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Full name Chamara Kantha Kapugedera
Born February 24, 1987, Kandy
Current age 21 years 226 days
Major teams Sri Lanka,Chennai Super Kings,Colombo Cricket Club,Kandurata,Sri Lanka A
Nickname Kapu
Playing role Opening batsman
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm medium
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
Tests
6
11
1
221
63
22.10
500
44.20
0
2
31
2
3
0
ODIs
43
36
2
816
95
24.00
1111
73.44
0
5
68
14
9
0
T20Is
3
2
0
34
22
17.00
28
121.42
0
0
1
2
1
0
First-class
28
50
7
1370
134*
31.86
2340
58.54
2
9
151
17
19
0
List A
82
70
6
1553
95
24.26
2045
75.94
0
10
21
0
Twenty20
18
15
1
288
96*
20.57
211
136.49
0
2
14
17
9
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
6
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
ODIs
43
6
228
192
2
1/24
1/24
96.00
5.05
114.0
0
0
0
T20Is
3
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
First-class
28
15
287
164
3
1/1
2/39
54.66
3.42
95.6
0
0
0
List A
82
253
231
2
1/24
1/24
115.50
5.47
126.5
0
0
0
Twenty20
18
4
29
74
0
-
-
-
15.31
-
0
0
0
Career statistics
Test debut
England v Sri Lanka at Lord's, May 11-15, 2006 scorecard
Last Test
New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Wellington, Dec 15-18, 2006 scorecard
Test statistics
ODI debut
Australia v Sri Lanka at Perth, Jan 29, 2006 scorecard
Last ODI
Sri Lanka v India at Colombo (RPS), Aug 29, 2008 scorecard
ODI statistics
T20I debut
England v Sri Lanka at Southampton, Jun 15, 2006 scorecard
Last T20I
New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Auckland, Dec 26, 2006 scorecard
T20I statistics
First-class debut
Sri Lanka A v New Zealand A at Colombo (PSS), Oct 19-22, 2005 scorecard
Last First-class
Colombo Cricket Club v Sinhalese Sports Club at Colombo (CCC), Mar 27-30, 2008 scorecard
List A debut
2005
Last List A
Sri Lanka v India at Colombo (RPS), Aug 29, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
Colombo Cricket Club v Badureliya Sports Club at Colombo (NCC), Oct 9, 2005 scorecard
Last Twenty20
Chennai Super Kings v Rajasthan Royals at Mumbai, Jun 1, 2008 scorecard
Profile
Chamara Kapugedera, a naturally aggressive right-hander, was one of the few genuinely exciting batsmen the selectors unearthed from Sri Lanka's Under-19 set-up. From the age of 11, when he first turned out for Dharmaraja College in Kandy, Kapugedera has hardly wasted an opportunity to push himself up the ladder. He has captained all the junior school sides from the U-13 to the first XI. Following a prolific 2003-04 season, where he scored over 1000 runs, he was picked for the U-19 tour to Pakistan the following year and excelled with a stunning knock of 131 in a one-dayer against the world champions. It was an innings which he rated as one of his best although he batted equally well for 70 in his first game for Sri Lanka A against the strong New Zealand A team in 2005. The selectors, desperate to unearth new talent, eventually gambled on an early promotion and fast-tracked him into the national squad after several glowing reports from development coaches. Kapugedera's father, also a former Dharmaraja cricketer, provided early coaching and all the encouragement he needed to develop. David Karunaratne (his first coach) and Sumithra Warnakulasuriya (his U-19 coach) also played important roles in shaping Kapugedera's career. He was first picked in the national squad against India in November but pulled out of the tour with an injury. However, he made his ODI debut, aged just 18, against Australia in Perth in 2006, immediately impressing with his composure. Considered a possible opener in one-day cricket, he scored a maiden fifty against Pakistan in March 2006 and followed that with his first Test fifty against England, at Trent Bridge, as Sri Lanka squared the series having started with a golden duck at Lord's. He's in the process of cementing his place in the one-day squad, scoring a handful of half-centuries since the CB Series in Australia in 2007-08. Cricinfo Staff July 2008
