| Charitha Buddhika | |
| Fullname: | Thudellage Charitha Buddhika Fernando |
| Birth Place: | Panadura, Sri Lanka |
| Country: | Sri Lanka |
| International: | true |
| Internationalspan: | 2001–2003 |
| Testdebutdate: | 13 November |
| Testdebutyear: | 2001 |
| Testdebutagainst: | West Indies |
| Testcap: | 88 |
| Lasttestdate: | 28 July |
| Lasttestyear: | 2002 |
| Lasttestagainst: | Bangladesh |
| Odidebutdate: | 26 October |
| Odidebutyear: | 2001 |
| Odidebutagainst: | Zimbabwe |
| Odicap: | 108 |
| Lastodidate: | 7 April |
| Lastodiyear: | 2003 |
| Lastodiagainst: | Zimbabwe |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm fast-medium |
| Columns: | 2 |
| Matches1: | 9 |
| Runs1: | 132 |
| Bat Avg1: | 26.39 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/0 |
| Top Score1: | 45 |
| Deliveries1: | 1,270 |
| Wickets1: | 18 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 44.00 |
| Fivefor1: | 0 |
| Tenfor1: | 0 |
| Best Bowling1: | 4/27 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 4/– |
| Matches2: | 17 |
| Runs2: | 29 |
| Bat Avg2: | 7.25 |
| 100S/50S2: | 0/0 |
| Top Score2: | 14* |
| Deliveries2: | 700 |
| Wickets2: | 15 |
| Bowl Avg2: | 39.06 |
| Fivefor2: | 1 |
| Tenfor2: | 0 |
| Best Bowling2: | 5/67 |
| Catches/Stumpings2: | 3/– |
| Date: | 9 February |
| Year: | 2017 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/srilanka/content/player/48844.html Cricinfo |
Thudellage Charitha Buddhika Fernando (also known as Charitha Buddika; born 22 August 1980) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer, who played Tests and One Day International matches for the national side. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler.[1]
Charitha is a past student of St. John's College Panadura.[2] He made his Twenty20 debut on 17 August 2004, for Colombo Cricket Club in the 2004 SLC Twenty20 Tournament.[3]
Buddhika made a good One Day International debut, taking a wicket with his first legal delivery and finishing the match with figures of five wickets for 67 runs,[4] the second-best bowling figures for a Sri Lankan player in their debut match, and the first Sri Lankan to do so in both the ODI format and in international cricket.[5] He subsequently made his debut for the Sri Lankan Test team.
After nine Tests and some inconsistent performances he was dropped.