Dilruwan Perera

Dilruwan Perera

Sri Lanka AllRounder

Personal Information

Full Name Mahawaduge Dilruwan Kamalaneth Perera
Date of Birth July 22, 1982
Nationality Sri Lanka
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Role All-rounder, Right-handed Batsman, Right arm off spin Bowler
Family Rangi Prasadi (Spouse)

Most Recent Matches

Match R BF 4s 6s S/R O R W E/R
NS vs CL 1 5 0 0 20.00 2 18 0 9.00
SL-L vs BAN-L 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 0 4.50
SL vs ENG 67 & 4 170 & 13 8 & 0 1 & 0 39.41 & 30.76 32.1 & 13.3 86 & 39 1 & 0 2.67 & 2.88
SL vs ENG 0 & 24 2 & 38 0 & 5 0 & 0 0.00 & 63.15 36.1 & 11.2 109 & 34 4 & 0 3.01 & 3.00
KT vs GG 3 7 0 0 42.85 4 30 1 7.50

Batting Stats

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Game Type Mat Inn R BF NO Avg S/R 100s 50s H 4s 6s Ct St
ODIs 13 12 152 199 0 12.66 76.38 0 0 30 13 3 2 0
TESTs 43 77 1303 2779 8 18.88 46.88 0 7 95 158 23 19 0
T20Is 3 2 1 6 0 0.50 16.66 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
T20s 98 75 897 813 10 13.80 110.33 0 1 62 88 26 25 0
LISTAs 201 182 3109 0 12 18.28 0 1 10 114 0 0 58 0
FIRSTCLASS 227 368 7939 0 28 23.35 0 4 43 137 0 0 150 0

Bowling Stats

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Game Type Mat Inn O R W Avg E/R Best 5w 10w
ODIs 13 10 76 409 13 31.46 5.38 3/48 0 0
TESTs 43 78 1800.5 5780 161 35.90 3.20 10/78 8 2
T20Is 3 3 10 72 3 24.00 7.20 3/26 0 0
T20s 98 92 301.1 1936 83 23.32 6.42 3/14 0 0
LISTAs 201 0 1363.4 5505 200 27.52 4.03 6/28 4 0
FIRSTCLASS 227 0 7153.2 21674 819 26.46 3.02 0 42 4

Dilruwan Perera News

Sri Lanka's Dilruwan Perera retires from international cricket Sri Lanka's Dilruwan Perera retires from international cricket
Sri Lanka's Dilruwan Perera retires from international cricket
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India vs Sri Lanka 2017, 1st test: Did Dilruwan Perera receive signals from the Sri Lankan dressing room? India vs Sri Lanka 2017, 1st test: Did Dilruwan Perera receive signals from the Sri Lankan dressing room?
India vs Sri Lanka 2017, 1st test: Did Dilruwan Perera receive signals from the Sri Lankan dressing room?
Sri Lanka vs India 2017: 1st Test Day 3, 5 talking points Sri Lanka vs India 2017: 1st Test Day 3, 5 talking points
Sri Lanka vs India 2017: 1st Test Day 3, 5 talking points

Dilruwan Perera: A Brief Biography

Dilruwan Perera Biography


Dilruwan Perera is a Sri Lankan all-rounder who was born on July 22, 1982 in Panadura, Sri Lanka. He is a right arm off break bowler and a handy batsman too.


Background


He was a part of the Sri Lanka U19 team and also played for Sri Lanka U-23 team, where he took 55 wickets in just seven games for Chilaw Marians Cricket Club.


Debut


On October 13, 2007 Perera made his ODI debut against England where he opened the innings with bat and scored 30 runs. With the presence of Muralitharan in the side and later by Rangana Herath, Perera could not find his place in the squad.


This made his Test debut come after almost seven years later in 2014. He played his maiden test against Pakistan at Sharjah. Batting down the order, he scored 95 runs in the first innings and picked up one wicket in the match.


Rise to Glory


In the Warne-Muralitharan Trophy 2016, Perera showed his class along with Herath and ended up 15 wickets in the series. His career best performance of 6-70 also came in this series only.


Sri Lanka eventually won the series. His performances grew after that be it was against India or Pakistan.


Records


Dilruwan Perera was named the Sri Lanka’s all-rounder of the year for 2016-17. He is the fastest Sri Lankan to take 50 wickets (11 matches) and 100 wickets (25 matches) in test cricket.


He is also the first Sri Lankan to score a fifty and take a 10-wicket haul in the same match.