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Ravija Sandaruwan

Ravija Sandaruwan is a Kuwaiti cricketer. He is a right-handed batting all-rounder who bowls right-arm off-spin and has played for the Kuwait national team since 2019. In his T20 international career, he has scored 2061 runs and holds the record as the first Kuwaiti cricketer to cross 2000 runs in T20Is. 

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Full Name
odadura Ravija Sandaruwan de Silva
Born
22 June 1992
Birth Place
Colombo, Sri Lanka
Role
Batting Allrounder
Batting Style
Right Handed Bat
Bowling Style
Right-arm off-break
Nationality
Kuwaiti
Height
6 ft 2 in
Country
Kuwait
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Stats

Match Format Date Runs BF 4s 6s SR
Hong Kong vs Kuwait · Match 6 List A March 5, 2026 6 6 0 1 100.00
Hong Kong vs Kuwait · Match 4 T20I March 1, 2026 3 6 0 0 50.00
Hong Kong vs Kuwait · Match 2 T20I February 26, 2026 22 16 2 2 137.50
Hong Kong vs Kuwait · Match 1 T20I February 25, 2026 4 2 1 0 200.00
Pakistan XI vs Kuwait XI · Final T10 November 9, 2025 1 2 0 0 50.00
England XI vs Kuwait XI · Semi Final 2 T10 November 9, 2025 21 8 1 2 262.50

Matches

Hong Kong Hong Kong
273/6
Result
211/10
HK won by 62 runs March 7, 2026 6:30 am
Kuwait Kuwait
Hong Kong Hong Kong
212/10
Result
126/10
HK won by 86 runs March 5, 2026 6:30 am
Kuwait Kuwait
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Career Statistics

Competition  Matches Runs Scored Batting Average Highest Score Wickets
T20I 77 2065 27.91 103 0
First-Class 4 54 7.71 30 1
List A 19 478 25.15 67 0

Key Records And Achievements

  • Leading Run-scorer: He was the leading run-scorer in the 2019 ACC Western Region T20 tournament.

  • Player of the Match awards: He has earned several Player of the Match awards, including on his T20I debut against the Maldives and in a match against Bahrain where he scored a century.

  • T20I Century: He scored a century (103 runs off 59 balls) against Bahrain on January 23, 2019. 

Teams Represented

  • International Team: Kuwait (2019–present)
  • Domestic Teams:
    • Saracens Sports Club (2012–2013)
    • Badureliya Sports Club (2022)
    • Burgher Recreation Club
    • Sebastianites Cricket and Athletic Club
    • Kuwait Swedish
    • Desert Raiders
    • CECC teams 

International Debut

  • T20I debut: January 20, 2019, against the Maldives
  • List A debut: April 19, 2023, against the United Arab Emirates