In April 2019, he was named in Sri Lanka's squad for the 2019 Cricket World Cup.
Avishka Fernando, who made his one-day international debut on 31-Aug-16, had played 5 ODI matches until the 2019 World Cup. He was also the part of the Sri Lankan team which won the ACC Emerging teams asia cup 2017 by defeating Pakistan by 5 wickets. He is a right-handed batsman and a right arm medium fast bowler. He too has the record for scoring the most number of centuries for Sri Lanka in Youth ODI history(4). Also, in the 3 T20Is played so far, Avishka has only scored 17 runs, out of which 16 runs have come from his debut match. He made his T20I debut against South Africa on 19 March 2019 at Cape Town. Later on, South Africa won the Super Over.Avishka Fernando’s ODI debut came on 31 August 2016 against Australia at Dambulla. As an 18-year-old, he has been picked in Sri Lankan ODI squad for their home series against Australia. He is a right-handed batsman and a right arm medium fast bowler. His average in these matches is 46.45. In March 2019, he was named in Colombo's squad for the 2019 Super Provincial One Day Tournament. He plays for Colts Cricket Club in domestic cricket, and he made his international debut for the Sri Lanka cricket team in August 2016. In this match as well, he failed to perform and went back to the pavilion for a duck. Weerahandige Inol Avishka Fernando (born 5 April 1998), commonly as Avishka Fernando, is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer, who currently plays limited over internationals for Sri Lanka national team. Copyrights © 2020 Business Standard Pvt Ltd. All rights reserved. He plays for Colts Cricket Club in domestic cricket, and he made his international debut for the Sri Lanka cricket team in August 2016. He earned his first call-up to the national ODI team without having played any T20 or List A or first-class cricket. Find Avishka fernando ICC ranking, Stats, Individual Records, Biography, Records including Centuries, Runs, Wickets and all about Avishka fernando. Weerahandige Inol Avishka Fernando is a Sri Lankan cricketer who was born on 5 April 1998 at Wadduwa in Sri Lanka. He has also scored 2 centuries and 4 half-centuries as well.In List A cricket, he has scored 1115 runs in 28 matches with 4 centuries and 5 half centuries. His average in T20Is is 5.66, which is very poor by all standards.Avishka Fernando holds the record for being the leading scorer in the Youth ODI History of Sri Lanka. The match was won by Australia by 6 wickets.Avishka Fernando’s international career has not been so spectacular so far and he has failed to showcase his skills in the matches as of now. He is also the player with the most number of centuries in Youth Cricket, that is 4.
In First Class Cricket, he has scored 954 runs in 16 matches at an average of 35.33. He made his Twenty20 International debut for Sri Lanka against South Africa on 19 March 2019.
In April 2018, he was named in Kandy's squad for the 2018 Super Provincial One Day Tournament. He made his One Day International debut for Sri Lanka against Australia on 31 August 2016 at Dambulla. Fernando has the record for scoring the most number of runs in Youth ODI history for Sri Lanka(1379 runs). Avishka Fernando is a hard-hitting right-handed batsman who started to show a lot of promise at a very young age. This service requires you to register on the website.Jasprit Bumrah on verge of becoming India's leading wicket-taker in T20IsIND vs SL 2nd T20: Check predicted playing 11, live streaming details hereDRS 'çheatgate' row: No messages sent to Perera, says Sri Lanka Cricket He has scored 1379 runs in 39 matches with 4 centuries and 4 half centuries.
He made his T20 debut for the Colombo Colts Cricket Club on 24 February 2018 in the 2017-18 season of SLC T20 Tournament. In the second ODI, he scored his maiden ODI fifty. He had 0 centuries and 0 half-centuries to his name. Weerahandige Inol Avishka Fernando is a Sri Lankan cricketer who was born on 5 April 1998 at Wadduwa in Sri Lanka.
He played as the opening partner for skipper Dimuth Karunaratne in ODI series against Scotland prior to the World Cup.