Raveendra Wimalasiri
Sri Lankan cricketer and umpire
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Raja Raveendra Wimalasiri (Sinhala: රාජා රවීන්ද්ර විමලසිරි; born 19 August 1969) is a Sri Lankan cricket umpire and former cricketer.[1] He stood in his first One Day International, between Sri Lanka and South Africa, on 23 July 2013[2] and his first Twenty20 International on 2 August 2013, also between the same teams.[3]
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| Full name | Raja Raveendra Wimalasiri | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 August 1969 Colombo, Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Umpire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Tests umpired | 1 (2023) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODIs umpired | 46 (2013–2026) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20Is umpired | 53 (2013–2026) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| WODIs umpired | 15 (2018–2023) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| WT20Is umpired | 13 (2015–2022) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 24 June 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In October 2019, he was appointed as one of the twelve umpires to officiate matches in the 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament in the United Arab Emirates.[4] In January 2020, he was named as one of the sixteen umpires for the 2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup tournament in South Africa.[5]
