Thisara Perera

Quick Facts

Full Name	Thisara Perera
Occupation	Cricket Player
Date Of Birth	Apr 3, 1989(1989-04-03)
Age	35
Birthplace	Colombo
Country	Sri Lanka
Birth City	Western
Horoscope	Aries

Thisara Perera Biography

Thisara Perera is one of the most popular and richest Cricket Player who was born on April 3, 1989 in Colombo, Western, Sri Lanka. All- rounder who was part of Sri Lanka’s national team during tests, One Day International, and Twenty20 levels.

He was a teammate of the batsman of the top order who is left-handed He became teammates with left-handed top-order batsman Kumar Sangakkara on Sri Lanka’s national team. on Sri Lanka’s national team.

In the second ODI, Perera scored his maiden ODI century, which broke several world records. His century off 57 balls was the fastest against New Zealand. Perera’s 13 sixes beat the Sri Lanka record of 11, which had been held by Sanath Jayasuriya since 1996. Perera thrashed 13 sixes and eight fours on his way to 140 off 74 balls, which is recorded as the joint highest individual score by a Sri Lankan against New Zealand (along with Jayasuriya’s 140 in 1994). Despite Perera’s onslaught, Sri Lanka lost the match by 21 runs, where he dismissed as the last wicket in 47th over. His 13 sixes is the most sixes by a batsman on the losing side in ODIs. Due to brilliant batting performance, Perera was adjudged man of the match.

Perera made his List A and first-class debuts for Colts Cricket Club on in November 2008. Barely a year later he was called up to the national team and made his senior international debut.

He was raised by the family he was born living in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Thisara Perera Net Worth

Thisara Perera is one of the richest Cricket Player from Sri Lanka. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Thisara Perera 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was a cricketer at the highly-rated St. Joseph’s College, Colombo.

He made his debut with Sri Lankan first class team Wayamba in the year 2008.

Narangoda Liyanaarachchilage Thisara Chirantha Perera (Sinhala: තිසර පෙරේරා ; born 3 April 1989), popularly as Thisara Perera, is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer and a former limited overs captain for Sri Lanka, who currently represents Sri Lanka in limited over formats. Domestically he plays for Colts Cricket Club, Rising Pune Supergiants, Wayamba Wolves, and have recently joined Gloucestershire squad to play NatWest T20 Blast. Primarily a bowling all-rounder, he is an aggressive left-handed batsman who can hit big sixes in death overs and is a useful right-arm medium-fast bowler.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Thisara Perera height 6 ft 1 in Thisara weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Thisara Perera Dating?

According to our records, Thisara Perera married to Sherami Perera. As of December 1, 2023, Thisara Perera’s is not dating anyone.

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He was a member of the Sri Lankan team that in October 2010 inflicted Australia’s first defeat in a Twenty20 international in Australia, bringing up Sri Lanka’s final 16 runs to win the match off three deliveries.

Facts & Trivia

Thisara Ranked on the list of most popular Cricket Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Sri Lanka. Thisara Perera celebrates birthday on April 3 of every year.

Perera was a member of Sri Lanka’s squad for the 2011 Cricket World Cup in Sri Lanka, India and Bangladesh. He was part of the team defeated in the final of the tournament by India, scoring 22 not out off ten deliveries and taking the wicket of Gautam Gambhir. He was not selected for the Test series against Pakistan later in the year, being retained only for the ODI and Twenty20 sides, but was recalled to the Test team for the end-of-year tour of South Africa He played two ODIs on the tour and scored his first half-century in the format—69 not out off 44 balls—to help Sri Lanka to victory in the fourth of the five-match series in Kimberley. In the 2nd ODI of 2012 series between Pakistan and Sri Lanka, he done brilliant late-order hitting and became first ever person to take 6 wickets against Pakistan in an ODI – his career best. This performance won him the Man of the Match as well. In the 4th ODI of the same series, he shocked Pakistan by taking a hat-trick and managing a run-out in his maiden over took the wicket of saajid and became first Sri Lankan to register a hat-trick against Pakistan.

Is Thisara Perera good?

NameThisara Perera
Bowl Style| Right-arm fast-medium

What is the age of Thisara Perera?

33 years (April 3, 1989)

Who is the first king of Jaffna?

King of Jaffna
First monarch| Kalinga Magha
Last monarch| Cankili II
Formation| 1215
Abolition| 1619

What does Perera mean?

Perera (Sinhala: පෙරේරා) is a common surname found in Sri Lanka and the Iberian Peninsula. The name was introduced in Sri Lanka by the Portuguese during the period of Portuguese Ceylon, and it derives from the common Portuguese surname Pereira (meaning pear tree ).

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