![]() To make matters worse, Akila had recorded figures of 3/62, the 3rd-worst bowling figures recorded in a T20I match. This achievement was even rarer than the hat-trick as this was just the 2nd time that this had happened in a T20I match and only the 3rd time in any international match. ![]() However, the joy was short-lived as Kieron Pollard, the captain of the West Indies smashed him for 6 sixes in his very next over.It was his first hat-trick at the international level, the first time that a bowler had taken a hat-trick against the West Indies in a T20I match, and just the 3rd occasion where a Sri Lankan bowler had taken a hat-trick in a T20I match. In the 2nd over of his spell, he had taken just the 14th hat-trick (the feat of dismissing 3 batsmen in 3 successive deliveries) in the history of T20Is. (Source: PTI Photo) At the 2013 IPL auctions, Pune Warriors, the now disbanded franchise, snapped up Ajantha Mendis for 725,000, 14-fold his base price of 50,000. In a March 2021 T20I match against the West Indies, in his international comeback, he had experienced possibly the greatest bittersweet moment in the history of the sport. Akila Dananjaya polished off five wickets in just 13 balls to peg India back in the second ODI at Pallekele.In September 2019, he was banned from bowling in international matches once again. After remodeling his action, he was cleared to play again in March 2019. In December 2018, he was suspended from bowling in international matches after his action was deemed to be illegal.He had scalped those wickets in the space of just 13 deliveries, which was the best for a Sri Lankan in ODIs. In August 2017, Akila had recorded his maiden 5-wicket haul in ODIs, in a match against India.Panadura, Kalutara District, Western Province, Sri Lanka NationalityĪkila Dananjaya as seen in an Instagram Post in February 2020 (Akila Dananjaya / Instagram) Akila Dananjaya Facts Panadura, Kalutara District, Western Province, Sri Lanka Residence ![]() Mahamarakkala Kurukulasooriya Patabendige Akila Dananjaya Perera Nick NameĪkila Akila Dananjaya in an Instagram selfie from November 2018 (Akila Dananjaya / Instagram) Sun Sign Akila Dananjaya Sri Lanka Personal Information Born (28 years) Birth Place Panadura Height - Role Bowler Batting Style Left Handed Bat Bowling Style Right-arm offbreak ICC Rankings. His 2nd stint was marred by repeated suspensions from bowling though, due to doubts about the legality of his bowling action, a side-effect of the claim that he possesses the ability to bowl at least 7 different variations of spin including the leg-break, googly, carrom ball, doosra, and his stock off-spinner. He had to, however, wait another 5 years after this to get recalled into the international team. A teen prodigy, he had made his international debut at the 2012 ICC World T20, at the age of just 18. Akila Dananjaya is a Sri Lankan professional cricketer who has represented his country in all 3 formats of the sport (Tests, ODIs, and T20Is), as a spin bowler.
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