Akila Dananjaya – Profile, Stats & Recent Form

Personal details

Full nameMahamarakkala Kurukulasooriya Patabendige Akila Dananjaya Perera

Born4 Oct 1993

Age33 Years

NationalitySri Lanka

RoleAll-rounder, Left-handed Batsman, Right-arm off break Bowler

BattingLeft hand Bat

BowlingRight Arm Off Break

Height5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)

Career at a glance

Format	M	Runs	Avg	SR	Wkts	Econ
Test	6	135	16.87	53.14	33	3.54
ODI	42	323	12.42	71.61	59	5.13
T20I	33	65	8.12	90.27	30	8.25
T20	140	280	8	89.45	159	7.45
List A	154	728	11.55	71.44	240	4.54
First-class	100	1747	19.85	54.55	424	3.42
T10	12	3	3.00	60.00	6	10.93

Debuts

TestBangladesh vs Sri Lanka, Mirpur 8 Feb 2018

ODISri Lanka vs New Zealand, Hambantota 12 Nov 2012

T20ISri Lanka vs New Zealand, Pallekele 27 Sep 2012

First ClassColts vs Ragama, Colombo (Colts) 1 Feb 2013

List ASri Lanka vs New Zealand, Hambantota 12 Nov 2012

T20Uthura vs Wayamba U, Colombo (RPS)12 Aug 2012

Family

RelationsNethalie Tekshini (Spouse)

Batting

Format	M	Inn	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	4s	6s	Ct
Test	6	10	2	135	43	16.87	254	53.14	0	14	0	1
ODI	42	32	6	323	50	12.42	451	71.61	1	29	3	14
T20I	33	16	8	65	11	8.12	72	90.27	0	7	0	7
T20	140	59	24	280	28	8	313	89.45	0	26	3	45
List A	154	84	21	728	50	11.55	1019	71.44	1	59	8	36
First-class	100	123	35	1747	92	19.85	3202	54.55	6	188	17	35
T10	12	1	0	3	3	3.00	5	60.00	0	0	0	1

Bowling

Format	M	Inn	Overs	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	5W	10W
Test	6	12	230.5	819	33	8/44	24.81	3.54	4	0
ODI	42	40	352.3	1809	59	6/29	30.66	5.13	2	0
T20I	33	33	116.5	965	30	3/36	32.16	8.25	0	0
T20	140	132	464.5	3467	159	4/17	21.8	7.45	0	0
List A	154	146	1205.5	5486	240	6/29	22.85	4.54	8	0
First-class	100	164	3060	10467	424	15/135	24.68	3.42	29	7
T10	12	12	21.3	235	6	2/19	39.17	10.93	0	0

By tournament

Tournament	M	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	Wkts	Econ
Indian Premier League	1	4	4	–	80.00	0	11.75
Bangladesh Premier League	3	7	7	7.00	63.64	1	6.71
ICC Men's T20 World Cup	3	0	0	–	–	5	–
Lanka Premier League	15	13	8	6.50	61.90	10	11.51
Abu Dhabi T10	2	0	0	–	–	1	15.14
SA20	2	4	4	4.00	44.44	1	8.29

Against teams

Batting vs	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	SR
India	5	29	11	9.67	100.00
South Africa	4	20	9	6.67	83.33
West Indies	2	9	9	–	100.00
Afghanistan	1	4	4	–	400.00
England	1	2	2	–	50.00
Bangladesh	1	1	1	–	100.00
New Zealand	2	0	0	0.00	0.00

Bowling vs	Inn	Wkts	Runs	Avg	Econ	SR
New Zealand	5	10	135	13.50	10.38	7.80
West Indies	4	5	144	28.80	12.00	14.40
South Africa	5	4	144	36.00	7.58	28.50
India	9	4	270	67.50	7.79	52.00
Bangladesh	5	3	144	48.00	16.00	18.00
England	3	2	79	39.50	15.29	15.50
Afghanistan	1	2	37	18.50	9.25	12.00
Australia	1	0	12	–	12.00	–

Batting vs	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	SR	50
India	9	75	17	10.71	73.53	0
South Africa	10	73	37	8.11	65.18	0
Pakistan	4	70	50	23.33	61.95	1
England	3	57	32	57.00	139.02	0
Bangladesh	3	31	17	10.33	91.18	0
Zimbabwe	2	15	8	7.50	38.46	0
Afghanistan	1	2	2	2.00	20.00	0

Bowling vs	Inn	Wkts	Runs	Avg	Econ	SR
South Africa	11	18	545	30.28	5.79	31.39
India	10	15	458	30.53	4.97	36.87
England	5	9	173	19.22	5.38	21.44
Bangladesh	4	6	153	25.50	3.92	39.00
Zimbabwe	4	5	220	44.00	5.50	48.00
Afghanistan	2	4	93	23.25	4.65	30.00
Pakistan	4	2	167	83.50	4.77	105.00

Batting vs	Inn	Runs	HS	Avg	SR
England	4	47	31	15.67	53.41
South Africa	1	43	43	–	47.25
West Indies	2	25	23	12.50	62.50
Bangladesh	2	20	20	10.00	74.07
New Zealand	1	0	0	0.00	0.00

Bowling vs	Inn	Wkts	Runs	Avg	Econ	SR
England	4	10	378	37.80	4.86	46.70
Bangladesh	2	8	44	5.50	–	0.00
South Africa	2	7	119	17.00	3.72	27.43
New Zealand	2	6	164	27.33	2.65	62.00
West Indies	2	2	114	57.00	2.59	132.00

Last 10 innings · batting

8 & 53*vs COL

0vs KAN

4vs GAL

26*vs COL

16*vs SL GN

9vs SL GY

16vs SLGR

3vs JT

15vs IND

17vs IND

First Class vs COL4 May 2026 · Not out & Not out 8 & 53*(16 & 80) First Class vs KAN25 Apr 2026 · c ND Paranavithana b R Fernando 0(3) First Class vs GAL19 Apr 2026 · c N Dickwella b D Tillakaratne 4(8) First Class vs COL6 Apr 2026 · Not out 26*(38) T20 vs SL GN11 Aug 2025 · Not out 16*(18) T20 vs SL GY8 Aug 2025 · b B Fernando 9(4) T20 vs SLGR7 Aug 2025 · c D Hemantha b N Thushara 16(10) T10 vs JT17 Dec 2024 · runout (D Pretorius / G Garton) 3(5) ODI vs IND4 Aug 2024 · runout (V Kohli / R Sharma) 15(13) ODI vs IND2 Aug 2024 · c W Sundar b A Singh 17(21)

Last 10 innings · bowling

2/32vs CK

0/23vs CK

0/28vs JK

3 & 2/17 & 60vs COL

1/76vs KAN

1 & 4/66 & 60vs GAL

3/90vs COL

0/24vs SL GY

2/25vs SL GN

1/27vs SL GY

T20 vs CK29 Jul 2026 2/32 T20 vs CK25 Jul 2026 0/23 T20 vs JK19 Jul 2026 0/28 First Class vs COL4 May 2026 3 & 2/17 & 60 First Class vs KAN25 Apr 2026 1/76 First Class vs GAL19 Apr 2026 1 & 4/66 & 60 First Class vs COL6 Apr 2026 3/90 T20 vs SL GY13 Aug 2025 0/24 T20 vs SL GN11 Aug 2025 2/25 T20 vs SL GY8 Aug 2025 1/27

About Akila Dananjaya

Akila Dananjaya Biography

Akila Dananjaya is a Sri Lankan cricketer, who plays the limited overs format in the national team. He was born on 4 October 1993 in the Panadura region of Sri Lanka. The 5 feet 7 inches tall bowls right-arm off the break and is considered as a bowling all-rounder.

Background

Dananjaya talents were spotted by former Sri Lankan captain Mahela Jayawardene when he was bowling at the nets for Wayamba United during the inaugural Sri Lanka Premier League.

As a result, Dananjaya was roped in by the team for that edition of the tournament. He performed phenomenally in the second match itself as he took 3/18 against Nagenahira Nagas.

Debut

The Sri Lankan made his international debut in the year 2012 and was selected in the Sri Lanka squad for the 2012 ICC World Twenty20.

The 18-year old played his first game in front of his home crowd in Kandy, when he played against the Kiwis. He picked up two wickets in the match.

He made to the ODI squad later that year against the same opponents in the year 2012. However, the match was washed out due to rain and he could not bowl a single delivery.

Dananjaya played his first ODI match only in June 2017 against Zimbabwe.

Rise to Glory

After coming back to the Lankan set up in 2017, Dananjaya was among the few bright spots in an otherwise dreadful year for Sri Lankan cricket. His performance against India at Pallekele, when he took six wickets to wipe out the Indian middle-order was noteworthy, despite Sri Lanka not being able to close out the game in their favor.

Low Point

During Dananjaya’s debut performance in the T20 cricket, he met with an injury which was a dreadful phase of his life. New Zealand’s batsman, Rob Nicol hit the ball towards the bowler, the ball slipped from Dananjaya’s hands and fractured his cheekbone which led him to miss rest of the tournament.

Club Career

Akila Dananjaya was sold to the Chennai Super Kings for his base price of $20,000 in the 2013 IPL season.

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