Ravindra Pushpakumara
Sri Lankan cricketer (born 1975)
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Deshabandu Karuppiahyage Ravindra Pushpakumara (born 21 July 1975), or Ravindra Pushpakumara, is a former Sri Lankan cricketer of Tamil - Sinhalese mixed ancestry. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler. He was a key member of Sri Lanka's 1996 Cricket World Cup winning team.
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| Full name | Karuppiahyage Ravindra Pushpakumara | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 21 July 1975 Panadura, Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 61) | 26 August 1994 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 6 September 2001 v Bangladesh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 77) | 18 February 1994 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 19 December 1999 v Zimbabwe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Colombo Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nondescripts Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Early and domestic career
Pushpakumara was educated at St. John's College Panadura.[1] He made his Twenty20 debut on 17 August 2004, for Nondescripts Cricket Club in the 2004 SLC Twenty20 Tournament.[2]
International career
Having impressed with Sri Lanka's Under-19s side, Pushpakumara made his Test debut in August 1994 against Pakistan, where he was noted as the fastest bowler Sri Lanka had for many years.[citation needed]
Despite his pace, his variation on duller pitches was lacking, and thus he failed to get into the Sri Lankan side on a regular basis. His best bowling figures in a Test innings are 7/116 which he made against Zimbabwe at Harare Sports Club in 1994/95. Pushpakumara could be viewed as another fast bowling prospect which failed to live up to expectation from Sri Lanka. Some started to call him "Wild Johnny" for his wayward lines he came up with more often than not. Pushpakumara's last Test was against Bangladesh in the Asian Test Championship. Since 2004 he has played Twenty-20 cricket.[citation needed]
