Dasun Shanaka is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer known as a batting all-rounder and a former captain of the Sri Lanka national team in limited-overs formats. He is widely recognized for his aggressive lower-order batting and medium-fast bowling. He was acquired by the Dhaka Capitals for the 2026 Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) season as the highest-priced overseas player (USD 55,000) in the Category A auction.
In February 2026, Dasun Shanaka was named as the official replacement for Sam Curran and signed for Rajasthan Royals in IPL 2026 for INR 2 Crore.
| Match | Format | Date | Runs | BF | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rajasthan Royals vs Gujarat Titans · Match 52 | T20 | May 9, 2026 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 145.45 |
| Pakistan vs Sri Lanka · Super 8 Group 2 (Y3 v Y4) | T20I | February 28, 2026 | 76 | 31 | 2 | 8 | 245.16 |
| New Zealand vs Sri Lanka · Super 8 Group 2 (Y2 v Y4) | T20I | February 25, 2026 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 60.00 |
| England vs Sri Lanka · Super 8 Group 2 (Y1 v Y4) | T20I | February 22, 2026 | 30 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 125.00 |
| Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe · 38th Match, Group B | T20I | February 19, 2026 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 85.71 |
| Sri Lanka vs Oman · 16th Match, Group B | T20I | February 12, 2026 | 50 | 20 | 2 | 5 | 250.00 |
| Match | Format | Date | Over | M | R | W | NB | WD | ECO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan vs Sri Lanka · Super 8 Group 2 (Y3 v Y4) | T20I | February 28, 2026 | 4 | 0 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10.50 |
| Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe · 38th Match, Group B | T20I | February 19, 2026 | 3 | 0 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8.67 |
| Australia vs Sri Lanka · 30th Match, Group B | T20I | February 16, 2026 | 1.2 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13.33 |
| Sri Lanka vs Oman · 16th Match, Group B | T20I | February 12, 2026 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.00 |
| Sri Lanka vs Ireland · 6th Match, Group B | T20I | February 8, 2026 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.00 |
| Sri Lanka vs England · 3rd T20I | T20I | February 3, 2026 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.67 |
| Series | Format | Date | Runs | BF | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indian Premier League 2026 | T20 | Mar 28, 2026 - May 31, 2026 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 145.45 |
| ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026 | T20I | Feb 7, 2026 - Mar 8, 2026 | 165 | 88 | 5 | 15 | 187.50 |
| England tour of Sri Lanka 2026 | T20I | Jan 22, 2026 - Feb 3, 2026 | 25 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 89.29 |
| Pakistan tour of Sri Lanka 2026 | T20I | Jan 7, 2026 - Jan 11, 2026 | 46 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 255.56 |
| International League T20 2025 | T20 | Dec 2, 2025 - Jan 4, 2026 | 82 | 57 | 6 | 4 | 143.86 |
| Pakistan T20I Tri-Series 2025 | T20I | Nov 18, 2025 - Nov 29, 2025 | 53 | 43 | 4 | 3 | 123.26 |
| Series | Format | Date | Over | M | R | W | BBi | ECO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2026 | T20I | Feb 7, 2026 - Mar 8, 2026 | 11.2 | 0 | 102 | 3 | 2/42 | 9.00 |
| England tour of Sri Lanka 2026 | T20I | Jan 22, 2026 - Feb 3, 2026 | 8 | 0 | 59 | 2 | 1/12 | 7.38 |
| International League T20 2025 | T20 | Dec 2, 2025 - Jan 4, 2026 | 6.4 | 0 | 66 | 4 | 2/16 | 9.90 |
| Pakistan T20I Tri-Series 2025 | T20I | Nov 18, 2025 - Nov 29, 2025 | 12 | 0 | 102 | 2 | 1/14 | 8.50 |
| Asia Cup 2025 | T20I | Sep 9, 2025 - Sep 28, 2025 | 12.5 | 0 | 105 | 5 | 2/21 | 8.18 |
| SLC T20 League 2025 | T20 | Aug 7, 2025 - Aug 16, 2025 | 8 | 0 | 89 | 3 | 3/17 | 11.13 |
| Format | Matches | Innings | Runs | BF | HS | AVG | SR | Not Out | 4s | 6s | 50s | 100s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IPL | 2 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 16 | 16 | 145.45 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TEST | 6 | 12 | 140 | 276 | 66 | 14.0000 | 50.7200 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| ODI | 71 | 63 | 1299 | 1420 | 108 | 22.3900 | 91.4700 | 5 | 103 | 42 | 4 | 2 |
| T20 | 283 | 257 | 5064 | 3538 | 131 | 25.8300 | 143.1300 | 61 | 362 | 297 | 19 | 3 |
| T20I | 131 | 118 | 1912 | 1489 | 76 | 20.5500 | 128.4000 | 25 | 129 | 106 | 8 | 0 |
| List A | 179 | 151 | 3383 | 3531 | 108 | 26.4200 | 95.8000 | 23 | 236 | 148 | 11 | 3 |
| First Class | 76 | 109 | 4225 | 5690 | 130 | 43.1100 | 74.2500 | 11 | 387 | 154 | 22 | 13 |
| Format | Matches | Innings | Overs | Balls | Runs | Wkts | AVG | Econ | SR | Bbi | Bbm | 4w | 5w | 10w |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEST | 6 | 8 | 127.00 | 762 | 431 | 13 | 33.1500 | 3.3900 | 58.6000 | 3/46 | 5/112 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ODI | 71 | 46 | 176.00 | 1056 | 999 | 27 | 37.0000 | 5.6700 | 39.1000 | 5/43 | 5/43 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| T20 | 283 | 159 | 328.00 | 1968 | 2893 | 111 | 26.0600 | 8.8200 | 17.7000 | 4/16 | 4/16 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| T20I | 131 | 75 | 140.10 | 841 | 1155 | 46 | 25.1000 | 8.2400 | 18.2000 | 3/16 | 3/16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| List A | 179 | 114 | 510.20 | 3062 | 2740 | 93 | 29.4600 | 5.3600 | 32.9000 | 5/43 | 5/43 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| First Class | 76 | 92 | 792.50 | 4757 | 2900 | 92 | 31.5200 | 3.6500 | 51.7000 | 6/69 | 8/84 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Match | Format | Date | Runs | BF | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hambantota Bangla Tigers vs Kandy Bolts · 13th Match | T10 | December 15, 2024 | 39 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 260.00 |
| Harare Bolts vs Joburg Bangla Tigers · Match 7 | T10 | September 23, 2024 | 50 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 238.10 |
| Kandy Falcons vs Dambulla Sixers · Match 1 | T20 | July 1, 2024 | 46 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 306.67 |
| Khulna Tigers vs Rangpur Riders · 9th Match | T20 | January 26, 2024 | 40 | 33 | 5 | 1 | 121.21 |
