Ravija Sandaruwan

Ravija Sandaruwan
Personal information
Full name
Bodadura Ravija Sandaruwan de Silva
Born (1992-06-22) 22 June 1992
Colombo, Sri Lanka
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm Off break
RoleBatsman
International information
National side
T20I debut (cap 9)20 January 2019 v Maldives
Last T20I21 December 2024 v United Arab Emirates
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2012–2013Saracens Sports Club
2022Badureliya Sports Club
Career statistics
Competition T20I FC LA T20
Matches 71 4 19 79
Runs scored 1907 54 478 2085
Batting average 28.04 7.71 25.15 27.43
100s/50s 2/11 0/0 0/4 2/12
Top score 103 30 67 103
Balls bowled 0 36 0 0
Wickets 0 1 0 0
Bowling average 40.00
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 1/40
Catches/stumpings 16/– 4/– 9/– 18/–
Source: Cricinfo, 21 March 2025

Ravija Sandaruwan (born 22 June 1992) is a Sri Lankan-born cricketer who plays for the Kuwait national cricket team. He made his List A debut for Saracens Sports Club in the 2012–13 Premier Limited Overs Tournament in Sri Lanka on 27 December 2012. He made his first-class debut, also for Saracens Sports Club, in the 2012–13 Premier League Tournament on 30 March 2013.

In April 2018, he represented Kuwait in Western sub-region group of the 2018–19 ICC World Twenty20 Asia Qualifier tournament, playing in all six matches. In his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut against the Maldives on 20 January 2019 in the 2019 ACC Western Region T20 tournament, Sandaruwan was named the player of the match. Three days later, in the match against Bahrain, he scored 103 runs from 59 balls, and was again named the player of the match. He was the leading run-scorer in the tournament, with 177 runs in four matches.

In June 2019, he was named in Kuwait's T20I squad for their series against Qatar. In October 2021, he was named in Kuwait's squad for the Group A matches in the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup Asia Qualifier.