Lahiru Dilshan Madushanka (born September 12, 1992) is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer who plays for limited international matches. Madushanka is a practical right-handed batsman who bowls at medium speed with his right arm. He was born in Elahera, Polonnaruwa. He's an old Thomian from St. Thomas' College in Matale.
Early career
Madushanka first came to Elahera Maha Vidyalaya for elementary education. After receiving a 5th grade scholarship, he entered St. Thomas' College in Matale, where he continued his cricket career. After playing for the school games, he was elected to the U-19 cricket team for the Quadrangular Under-19 series in 2011, only producing on the losing side with only 5 misprints. Within the series, against the Australian U-19s, Lahiru scored 56 undefeated runs, giving the team a total of 225. Australia eventually lost the game with 86 runs.
Madhushanka is married to long-time partner Thilini Kaluarachchi, where the wedding was celebrated in June 2020 at the Arangala Resort, Naula.
Domestic career
In 2012, Lahiru was selected for the 2012 U19 World Cup. The first game for Sri Lanka was against Namibia U-19, where Lahiru picked up 4 for 15 runs. The match was ultimately won by Sri Lanka with 195 runs. He took 6 wickets for 24 runs against the Irish U-19 team, where Sri Lanka won the game by 109 runs.
In the 2015 cricket season, Lahiru played for Bloomfield in the 2015 SLC Twenty20 Tournament. He achieved his highest T20 score of 41 * runs against the Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club.
Madushanka was accepted into the Sri Lanka A-Team for the tour in New Tealand and played the second unofficial ODI. He took 2 wickets for 57 runs and Sri Lanka eventually won the match with 7 wickets. However, he did not record for the rest of the games and Sri Lanka A eventually lost the series 3-2.
In April 2018 he was named to Dambulla's squad for the Super Provincial One Day Tournament 2018. In August 2018, he was named to Colombo's squad for the 2018 SLC T20 League. In March 2019, he was named to Galles' roster for the 2019 Super Provincial One Day Tournament.
In July 2019, Madushanka was added to the roster of the Sri Lankan Emerging Team for the tour of South Africa. On July 14, 2019, Madushanka won 4 wickets for 35 runs in the last one-day match against University Sports South Africa XI and finally the Sri Lanka Emerging Team won the match and the series. He was named Man of the Game for Bowling Achievement.
In October 2020 he was drafted by the Dambulla Hawks for the inaugural edition of the Lanka Premier League. In August 2021 he was appointed to the SLC Grays team for the SLC Invitational T20 League tournament 2021.
International career
In January 2017, he was named to Sri Lanka's One Day International (ODI) squad for the series against South Africa. He made his ODI debut on February 4, 2017 against South Africa at the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg. He was sacked for a duck but took his first international wicket in his first over by sacking Faf du Plessis for 24 runs. In the series, Madushanka has won du Plessis wicket all three times in the last three games.
He was inducted into the provisional 22-player squad for the ODI series against Bangladesh. However, he was cut off from the last 15 for the series. In August 2019, he was called up to Sri Lanka's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against New Zealand. On September 6, 2019, he made his T20I debut for Sri Lanka against New Zealand. He scored 20 runs in the game. Sri Lanka won the game by 37 runs, four in four thanks to Lasith Malingas.
In September 2021, Madushanka was appointed to Sri Lanka's squad for the men's ICC T20 World Cup 2021. However, he was later excluded from the Sri Lankan squad due to a broken collarbone.
