Seekkuge Prasanna

Seekkuge Prasanna

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Personal information
Full name	Seekkuge Prasanna
Born	(1985-06-27) 27 June 1985 Balapitiya, Sri Lanka
Nickname	Seekku
Height
Batting style	Right-hand batsman
Bowling style	Leg break bowler
Role	Bowling All-rounder
International information
National side	Sri Lanka
Only Test (cap 117)	8 September 2011 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 148)	20 August 2011 v Australia
Last ODI	11 July 2015 v Pakistan
T20I debut (cap 51)	13 December 2013 v Pakistan
Last T20I	14 February 2016 v India
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2013	Southern Express
2014-	Kandurata Warriors
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I List-A Matches 1 25 6 117 Runs scored 5 193 44 1,360 Batting average 5.00 9.65 11.00 15.45 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 -/- 0/5 Top score 5 42 21 92* Balls bowled 138 1,249 72 5,323 Wickets 0 22 3 166 Bowling average - 50.27 33.66 23.09 5 wickets in innings - 0 0 4 10 wickets in match - 0 0 0 Best bowling - 3/32 2/45 6/23 Catches/stumpings 0/0 3/0 1/0 38/0
Source: [1] Cricinfo, 14 February 2016

Seekkuge Prasanna (born 27 June 1985) is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer and an Army officer of Sri Lanka. he is known for aggressive batting at the late overs in ODIs, and a useful leg-spinner, probably the best found after former Sri Lanka leg-spinner Upul Chandana.

Prasanna made his Test cricket debut for Sri Lanka on 8 September 2011 at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium against Australia. The ODI debut came against Australia at the same series in 2011. His Twenty20 International debut came against Pakistan at UAE in 2013.

Prasanna was not in the original squad in 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup, but he was called into the World Cup squad as a replacement for injured Dimuth Karunaratne. He played his first World Cup game against Scotland on 11 March 2015.

External links

• Player profile: Seekkuge Prasanna from ESPNcricinfo
• Player profile: Seekkuge Prasanna from CricketArchive