Lakshitha Manasinghe | |
Country: | Sri Lanka |
Fullname: | Manasinghe Arachchige Lakshitha Rasanjana Manasinghe |
Birth Date: | 21 November 1999 |
Birth Place: | Colombo, Sri Lanka |
Batting: | Left-handed |
Role: | All-rounder |
Date: | 5 July 2022 |
Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/978501.html Cricinfo |
Lakshitha Manasinghe (born 21 November 1999) is a Sri Lankan cricketer.[1] He made his List A debut on 14 December 2019, for Negombo Cricket Club in the 2019–20 Invitation Limited Over Tournament.[2] He made his Twenty20 debut on 4 January 2020, for Negombo Cricket Club in the 2019–20 SLC Twenty20 Tournament.[3] In March 2021, he was part of the Sinhalese Sports Club team that won the 2020–21 SLC Twenty20 Tournament, the first time they had won the tournament since 2005.[4]
In June 2022, he was named in the Sri Lanka A squad for their matches against Australia A during Australia's tour of Sri Lanka.[5] The following month, he was added to Sri Lanka's Test squad for the second match against Australia,[6] and for the second Test against Pakistan.[7] Also in July 2022, he was signed by the Colombo Stars for the third edition of the Lanka Premier League.[8]
Lakshitha who was educated at Nalanda College, Colombo captained the college first XI cricket team in 2019.[9]