Chamika Gunasekara

Chamika Deemantha Gunasekara is a Sri Lankan professional cricketer who currently plays Test and ODI cricket for the national team. Chamika was educated at Ananda College, Colombo.

Career

He made his List A debut on 17 December 2019, for Nondescripts Cricket Club in the 2019–20 Invitation Limited Over Tournament. He made his Twenty20 debut on 4 January 2020, for Nondescripts Cricket Club in the 2019–20 SLC Twenty20 Tournament. He made his first-class debut on 1 February 2020, for Nondescripts Cricket Club in the 2019–20 Premier League Tournament. In August 2021, he was named in the SLC Greys team for the 2021 SLC Invitational T20 League tournament. In November 2021, he was selected to play for the Jaffna Kings following the players' draft for the 2021 Lanka Premier League.

International career

In November 2021, he was named in Sri Lanka's Test squad for their series against the West Indies. In January 2022, he was named in Sri Lanka's One Day International squad for their series against Zimbabwe. He made his ODI debut on 16 January 2022, for Sri Lanka against Zimbabwe.
He made his international debut for the Sri Lanka cricket team in February 2024 against Afghanistan. During the match, he left the field with retire hurt after he was hit on the helmet by a bouncer by Naveed Zadran. He was ruled out from the game and Kasun Rajitha was approved as a concussion substitute.