Pathira Vasan Dushmantha Chameera is a professional cricketer from Sri Lanka. He was born on January 12, 1992, and he now plays for the national side in all three forms of the game. Additionally, he plays for Nondescripts Cricket Club in Sri Lanka while playing domestic cricket. Beginning in January 2015, he made his debut for Sri Lanka on the international stage.
The selection of Chameera to the Colombo team that will compete in the 2017–18 Super Four Provincial Tournament took place in March of 2018. The month after that, he was also selected to be a member of the Colombo team that will compete in the 2018 Super Provincial One Day Tournament. The selection of Chameera to Galle’s team for the 2018 SLC T20 League took place in August of 2018.
The announcement that he will be a member of Galle’s team for the 2019 Super Provincial One Day Tournament came in March of this year. His selection by the Colombo Kings in the draft for the first season of the Lanka Premier League took place in October of the year 2020. The Rajasthan Royals bid for him at the 2018 Indian Premier League auction in January of that year. However, due to a back ailment, he was unable to participate in the first few weeks of the competition.
In August 2021, Chameera was considered for inclusion in the Royal Challengers Bangalore team that would compete in the second phase of the 2021 Indian Premier League (IPL) in the United Arab Emirates. His selection to play for the Colombo Stars in the 2021 Lanka Premier League came about as a result of the players’ draft that took place in November of that year. The Lucknow Super Giants were the ones that purchased him during the auction for the 2022 Indian Premier League competition, which took place in February of that year.
Dushmantha Chameera Biography
| Name | Dushmantha Chameera |
| Full Name | Pathira Vasan Dushmantha Chameera |
| Date of Birth | 12 January 1992 |
| Place of Birth | Ragama, Sri Lanka |
| Other Names | NA |
| Nationality | Sri Lankan |
| Father’s Name | NA |
| Mother’s Name | NA |
| Siblings | Lassanai Dassa Dushmantha |
| Spouse | Sulochana Dilrukshi |
| Marriage Date | September 8, 2017 |
| Children | NA |
| Role | Bowling |
| Batting | Right-handed |
| Bowling | Right-arm fast |
| ODI Debut | 29 January 2015 vs. New Zealand |
| Test Debut | June 2015 vs. Sri Lanka |
| Favourite Food | NA |
| Favourite Actor | NA |
| Favourite Actress | NA |
| Favourite Colour | Blue |
| Retirement | Still Playing |
During the 2024 Indian Premier League season, he is playing for the Kolkata Knight Riders. The Galle Gladiators decided to contract him in July 2022 so that he could participate in the third season of the Lanka Premier League. At the One-Day International (ODI) match against New Zealand on January 29, 2015, Chameera, a right-arm fast bowler, made his debut for Sri Lanka. He bowled Ross Taylor, which was his first wicket in an international match, and he also bowled Grant Elliott, which resulted in Sri Lanka winning the match. He got his maiden wicket in an international match.
Despite being chosen to compete in the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup, Chameera did not take part in the first four matches of the tournament. In Sri Lanka’s most recent encounter in pool A, which was played against Scotland, he was selected for the squad and ended up taking three wickets while allowing just 51 runs. Sri Lanka was ultimately victorious in the match. In June 2015, Chameera performed his first test match, which was against Pakistan. It was the 129th time that Sri Lanka had granted him a test cap.
During his debut test match, he bowled Zulfiqar Babar for five runs, which was his maiden wicket. In the second innings of the same match, he led Sri Lanka to victory by accumulating three wickets and finished with statistics of 4/76 in 28.5 overs for both innings. This allowed Sri Lanka to win the match. Because he sustained a side strain during the match, he was unable to participate in the third test of the series.
While playing for Sri Lanka against the West Indies on November 9, 2015, he made his debut in the Twenty20 International competition. In May of 2018, Sri Lanka Cricket announced that it had granted a national contract to 33 cricket players in preparation for the 2018–19 season. Chameera was one of the players to get this honor. During the third one-day international match that took place in May 2021 against Bangladesh, Chameera not only collected his maiden five-wicket haul in an ODI contest, but he also walked away with the man of the match award for that match.
Batting & Fielding Stats
| YEAR | MAT | NO | RUNS | HS | AVG | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4S | 6S | CT | ST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Career | 12 | 4 | 43 | 17 | 10.75 | 28 | 153.57 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 2022 | 12 | 4 | 43 | 17 | 10.75 | 28 | 153.57 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
Bowling
| YEAR | MAT | BALLS | RUNS | WKTS | BBM | AVE | ECON | SR | 4W | 5W |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Career | 12 | 264 | 384 | 9 | 2/17 | 42.67 | 8.73 | 29.33 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 12 | 264 | 384 | 9 | 2/17 | 42.67 | 8.73 | 29.33 | 0 | 0 |
On September 7, 2021, during the third one-day international match against South Africa, Chameera delivered a match-winning opening bowling effort that was very remarkable. Ultimately, Sri Lanka emerged victorious by a score of 78 runs, and Chameera was chosen as the player of the match. Later the same month, Chameera was selected to be a member of Sri Lanka’s team that would compete in the ICC Men’s Twenty20 World Cup in 2021.
The press referred to his no-ball in a match against Australia at the Twenty20 World Cup as “a contender for one of the worst deliveries of all time,” “worst ball bowled,” and “one of the filthiest balls you will ever witness.” “A contender for one of the worst deliveries of all time” In January 2022, the annual ICC Awards were held, and Chameera was selected to be a member of the ICC Men’s One-Day International Team of the Year for the year 2021.
Dushmantha Chameera, a fast bowler from Sri Lanka, has been recruited by the Kolkata Knight Riders as a replacement for Gus Atkinson. Atkinson was acquired by the team in the Indian Premier League 2024 auction in December of last year for INR 1 crore, which is around 120 thousand United States dollars. Chameera, who had performed poorly in the auction, will now be joining KKR for a base price of INR 50 lakh, which is approximately equivalent to USD 60,000.
Rajasthan Royals, Royal Challengers Bangalore, and Lucknow Super Giants are just a few of the teams that the 32-year-old player has played for in the past. In his most recent Twenty20 match, Chameera had picked up two wickets for twenty in his four overs for Dubai Capitals versus Abu Dhabi, the UAE affiliate of Knight Riders in the International Twenty20 Tournament. Chameera is capable of reaching speeds of more than 140 kilometers per hour.
