Chamika Karunaratne Biography, Chamika Karunaratne Early life, Professional life, Controversies, Income & More
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Personal Data of Chamika Karunaratne
Full name: Edirimuni Chamika Dinushan Perera Karunaratne
Original Name: N/A
Nickname: N/A
Date of Birth: 29 May 1996
Birth Place: Colombo, Sri Lanka
Age: 27
Height: in centimetres – 180 cm
In meters – 1.80 m
In inches – 5’10 feet
Weight: 80 kgs
Hair colour: Black
Eye colour: Black
Zodiac Sign: Taurus
Education: N/A
Profession: Cricketer
Popular Style: batting style – right handed
Bowling style – Right arm medium fast
Net worth: $ 4-5 million
InstagramProfile: @chamikakarunaratne
Awards: N/A
Religion: Christianity
Nationality: Sri Lankan
Address: Colombo, Sri Lanka
Affairs: N/A
Favourites
Favourite colour – black
Family
Mother’s name: N/A
Father’s name: Louis Karunaratne
Brother’s name: Dinuka Karunaratne, Niluka Karunaratne, Diluka Karunaratne
Sister’s name: N/A
Spouse: N/A
Marriage: N/A
Children’s name: N/A
Early life
Chamika Karunaratne was born into a Christian family on 29 May 1996 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. His father’s name is Louie Karunaratne he was a professional badminton player. He has three siblings named Dinuka, Niluka, and Diluka. All are professional badminton players.
Chamika studied at Royal College, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Personal/Love Life
He is single and unmarried.
He hails from a sports background family. Chamika and Niluka are Sri Lanka’s best badminton players who in February 2021, played in the first-round encounters in the men’s singles of Sri Lankan badminton Nationals.
Chamika is also a junior national champion in the javelin throw. By playing in underage Tournaments, he started his Cricket career and was soon selected for the U-19 Sri Lanka team.
His hobbies include playing badminton, cricket, and traveling. His zodiac sign is Taurus.
Professional life and Career synopsis
On 28 November 2015, he made his List A debut against Saracens for Tamil Union at Colombo (PSS).
In the 2015-16 Premier League Tournament, Karunaratne made his first-class debut for Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club against Moors at Colombo on 18 December 2015.
On 22 December 2015, he played his first T20 match for Tamil Union against Col CC in Colombo (PSS). For the 2017-18 Super Four Provincial Tournament, he was named to Kandy’s squad in March 2018. Then for the 2018 SLC T20 league, he was selected for Kandy’s squad in August 2018. In the same month, he was added to a preliminary squad of 31 players by Sri Lanka Cricket for the 2018 Asia Cup.
He was selected in Colombo’s squad for the 2019 Super Provincial One Day Tournament in March 2019. In August 2021, for the 2021 SLC Invitational T20 League tournament, he was named to the SLC Reds team. He was named to play for the Dambulla Giants on November 2021 following the players’ draft for the 2021 Lanka Premier League.
In the 2022 IPL auction, he was named bought by the Kolkata Knight Riders for the 2022 Indian Premier League tournament. He was signed for the third edition of the Lanka Premier League by the Kandy Falcons in July 2022.
International Career:
For the 2018 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup, he was named to the Sri Lanka team in December 2018. He was added to Sei Lanka’s test squad in January 2019 for the second Test against Australia. On 1 February 2019, he made his Test debut for Sri Lanka against Australia. He was selected in Sri Lanka’s One Day International (ODI) squad in May 2021 for their series against Bangladesh. On 28 May 2021, he made his ODI debut for Sri Lanka against Bangladesh. For Sri Lanka’s series against India he was named in the Sri Lanka’s squad in July 2021. For Sri Lanka, he made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut against India on 25 July 2021.
For the 2021 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup he was named to Sri Lanka’s squad in September 2021.
Controversies
Chamika Karunaratne has not been involved in any controversy as of yet.
Batting and Bowling Summary ((Total Runs & Wickets, Matches, 100s, 50s of Chamika Karunaratne)
Competition :
Test –
Matches – 1
Run scored – 22
Average batting – 11.0
Strike rate – 51.2
Wicket – 1
Average bowling – 148.0
Run outs – 0
Catches/Stumpings – 1/0
ODI –
Matches – 13
Run scored – 301
Average batting – 50.2
Strike rate – 87.8
Wicket – 10
Average bowling – 34.8
Run outs – 2
Catches/Stumpings – 1/0
T20I –
Matches – 31
Run scored – 230
Average batting – 17.7
Strike rate – 107.5
Wicket – 17
Average bowling – 39.5
Run outs – 0
Catches/Stumpings – 7/0
First class –
Matches – 39
Run scored – 1314
Average batting – 24.3
Strike rate – 81.2
Wicket – 73
Average bowling – 35.8
Run outs – 4
Catches/Stumpings – 20/0
List A –
Matches – 69
Run scored – 1011
Average batting – 30.6
Strike rate – 90.6
Wicket – 80
Average bowling – 22.9
Run outs – 5
Catches/Stumpings – 19/0
T20 –
Matches – 69
Run scored – 532
Average batting – 17.2
Strike rate – 111.3
Wicket – 46
Average bowling – 30.5
Run outs – 1
Catches/Stumpings – 27/0
Income, Rewards and other Achievements
The estimated net worth of Chamika Karunaratne is $4-5 million.
Now, speaking of his records and achievements so far:
- He has added his name to the record list of players who have scored 250 runs and have taken more than 10 wickets in a One Day International series. In the 2021 ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup, he scored 269 runs and picked up 11 wickets.
- In the IPL auction held in February 2022, he was bought by the Kolkata Knight Riders for a price of 50 lakhs INR.
Facts to know about (Chamika Karunaratne)
- In test cricket, he has an unusual record of being the 39th player who has the worst bowling average of 148.
- He is a bowling all-rounder who plays in the lower order.
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