Thisara Perera

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Thissara Perera

Personal information
Full name	Narangoda Liyanaarachchilage Thissara Chirantha Perera
Born	3 April 1989 (1989-04-03) (age 21) Colombo, Sri Lanka
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Batting style	Left-hand bat
Bowling style	right-arm fast-medium
International information
National side	Sri Lanka
ODI debut	December 24 2009 v Bangladesh
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2008–	Wayamba
2010-	Chennai Super Kings
Career statistics
Competition	ODI	FC	List-A	Twenty20
Matches	4	14	23	15
Runs scored	67	745	348	46
Batting average	67.00	41.38	31.63	6.57
100s/50s	0/0	1/5	0/1	0/0
Top score	36*	113*	50	14*
Balls bowled	150	1373	840	344
Wickets	4	24	30	19
Bowling average	31.25	34.08	24.60	18.10
5 wickets in innings	0	1	0	0
10 wickets in match	-	0	-	0
Best bowling	5/28	5/69	4/43	3/17
Catches/stumpings	1/0	10/0	7/0	8/0
Source: CricInfo, January 10 2010

Narangoda Liyanaarachchilage Thissara Chirantha Perera (April 3, 1989 – ) is a Sri Lankan cricketer. A left-hand batsman and right-arm medium-fast bowler, Perera has both a first class century and five-wicket haul to his name, making him an all rounder for Wayamba. He has also played for the Sri Lankan U-19 and Sri Lankan A teams. After making his first class debut in November 2008, Perera impressed Sri Lankan selectors enough to earn a One Day International debut on December 24, 2009 to replace Angelo Mathews.^[1]

During the tour of Australia in November 2010, Perera starred with both bat and ball. In the opening Twenty20 he struck 17 not out of 4 balls, including a towering 132 metre six.^[1]

Indian Premier League

Due to his excellent performance in his debut against India, The Chennai Super Kings went for him at his base price. Superkings, who were seeking all-rounders initially, failed to get Pollard, Bond,^{[disambiguation needed]} Roach^{[disambiguation needed]} and Morgan but later picked Perera and Justin Kemp to fill in their overseas slots.Sold to Team Kochi in IPL 4 Auction on 9th January 2011.