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Wanindu Hasaranga Career, Stats and Records

Wanindu Hasaranga is a Sri Lankan leg-spinning all-rounder from Galle. By the Cricket West Indies statistical cutoff reviewed on 30 August 2026, he had taken 161 wickets in 98 T20 internationals and 113 wickets in 71 one-day internationals. His career includes an ODI debut hat-trick, Sri Lanka's 2022 Asia Cup title, the record 16-wicket campaign at the 2021 Men's T20 World Cup, and franchise cricket in Sri Lanka, India, the UAE and the Caribbean.

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Right-handedRight-arm leg break bowlerBorn 29 July 1997

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Full namePinnaduwage Wanindu Hasaranga de Silva

Age29As of 30 August 2026

Date of birth29 July 1997Galle, Sri Lanka

Batting styleRight-handed

Bowling styleRight-arm leg break

Career overview

Wanindu Hasaranga cricket career

Hasaranga's main international value comes from right-arm leg-spin, particularly his wicket-taking threat in limited-overs cricket. His batting has also produced important lower-order innings, including 71 against Ireland at the 2021 Men's T20 World Cup and 36 in the 2022 Asia Cup final.

The current statistical snapshot separates Tests, ODIs, T20Is and all T20 cricket. International figures sit inside the broader domestic classifications, so the rows should be read independently rather than added together.

His 2026 season involved changing availability. A hamstring injury ended his Men's T20 World Cup after Sri Lanka's opening match, and Lucknow Super Giants later replaced him before the IPL season. St Kitts & Nevis Patriots subsequently named him in their overseas group for CPL 2026.

Hasaranga was born on 29 July 1997 and was 29 on 30 August 2026. Official player material lists him as a right-handed batter and leg-break bowler.

A dated squad list establishes selection, not an appearance in every match. Match participation, figures and results must be tied to the relevant scorecard.

Private wealth and relationship claims are not used to fill gaps in the cricket record. The only family connection included here is the one identified on the ICC player page: Sri Lankan cricketer Chaturanga de Silva is his brother.

Career story

Wanindu Hasaranga career and playing journey

Who is Wanindu Hasaranga?

Wanindu Hasaranga is a Sri Lanka international whose primary skill is wicket-taking leg-spin. He bats right-handed and is used as a lower-order or middle-order hitter when a side needs boundary options. The all-rounder label is supported by contributions in both disciplines, but his international record is led by his bowling: 161 T20I wickets and 113 ODI wickets in the current 2026 snapshot.

His full name is Pinnaduwage Wanindu Hasaranga de Silva. He was born in Galle on 29 July 1997 and developed at Richmond College. Lucknow Super Giants' player biography records that he began as a seam bowler before moving to leg-spin, then entered Sri Lanka's Under-19 World Cup squad in 2016. That change of craft became the foundation of his senior career.

From Richmond College to Sri Lanka Under-19 cricket

Hasaranga's pathway was not built around leg-spin from the start. The Lucknow Super Giants biography describes his early cricket at Richmond College in Galle and the transition from seam bowling to wrist-spin. ICC tournament material records his 3/34 against England in the 2016 Under-19 World Cup quarter-final and notes the batting progress that followed in Sri Lanka's Premier League competition.

The early record matters because it explains why the senior version of Hasaranga is more than a specialist who bats at number eleven. His domestic development gave him enough batting range to play important counterattacking innings, while leg-spin offered the clearer route into Sri Lanka's limited-overs attack. The two skills developed at different speeds, which is why his bowling numbers are the stronger measure of his international standing.

An ODI debut hat-trick in Galle

Hasaranga made his ODI debut against Zimbabwe in Galle on 2 July 2017 and took a hat-trick in his first international appearance. The ICC match report records him dismissing Malcolm Waller, Donald Tiripano and Tendai Chatara with consecutive balls as Zimbabwe were bowled out for 155. Sri Lanka won by seven wickets.

At the time, he was only the third bowler to take an ODI hat-trick on debut, after Taijul Islam and Kagiso Rabada. The achievement is sometimes compressed into a generic debut fact, but its precise boundary matters: this was his first ODI and first senior international, not his first match in every format. Those three wickets are already contained in his later ODI career total.

Wanindu Hasaranga international statistics through 2026

The Cricket West Indies player record reviewed on 30 August 2026 lists 71 ODIs, 1,142 runs and 113 wickets for Hasaranga. Its T20I row lists 98 matches, 831 runs and 161 wickets. His Test career remains four matches, 196 runs and four wickets. Each row has a different match pool and should stand on its own.

The broader T20 row covers 258 matches, 2,667 runs and 355 wickets across international and franchise cricket. It includes his T20Is, so adding 161 international wickets to 355 overall wickets would count the same performances twice. The same rule applies to ODIs within List A cricket and Tests within first-class cricket. This profile keeps the format labels visible so readers can compare like with like.

How quickly did Hasaranga reach 100 T20I wickets?

Hasaranga reached 100 men's T20I wickets in his 63rd match, against Afghanistan at Dambulla on 19 February 2024. ICC recorded him as the second-fastest man to the milestone at that point, behind Rashid Khan, who reached it in 53 matches. Lasith Malinga had been the only previous Sri Lankan man to pass 100 T20I wickets.

The milestone also gives context to the later 161-wicket total. It took only 35 more appearances in the reviewed record for Hasaranga to move from his 63rd match to 98 T20Is and add another 60 wickets after finishing that Afghanistan game on 101. Milestones and career totals use different cutoffs, so the 100-wicket achievement should not be mistaken for his present total.

The 2021 Men's T20 World Cup wicket record

Hasaranga took 16 wickets in eight matches at the 2021 Men's T20 World Cup in the UAE. ICC lists that as the highest wicket tally in a single men's edition. He averaged 9.75, conceded 5.20 runs per over and took a hat-trick against South Africa. His tournament also included 71 with the bat against Ireland in Sri Lanka's first-round win.

A year later he again finished as the leading wicket-taker at the Men's T20 World Cup, taking 15 wickets in Australia. The consecutive tournament returns show repeat value across different conditions, but they remain separate event totals. The 16 wickets from 2021 and 15 from 2022 are both already included in his T20I career record.

Why the 7/19 ODI spell stands out

Hasaranga's best ODI figures are 7/19 against Zimbabwe in Colombo on 11 January 2024. In a rain-reduced 27-over match, he entered the attack in the ninth over and used the googly repeatedly as Zimbabwe fell from 43 without loss to 96 all out. Sri Lanka then completed an eight-wicket victory.

ICC ranked the spell as the fifth-best bowling return in men's ODI history at the time and the second-best by a Sri Lankan, behind Chaminda Vaas's 8/19. Hasaranga finished 2024 with 26 ODI wickets in ten matches and was selected in the ICC Men's ODI Team of the Year. The annual return and the single-match 7/19 both sit within his later 113-wicket ODI aggregate.

Hasaranga's role in Sri Lanka's 2022 Asia Cup win

Sri Lanka won the 2022 Asia Cup after losing their opening match, and Hasaranga supplied important runs and wickets at the decisive end of the tournament. In the final against Pakistan, he scored 36 from 21 balls during a 58-run partnership with Bhanuka Rajapaksa, then took 3/27 as Sri Lanka defended 170 and won by 23 runs.

Sri Lanka Cricket named him Player of the Series. Across the tournament he made 66 runs and took nine wickets in six matches. The final demonstrates his all-round role more clearly than a career label alone: he helped rebuild the innings after Sri Lanka slipped to 58/5 and later removed Mohammad Rizwan, Asif Ali and Khushdil Shah during the chase.

What makes Hasaranga's leg-spin effective?

The record points to a bowler who creates wickets without relying on one phase alone. His leg-break gives him a stock delivery, while the googly is a major attacking option against batters reading him from the hand. ICC's account of the 7/19 notes Zimbabwe's difficulty against that wrong'un, and his T20I record shows a strike rate of 13.5 balls per wicket through the 2026 cutoff.

His value is not that every spell is economical. Wrist-spin can be attacked, and short-format batters often accept risk against it. The more useful question is whether he can break partnerships and change an innings. Five four-wicket T20I hauls and four ODI five-wicket hauls in the current table show repeated wicket clusters rather than one isolated peak.

How much does Hasaranga contribute with the bat?

Hasaranga's batting is secondary to his bowling at international level, but it is not decorative. The current record lists 1,142 ODI runs at 23.30, with five fifties and a high score of 80 not out. In T20Is he has 831 runs, two fifties and a high score of 71. Those numbers fit a flexible lower-order hitter rather than a top-order run accumulator.

His most useful innings tend to arrive when a side needs momentum or repair. The 71 against Ireland at the 2021 World Cup gave Sri Lanka a first-round platform, while the 36 in the 2022 Asia Cup final helped reverse a collapse. These examples support the all-rounder description without overstating him as an international batting specialist.

The 2026 T20 World Cup injury and later season context

Hasaranga began the 2026 Men's T20 World Cup by taking 3/25 against Ireland in Colombo as Sri Lanka won by 20 runs. He sustained a left hamstring injury during that match and was ruled out of the rest of the tournament on 10 February. The ICC Event Technical Committee approved Dushan Hemantha as his replacement in Sri Lanka's squad.

That tournament withdrawal should not be turned into a claim about his fitness today. Later records show his international totals extending through 2026, and St Kitts & Nevis Patriots named him in their overseas group for the 2026 CPL. The accurate reading is dated: the injury ended his World Cup, while subsequent selection and statistics belong to later points in the season.

IPL record and the Lucknow Super Giants 2026 change

Hasaranga's IPL record through 2025 stands at 37 matches, 46 wickets and best figures of 5/18. His largest single-season return was 26 wickets for Royal Challengers Bangalore in 2022. Rajasthan Royals used him in 11 matches in 2025, when he took 11 wickets, before releasing him ahead of the 2026 auction.

Lucknow Super Giants bought him for INR 2 crore in December 2025, but he did not play for them in IPL 2026. The franchise announced on 10 April that George Linde would replace him because of injury. This distinction prevents a roster entry or auction result from being misread as an appearance for Lucknow.

St Kitts & Nevis Patriots and other franchise teams

St Kitts & Nevis Patriots announced Hasaranga as one of their overseas players for CPL 2026 alongside Naseem Shah, Dasun Shanaka, Waqar Salamkheil and Nikhil Chaudhary. His broader CPL record before the new campaign included seven matches, 103 runs and ten wickets for the Patriots across the seasons covered by the current statistical page.

His franchise history also includes Royal Challengers Bangalore, Rajasthan Royals, Desert Vipers and the Kandy franchise, among others. Those names span different years and competitions. A current squad announcement does not erase an older team, and an older statistical line does not prove selection for a new season. The permanent player page keeps that history together while match pages establish when he actually appeared.

Auction price, salary and net worth are different claims

Lucknow Super Giants publicly reported a winning bid of INR 2 crore for Hasaranga at the IPL 2026 auction. That is a defined competition figure for one season. It should not be relabelled as monthly pay, take-home income, lifetime earnings or personal wealth. His later replacement also means the auction result alone cannot describe how the season unfolded.

No audited financial statement in the sources used for this profile establishes Hasaranga's net worth. Unattributed biography estimates are therefore excluded. A dependable answer can name the documented IPL auction amount and its season, while stopping short of a broader wealth claim that the evidence does not support.

Family and relationship information

The ICC player page identifies Chaturanga de Silva as Wanindu Hasaranga's brother. Chaturanga is also a Sri Lankan cricketer, so the relationship has direct public cricket context and a named governing-body source. This profile does not infer any other family detail from social photographs or similarly named accounts.

Search results also surface questions about a wife, girlfriend or relationship. No dependable official or first-party source used here was sufficient to publish a current relationship claim. Omitting that claim is more accurate than repeating entertainment-site assertions, and it keeps the page centred on information readers can verify.

How to read Hasaranga's records without double-counting

Hasaranga's career contains several nested totals. His 161 T20I wickets are part of his 355 wickets across all T20 cricket. His 113 ODI wickets are part of his 196 List A wickets. His four Test wickets also sit within his first-class record. Adding the narrower and broader rows would duplicate the same matches.

Tournament records work the same way. The 16 wickets at the 2021 World Cup, 15 at the 2022 World Cup and nine at the 2022 Asia Cup remain important because the event context explains their value, not because they should be added again to the international total. Dates, formats and competition names make each claim testable and keep historical achievements distinct from current form.

Wanindu Hasaranga records

Wanindu Hasaranga career statistics and records

Batting, bowling and fielding figures are kept separate by competition and format.

Test (career record reviewed 30 August 2026)4matches

Batting

Innings: 7
Runs: 196
High score: 59
Average: 28.00
Not outs: 0
100s / 50s: 0/1

Bowling & fielding

Innings: 7
Wickets: 4
Best bowling: 4/171
Average: 100.75
Economy: 3.58
Strike rate: 168.5
Balls: 674
Catches / stumpings: 2
5w / 10w: 0 / 0

Only fields published by the named source are shown; unavailable values are not guessed.

ODI (career record reviewed 30 August 2026)71matches

Batting

Innings: 58
Runs: 1,142
High score: 80*
Average: 23.30
Not outs: 9
100s / 50s: 0/5

Bowling & fielding

Innings: 69
Wickets: 113
Best bowling: 7/19
Average: 24.84
Economy: 5.09
Strike rate: 29.2
Balls: 3,305
Catches / stumpings: 19
5w / 10w: 4 / 0

Only fields published by the named source are shown; unavailable values are not guessed.

T20I (career record reviewed 30 August 2026)98matches

Batting

Innings: 79
Runs: 831
High score: 71
Average: 13.40
Not outs: 17
100s / 50s: 0/2

Bowling & fielding

Innings: 96
Wickets: 161
Best bowling: 4/9
Average: 15.90
Economy: 7.03
Strike rate: 13.5
Balls: 2,184
Catches / stumpings: 39
5w / 10w: 0 / 0

Only fields published by the named source are shown; unavailable values are not guessed.

All T20 (career record reviewed 30 August 2026)258matches

Batting

Innings: 198
Runs: 2,667
High score: 77*
Average: 16.87
Not outs: 40
100s / 50s: 0/9

Bowling & fielding

Innings: 249
Wickets: 355
Best bowling: 6/9
Average: 18.09
Economy: 7.09
Strike rate: 15.3
Balls: 5,435
Catches / stumpings: 115
5w / 10w: 3 / 0

Only fields published by the named source are shown; unavailable values are not guessed.

Career chronology

Debut and last listed match

ODI

Debut

2 July 2017 vs Zimbabwe, Galle

Last listed match

Career row spans 2017–2026

T20I

Debut

1 September 2019 vs New Zealand, Pallekele

Last listed match

Career row spans 2019–2026

Test

Debut

26 December 2020 vs South Africa, Centurion

Last listed match

Career row spans 2020–2021

CPL

Debut

Patriots record begins in 2024

Last listed match

Named in the 2026 overseas group

Career achievements

Career achievements and milestones

161 T20I wickets in 98 matches through the reviewed 2026 statistical cutoff.
ODI hat-trick on international debut against Zimbabwe in 2017.
Seven for 19 against Zimbabwe, the fifth-best men's ODI innings figures when recorded in 2024.
Record 16 wickets in one edition of the Men's T20 World Cup in 2021.
Leading wicket-taker at the 2022 Men's T20 World Cup with 15 wickets.
Player of the Series as Sri Lanka won the 2022 Asia Cup.
Second-fastest man to 100 T20I wickets when he reached the mark in his 63rd match.
Selected in both the ICC Men's ODI and T20I Teams of the Year for 2024.

Reader questions

Wanindu Hasaranga FAQ

How old is Wanindu Hasaranga?

Wanindu Hasaranga was born on 29 July 1997 in Galle, Sri Lanka. He was 29 on 30 August 2026.

How many T20I wickets does Wanindu Hasaranga have?

The career record reviewed on 30 August 2026 lists 161 wickets in 98 T20 internationals, with best figures of 4/9.

What are Wanindu Hasaranga's best ODI bowling figures?

His best ODI figures are 7/19 against Zimbabwe in Colombo on 11 January 2024. ICC ranked the spell fifth among men's ODI innings figures at the time.

Did Wanindu Hasaranga take a hat-trick on ODI debut?

Yes. He dismissed Malcolm Waller, Donald Tiripano and Tendai Chatara with consecutive balls against Zimbabwe in Galle on 2 July 2017.

What is Wanindu Hasaranga's role?

He is a right-handed all-rounder whose main international strength is right-arm leg-spin. He also contributes as a lower-order hitter.

Which team signed Wanindu Hasaranga for IPL 2026?

Lucknow Super Giants bought him for INR 2 crore, but he was ruled out before playing and George Linde replaced him in April 2026.

What is Wanindu Hasaranga's net worth?

No audited financial source used for this profile establishes a reliable current net-worth figure. The documented INR 2 crore IPL 2026 auction price should not be treated as personal wealth.

Is Chaturanga de Silva related to Wanindu Hasaranga?

Yes. The ICC player page identifies Sri Lankan cricketer Chaturanga de Silva as Wanindu Hasaranga's brother.

Is Wanindu Hasaranga married?

This profile does not publish a current relationship claim because the sources reviewed did not provide dependable official or first-party evidence for one.

Which CPL team named Wanindu Hasaranga for 2026?

St Kitts & Nevis Patriots named him in their overseas player group for the 2026 Caribbean Premier League.

Conclusion

Wanindu Hasaranga's career is defined by wicket-taking leg-spin across international and franchise cricket. His ODI debut hat-trick, 7/19 against Zimbabwe, record 16-wicket 2021 World Cup and 161 T20I wickets show both early impact and sustained output.

His batting has been most valuable in specific pressure innings, notably the 2021 World Cup fifty against Ireland and 36 in the 2022 Asia Cup final. The 2026 record also needs careful dates: his World Cup ended with injury, Lucknow replaced him before the IPL, and St Kitts & Nevis Patriots later named him for the CPL.