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| Full name | Rajapaksha Vidana Pathiranalage Kamil Mishara | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (2001-04-24) 24 April 2001 Colombo, Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off-break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | batter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ODI debut (cap 218) | 11 November 2025 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 14 November 2025 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut (cap 94) | 20 February 2022 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 27 November 2025 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016/17 | Panadura Sports Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018/19–present | Nondescripts Cricket Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | Kandy Warriors | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 28 September 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rajapaksha Vidana Pathiranalage Kamil Mishara, popularly Kamil Mishara (Sinhala: කමිල් මිෂාර, [kamil miʃaːrə]; born 24 April 2001), is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer, currently plays T20 Internationals for national team.[1][2]
Early life
Mishara studied at Mahanama College, Panadura, where he laid the foundation for his education and cricketing development up to Grade 11. He then moved to Royal College, Colombo, to pursue his higher studies, continuing to represent the school in cricket competitions.[3][4][5][6]
During the year 2019, Mishara was named and awarded as School boy cricketer of the year where he became the fourth Royalist to win this title.[7] Mishara made the highest individual score of the school cricket season 2019, when he thumped a career best 250 off 270 balls including 32 fours and 5 sixes, against Ananda College in their Singer Trophy Under 19 match played during the year 2019.[8]
Domestic career
He made his Twenty20 debut for Nondescripts Cricket Club in the 2018–19 SLC Twenty20 Tournament on 19 February 2019.[9] In January 2020, he was named in Sri Lanka's squad for the 2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.[10] He made his List A debut on 24 March 2021, for Nondescripts Cricket Club in the 2020–21 Major Clubs Limited Over Tournament.[11]
In August 2021, he was named in the SLC Greens team for the 2021 SLC Invitational T20 League tournament.[12] In November 2021, he was selected to play for the Kandy Warriors following the players' draft for the 2021 Lanka Premier League.[13]
In 2025, he made unbeaten 158 against Galle in National Super League but in a losing cause.[14]
International career
In August 2021, he was named in Sri Lanka's Test squad for their series against the West Indies.[15] In January 2022, he was named in Sri Lanka's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against Australia.[16] He made his T20I debut on 20 February 2022, for Sri Lanka against Australia.[17]
In 2025, Mishara was called for the Zimbabwe tour. In the third T20I, he made his maiden T20I fifty and made an unbroken 117 runs for the third wicket with Kusal Perera. Sri Lanka chased the target of 192 in 18 overs and won the series 2-1, where Mishara was adjudged man of the match.[18] In the T20I against Bangladesh in the group game of 2025 Asia Cup, Mishara made match winning unbeaten 46, where Sri Lanka comfortably won the match by 6 wickets. He won the man of the match for the consecutive time.[19]
International ban
In April 2022, he was named in Sri Lanka's Test squad for their series against Bangladesh.[20] In May 2022 during Bangladesh tour, Mishara met a ‘visitor’ to his hotel room even though the team was under semi-bubble during COVID pandemic. He was immediately expelled from national team midway through the second Test of the series and handed one year ban.[14][21]
References
- ^ "Kamil Mishara". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
- ^ "Kamil Mishara : the prodigal son returns". The Island. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
- ^ "U-15 cricket: Sri Lanka retain Tuanku Jaafar Trophy in Malaysia". Sunday Times. 20 August 2018. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
- ^ "Kamil Mishara profile". CricTotal. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
- ^ "Player profile: Kamil Mishara". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
- ^ Island (5 June 2022). "Mishara sweeps off-field blues under the carpet". The Island. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
- ^ "Kamil Mishara fourth Royal player to win title". Sunday Observer. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
- ^ "Royal's Kamil Mishara thumps season's highest - 250 against Ananda". Daily News. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
- ^ "Group A, SLC Twenty-20 Tournament at Colombo, Feb 19 2019". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
- ^ "Sri Lanka squad for the ICC U19 World Cup 2020 announced". The Papare. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
- ^ "Group C, Colombo, Mar 24 2021, Major Clubs Limited Over Tournament". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
- ^ "Sri Lanka Cricket announce Invitational T20 squads and schedule". The Papare. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
- ^ "Kusal Perera, Angelo Mathews miss out on LPL drafts". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
- ^ a b "Mishara's heroics in vain as Galle's mammoth total stifles Kandy". sundaytimes.lk. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
- ^ "Three uncapped players to feature in squad to face West Indies". The Papare. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ "Sri Lanka T20I squad for Australia tour 2022". Sri Lanka Cricket. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
- ^ "5th T20I (D/N), Melbourne, Feb 20 2022, Sri Lanka tour of Australia". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
- ^ "Mishara's maiden fifty seals Sri Lanka's T20I series against Zimbabwe". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
- ^ "Nissanka, Mishara and SL bowlers trample Bangladesh in NRR-boosting win". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
- ^ "Pathum Nissanka to miss Bangladesh Tests". The Papare. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
- ^ "Kamil Mishara expelled from Dhaka after having 'visitor' in hotel room". The Island. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
External links
- Kamil Mishara at ESPNcricinfo
