Upul Tharanga is a Sri Lankan International cricketer. In fact, he is the professional Lankan cricketer and he was a captain a limited time for Sri Lankan team. Tharanga plays all formats of cricket and his real name is Warushavithana Upul Tharanga.
He has played a good partnership with Sanath Jayasuriya for the first wicket that was 286 runs in ODI teams. Basically, has started a cricket career in 2005 and running at present.
His first test cricket debut on 18 December in 2005 against India besides, his first ODI or One Day International cricket debut on 2 August in 2006 against West Indies. And also, his T20 International cricket games started on 15 June in 2006 against England team. Generally, he is a left-handed batsman and opening cricketer of Sri Lankan team.
Tharanga’s batting career and the latest news
Anyway, he is a strong batsman and he can create the best partnership with any cricketer. He was the good partnership with Tillakaratne Dilshan in the year of 2011. He is the second batsman of the world who has played with 7 times 200+ runs partnerships in the ODI cricket.
Tharanga has played a second good score of ODI cricket that is 174* runs on 2 July in 2013. He was selected as Sri Lankan captain when injuries of captain Angelo Mathews. He earns 13 centuries and also has got 11 times man of the match.
In fact, his batting style is the left-handed batsman and also playing rule opening batsman. Basically, he is one of the most popular cricketers of the Sri Lankan cricketer.
He was born on 2 February in 1985. Moreover, you will get here Tharanga of batting average, height, age, personal life, girlfriends, wife, wiki and also more information details.
In truth, he is an opening batsman of Lankan cricket team. In this way, his batting average respectively tests cricket batting average 33.36 and T20I cricket batting average is 13.50 and also his ODI match batting average 33.30.
ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 is coming soon that their are playing the world Cup. England team is the ICC Cricket World Cup winners 2019.
He was selected to play Asia Cup 2018 in the 15-man squad.
Upul Tharanga Cricketer of career
Real name: Warushavithana Upul Tharanga
Nickname: Upula
His playing teams: Sri Lanka Board XI, Sri Lanka Board President’s XI, Sri Lanka A, Singha Sports Club, Ruhuna, Nondescripts Cricket Club, Mohammedan Sporting Club, Kandurata Maroons, Asia XI, and Sri Lanka national team
First test debut: 18 December in 2015 against India cricket team
First ODI debut: 2 August in 2005 against West Indies.
And first T20I debut: 15 June in 2006 with England.
Tharanga Batting style: Left-handed batsman.
Playing rule: opening batsman
Tharanga Batting average
| Match Name | Innings, match | Runs | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| ODI series | innings-190, match-201 | 5929 | 33.30 |
| Test series | 50, 27 | 1538 | 33.36 |
| First Class | 225, 134 | 8661 | 40.47 |
| T20 I series | 16, 16 | 216 | 13.50 |
Tharanga age, height, and personal details
Full Name: Warushavithana Upul Tharanga
Profession: Cricket.
Height in cm & m: 180cm and 1.80m
Height in feet inches: 5 feet 11inches or 5’11”
Weight in kg: Not known
Hair color: Black
Eye color: Black.
Date of birth: 2 February in 1985
Upul Tharanga age: 32 years
Birth Place: Balapitiya, Sri Lanka
Religion: Buddhist
School or college life: Dharmasoka College, Ambalangoda
Nationality: Sri Lankan
Upul Tharanga Family, wife, and favorite things
Father name: Not known
Brother name: Nuwan Tharanga
And sister name: Not known
Marital status: Married
Girlfriends name: Nilanka Vithanage
Upul Tharanga wife: Nilanka Vithanage
Children: one son
Salary: Not known
Tharanga’s cars and favorite things
| His Cars and favorite all things | |
|---|---|
| His favorite cars | Audi, FERARRI |
| Favorite food | Fishes, Lankan Recipes and also |
| Favorite actress | Unknown |
| Best Friend | Kusal Mendis |
| Favorite Sports | Football and Cricket |
| Favorite footballers | Maradona, Messi, Ronaldinho |
| Favorite Cell phone | iPhone |
| Favourite Politician | Uknown |
| Favourite color | Gray |
| Favorite Actor | Unknown |
| Favorite animal | Unknown |
| Favourite website | twitter, Facebook |
| His car collection | Audi, BMW |
| Favorite Cricketer | Sangakara, Sachin Tendulkar |
| Drinks | Apple Juice |
| Favorite time | Evening of the day |
| Favorite day | Friday |
| Favorite digit | 2 |
| Favorite club | IPL and SLC |
| Favorite flower | Rose |
| Favorite Destination | London |
| favorite Celebrity | Unknown |
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