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Kithuruwan Vithanage
Personal information
Full name
Kasun Disi Kithuruwan Vithanage
Born (1991-02-23) 23 February 1991 (age 33)
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Batting Left-handed
Bowling Legbreak
Role Batsman
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 124) 8 March 2013 v Bangladesh
Last Test 10 December 2015 v New Zealand
ODI debut (cap 158) 25 December 2013 v Pakistan
Last ODI 27 December 2013 v Pakistan
T20I debut (cap 51) 20 May 2014 v England
Last T20I 10 January 2016 v New Zealand
Domestic team information
Years Team
2010–2011 Colombo Cricket Club
2013–present Basnahira
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 9 6 54 46
Runs scored 361 75 3,704 730
Batting average 30.08 15.00 45.72 17.80
100s/50s 1/1 0/0 11/15 0/3
Top score 103* 27 351 56
Balls bowled 174 12 546 12
Wickets 1 0 4 0
Bowling average 133.00 106.00
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 1/73 2/24
Catches/stumpings 8/– 2/– 37/– 19/–
Source: ESPN Cricinfo, 10 January 2016
Medal record
Representing  Sri Lanka
Men's Cricket
Asian Games
Gold 2014 Incheon Team

Kasun Disi Kithuruwan Vithanage (Sinhala: කිතුරුවන් විතානගේ; born February 1991), or commonly Kithuruwan Vithanage, is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer who plays for all forms of the game in international level. He is a Left-hand batsman and legbreak bowler.

International career

He made his test debut for Sri Lanka on 8 March 2013 Galle against Bangladesh and One day International debut 25 December 2013 at Abu Dhabi against Pakistan. He scored 59 runs on his test debut and 27 runs on ODI debut. He could not continue a good form in ODIS but scored his first test ton against Bangladesh scoring 103 not out. With that test ton, he was only the second Sri Lankan to score a test century when batting at number 8 position in tests and jointly holds the record for the highest test score with Thilan Samaraweera when batting at number 8 position for Sri Lanka. He made his T20I debut against England on May 20, 2014, and scored 38 runs.

After New Zealand tour in Sri Lanka A team, Vithanage showed his talents that he can come in to the Test side back. He was called up for the first Test against New Zealand on 10 December 2015.

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