Tharindu Kaushal

Personal information

Full name

Paskuwal Handi Tharindu Kaushal

Born

5 March 1993
Galle, Sri Lanka

Batting style

Right-handed

Bowling style

Right-arm off break

Role

Bowler

International information

National side

Test debut (cap 128)

26 December 2015 v New Zealand

ODI debut (cap 163)

18 March 2015 v South Africa

Domestic team information

Years

Team

2013–

Career statistics

Competition	Test	ODI	FC	LA
Matches	1	1	31	30
Runs scored	18	0	731	111
Batting average	9.00	0.00	24.36	10.09
100s/50s	0/0	0/0	0/5	0/0
Top score	12	0	80	28
Balls bowled	210	36	6,105	1,347
Wickets	2	0	182	49
Bowling average	103.50	–	22.04	18.85
5 wickets in innings	0	0	19	2
10 wickets in match	0	0	5	0
Best bowling	1/48	–	7/69	5/27
Catches/stumpings	2/–	0/–	15/–	5/–

Source: ESPNcricinfo, 20 March 2015

Paskuwal Handi Tharindu Kaushal (born 5 March 1993) is a Sri Lankan cricketer who plays for Nondescripts Cricket Club. He is a right-arm off break bowler who also bats right-handed.^[1] He made his List A debut for the club in December 2012 against Colts Cricket Club.^[2] He made his Test match debut for Sri Lanka against New Zealand on 26 December 2014.^[3]

Kaushal made his One Day International debut for Sri Lanka against South Africa on 18 March 2015 in the quarter-finals of the 2015 Cricket World Cup. He got a chance as a replacement for the injured Rangana Herath.^[4]

References

Sri Lanka squad – 2015 Cricket World Cup

1 Perera 9 Mendis 11 Sangakkara (wk) 14 Herath 16 Chameera 18 Senanayake 21 Karunaratne 23 Dilshan 27 Jayawardene 36 Chandimal (wk) 66 Thirimanne 69 Mathews (c) 82 Lakmal 92 Kulasekara 99 Malinga Kaushal Coach: Atapattu

Chameera was named as a replacement player for Dhammika Prasad & Kaushal was named as a replacement player for Rangana Herath.