Isuru Udana
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Balangoda, Sri Lanka
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| Full name | Kande Arachchige Isuru Udana Tillakaratna | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 February 1988 Balangoda, Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Izy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Left-arm medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | All-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ODI debut (cap 152) | 24 July 2012 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 18 July 2021 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut (cap 29) | 8 June 2009 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 28 July 2021 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2008 | Tamil Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009 | Wayamba | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013 | Duronto Rajshahi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Paktia Super Kings | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | Rajshahi Kings | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020 | Royal Challengers Bangalore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020 | Colombo Kings | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | Galle Gladiators | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Minister Dhaka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Kandy Falcons | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Kande Arachchige Isuru Udana Tillakaratna (Sinhala: ඉසුරු උදාන;[1] born 17 February 1988) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who represented Sri Lanka internationally in limited over formats. He currently plays domestic cricket for Tamil Union and Wayamba. Primarily a left-arm fast bowler, Udana evolved as an all-rounder in late 2018. On 31 July 2021, Udana announced his retirement from international cricket.[2]
Udana made his first-class and List A cricket debuts whilst playing for the Sri Lanka A team during their tour to South Africa in August and September 2008. He subsequently went on to play for Tamil Union in both formats during the 2008–09 season. He was then selected by Wayamba to play in both the first-class and Twenty20 portions of the Sri Lankan Inter-Provincial Cricket Tournament. In the Twenty20 final against Basnahira South he was named Man of the Match after taking 4–31, his scalps being 4 of the top 5 batsmen.[3] He was also named player of the tournament.[4]
In the Sri Lanka Premier League which was held in August 2012, he managed to showcase his all-round talent by taking regular wickets for his team Wayamba United, and chipping in with the bat at times. His key performance came against Uva Next in the tournament semi final when he scored 42 which almost helped Wayamba to pull off an impossible chase from 27/7 to 151–8.[5] In that same semi final clash he along with Azhar Mahmood set the highest ever 8th wicket partnership in any forms of T20s. (120)[6][7]
On 22 September 2010, while playing for Wayamba in the 2010 Champions League T20, Udana completed a rare feat by taking a hat-trick of two (legal) deliveries. Mathew Sinclair, the second wicket of the hat-trick was out stumped off a wide-ball.[8][9] Isuru Udana also became the first bowler to take a hattrick in Champions League T20 history.
In April 2018, he was named in Kandy's squad for the 2018 Super Provincial One Day Tournament.[10] He was the leading wicket-taker for Kandy in the tournament, with ten dismissals in six matches.[11]
On 3 June 2018, he was selected to play for the Montreal Tigers in the players' draft for the inaugural edition of the Global T20 Canada tournament.[12]
In August 2018, he was named in Dambulla's squad the 2018 SLC T20 League.[13] In October 2018, he was the leading wicket-taker in the 2018–19 Afghanistan Premier League, with seventeen dismissals in eight matches.[14] The following month, he was named in the squad for the Rajshahi Kings team, following the draft for the 2018–19 Bangladesh Premier League.[15]
In March 2019, he was named in Dambulla's squad for the 2019 Super Provincial One Day Tournament.[16] In June 2019, he was selected to play for the Montreal Tigers franchise team in the 2019 Global T20 Canada tournament.[17] In September 2019, he was named in the squad for the Paarl Rocks team for the 2019 Mzansi Super League tournament.[18]
In the 2020 IPL auction, he was bought by the Royal Challengers Bangalore for ₹50 lakh (US$59,000) ahead of the 2020 Indian Premier League.[19] In October 2020, he was drafted by the Colombo Kings for the inaugural edition of the Lanka Premier League.[20]
Ahead of the 2021 Indian Premier League, he was released by Royal Challengers Bangalore.[21] He was picked by Trinbago Knight Riders ahead of the 2021 Caribbean Premier League.[22] He took his first wicket haul in T20 cricket during a league match against Barbados Royals in 2021 CPL season and also registered his career best T20 bowling figures of 5/21.[23][24]
In November 2021, he was selected to play for the Galle Gladiators following the players' draft for the 2021 Lanka Premier League.[25] In July 2022, he was signed by the Kandy Falcons for the third edition of the Lanka Premier League.[26]
