Ravija Sandaruwan (born 22 June 1992) is a Sri Lankan-born

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er who plays for the

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. He made his

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debut for

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in the 2012–13

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in Sri Lanka on 27 December 2012. He made his first-class debut, also for Saracens Sports Club, in the 2012–13 Premier League Tournament on 30 March 2013. In April 2018, he represented

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in Western sub-region group of the 2018–19 ICC World Twenty20 Asia Qualifier tournament, playing in all six matches. In his

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(T20I) debut against the

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on 20 January 2019 in the

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tournament, Sandaruwan was named the player of the match. Three days later, in the match against

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, he scored 103 runs from 59 balls, and was again named the player of the match. He was the leading run-scorer in the tournament, with 177 runs in four matches. In June 2019, he was named in

's T20I squad for their series against Qatar. In October 2021, he was named in Kuwait's squad for the Group A matches in the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sandaruwan, Ravija 1992 births Living people Kuwaiti cricketers Kuwait Twenty20 International cricketers Saracens Sports Club cricketers Cricketers from Colombo Sri Lankan emigrants to Kuwait Sri Lankan expatriate sportspeople in Kuwait