Andri Raffaelo Berenger (; born 29 August 1991) is a

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er. He is a right-handed batsman who has played for the

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and for

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Personal life

Berenger was born in

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on 29 August 1991. His father Kenham Berenger was a Sri Lankan boxing champion. He grew up in the UAE where his parents were expatriate workers. Berenger represented the UAE at the Under-15 Gulf Cup in Bahrain before winning a sports scholarship to attend St. Peter's College, Colombo.

Cricket career

Sri Lanka

Berenger represented the

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at the

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in New Zealand. Berenger made his cricketing debut in a List A match for Seeduwa Raddoluwa in December 2008 against

Moratuwa Sports Club Moratuwa Sports Club was a first-class cricket team in Sri Lanka. It competed in the Premier Trophy, Sri Lanka's main first-class cricket competition, for 13 seasons following the international recognition of first-class status for the 1988–89 se ...

. Later in the same week, he made a single first-class appearance for the side, in the 2008-09 Premier Championship. Berenger later played for

Sinhalese Sports Club The Sinhalese people, Singhalese Sports Club (SSC) was a first-class cricket club in Colombo, Sri Lanka till 2025 when they were relegated after enduring a horrendous 2024-25 version of the Major Club 3 day tournament in which they could only m ...

and

Colombo Cricket Club The Colombo Cricket Club (CCC) is a first-class cricket club in Sri Lanka. It is the oldest in the country, having been formed in 1863, and is headquartered at 31 Maitland Crescent, Colombo 7, close to the headquarters of Sri Lanka Cricket. Hi ...

United Arab Emirates

He made his

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debut for the United Arab Emirates against Afghanistan on 28 November 2014. He represented the UAE at the

2015 Cricket World Cup The 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup was the 11th Cricket World Cup, a quadrennial One Day International (ODI) cricket tournament contested by men's national teams and organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC). It was jointly hosted by Aust ...

in Australia and New Zealand.

Qatar

In October 2021, he was named in Qatar's

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(T20I) squad for the Group A matches in the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier. He made his T20I debut on 23 October 2021, for Qatar against

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References

1991 births Living people Cricketers from Colombo Sri Lankan cricketers Emirati cricketers Qatari cricketers Qatar Twenty20 International cricketers United Arab Emirates One Day International cricketers Seeduwa Raddoluwa Cricket Club cricketers Sri Lanka Cricket Combined XI cricketers Colombo Cricket Club cricketers Alumni of St. Peter's College, Colombo Cricketers at the 2015 Cricket World Cup Sri Lankan emigrants to the United Arab Emirates Sri Lankan emigrants to Qatar Sri Lankan expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates Sri Lankan expatriate sportspeople in Qatar Dual international cricketers 21st-century Sri Lankan sportsmen {{SriLanka-cricket-bio-1990s-stub