number 7 position or lower in Twenty20 International and jointly holds the record for Sri Lanka for the highest score batting at number 8 position in T20I along with Angelo Mathews.
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The score highlighted by five huge sixes and Thisara Perera won the man of the match award for his match winning all-round performances.
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On 29 November 2017, Thisara Perera was named as Sri Lanka's captain for the ODI and T20I matches against India, replacing Upul Tharanga.
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Finally India scored 112 runs and Thisara Perera took the wicket of Dhoni as the final wicket of the innings.
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Thisara Perera thrashed 13 sixes and eight fours on his way to 140 off 74 balls, which is recorded as the joint highest individual score by a Sri Lankan against New Zealand.
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Thisara Perera crashing three sixes and seven fours in his 80 runs, but he soon dismissed by a magnificent catch taken by Martin Guptill.
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On 3 May 2021, Thisara Perera announced that he had retired from across all formats of international cricket.
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Thisara Perera made his List A and first-class debuts for Colts Cricket Club on in November 2008.
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On 28 March 2021, in a Major Clubs Limited Over Tournament match between Sri Lanka Army Sports Club and Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club, Thisara Perera hit six sixes in one over off the bowling of Dilhan Cooray.
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Thisara Perera became the first Sri Lankan to achieve this in a domestic cricket match, and he scored the second-fastest fifty in List A cricket.
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Thisara Perera was purchased by the Chennai Super Kings for US$50,000 in the auction for the 2010 Indian Premier League.
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Thisara Perera's price increased for the 2011 Indian Premier League, fetching US$80,000 from the Kochi Tuskers Kerala.