Dharshanapriya Sandun Weerakkody (born 3 September 1993) is a professional Sri Lankan

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s for Sri Lanka. Weerakkody is a past pupil of Dharmaraja College, Kandy. A left-handed batsman and a wicketkeeper, he plays

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Domestic career

In August 2018, he was named in Kandy's squad the 2018 SLC T20 League. In March 2019, he was named in Galle's squad for the 2019 Super Provincial One Day Tournament. On 19 December 2019, Weerakkody scored the fastest

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century by a Sri Lankan batsman, scoring 101

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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 ...

against Burgher Recreation Club in the

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. In August 2021, he was named in the SLC Reds team for the 2021 SLC Invitational T20 League tournament. However, prior to the first match, he failed a fitness test. On 20th January 2023, during National Super League, Sandun scored 11th First Class Century against Colombo team. He scored 144 runs in 154 deliveries hitting 18 boundaries and four sixes. Finally Kandy team won the match.

International career

In January 2017 he was named in Sri Lanka's

(ODI) squad for their series against South Africa. He made his ODI debut for Sri Lanka against South Africa on 28 January 2017, scoring five runs. His first ODI fifty came in the second match of his career, but Sri Lanka lost the match by 40 runs. In December 2018, he was named in Sri Lanka team for the

2018 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup The 2018 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup was the third edition of the ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup held in Karachi, Pakistan and Colombo, Sri Lanka. Eight teams participated in the tournament including five under-23 age level teams of Test nations and ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Weerakkody, Sandun 1993 births Living people Sri Lankan cricketers Sri Lanka One Day International cricketers Alumni of Dharmaraja College Nondescripts Cricket Club cricketers Cricketers from Colombo Hambantota Troopers cricketers Southern Express cricketers Matara District cricketers Sinhalese Sports Club cricketers