Kathmandu. Sri Lankan all-rounder Tharindu Rathnayake will play for Sudurpaschim Royals in the third edition of Nepal Premier League (NPL).
Rathnayake, 30, is a left-handed batsman. He can bowl both right-arm off-spin and left-arm spin. He is known as a different style of bowler due to his ability to bowl with both hands.
Rathnayake has played four T20 Internationals for Sri Lanka. In that, he has taken 6 wickets and scored 77 runs in batting. His highest score in T20 Internationals is 65 runs.
He has played 88 matches and taken 98 wickets in domestic and other T20 tournaments. During this time, his best bowling performance is taking 4 wickets at the cost of 8 runs. He has also scored 638 runs in T20 cricket.
Rathnayake, who has played 82 matches in first-class cricket, has taken 378 wickets and scored 1,923 runs. Similarly, he has scored 133 wickets and 952 runs while playing 96 matches in List A cricket.