| Milan Rathnayake | |
| Country: | Sri Lanka |
| Fullname: | Rathnayake Mudiyanselage Milan Priyanath Rathnayake |
| Birth Date: | 1 August 1996 |
| Birth Place: | Kurunegala, Sri Lanka |
| Nickname: | Milan |
| Heightft: | 6 |
| Batting: | Left-handed |
| Role: | Bowling All-rounder |
| International: | true |
| Internationalspan: | 2024–present |
| Testdebutdate: | 21 August |
| Testdebutyear: | 2024 |
| Testdebutagainst: | England |
| Testcap: | 166 |
| Lasttestdate: | 26 September |
| Lasttestyear: | 2024 |
| Lasttestagainst: | New Zealand |
| Club1: | Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club |
| Year1: | 2016–2019 |
| Club2: | Moors Sports Club |
| Year2: | 2020–present |
| Columns: | 4 |
| Column1: | Test |
| Matches1: | 4 |
| Runs1: | 151 |
| Bat Avg1: | 30.20 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/1 |
| Top Score1: | 72 |
| Deliveries1: | 475 |
| Wickets1: | 10 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 32.80 |
| Fivefor1: | 0 |
| Tenfor1: | 0 |
| Best Bowling1: | 3/56 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 3/– |
| Column2: | FC |
| Matches2: | 44 |
| Runs2: | 811 |
| Bat Avg2: | 17.63 |
| 100S/50S2: | 0/3 |
| Top Score2: | 72 |
| Deliveries2: | 4,866 |
| Wickets2: | 91 |
| Bowl Avg2: | 27.65 |
| Fivefor2: | 1 |
| Tenfor2: | 0 |
| Best Bowling2: | 5/36 |
| Catches/Stumpings2: | 24/– |
| Column3: | LA |
| Matches3: | 45 |
| Runs3: | 111 |
| Bat Avg3: | 5.28 |
| 100S/50S3: | 0/0 |
| Top Score3: | 24* |
| Deliveries3: | 1,541 |
| Wickets3: | 47 |
| Bowl Avg3: | 27.65 |
| Fivefor3: | 0 |
| Tenfor3: | 0 |
| Best Bowling3: | 4/31 |
| Catches/Stumpings3: | 11/– |
| Column4: | T20 |
| Matches4: | 22 |
| Runs4: | 52 |
| Bat Avg4: | 10.40 |
| 100S/50S4: | 0/0 |
| Top Score4: | 16 |
| Deliveries4: | 375 |
| Wickets4: | 24 |
| Bowl Avg4: | 17.87 |
| Fivefor4: | 1 |
| Tenfor4: | 0 |
| Best Bowling4: | 6/12 |
| Catches/Stumpings4: | 8/– |
| Date: | 29 September 2024 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/1070229.html Cricinfo |
Rathnayake Mudiyanselage Milan Priyanath Rathnayake (born 1 August 1996), is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer currently plays test cricket for the national team.[1] [2] He made his List A debut for Tincomalee District in the 2016–17 Districts One Day Tournament on 19 March 2017.[3] He made his Twenty20 debut for Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club in the 2017–18 SLC Twenty20 Tournament on 24 February 2018.[4] Milan made his international career debut in August 2024.
In February 2023, Rathnayake was selected for Sri Lanka's Test squad for their series against New Zealand.[5] In April 2023, he was again named in Test squad for the series against Ireland.[6] [7]
In August 2024, he was named in Sri Lanka's Test squad for their test tour to play three match test series against England.[8] [9] He made his test debut on 21 August 2024 against England at Old Trafford and walked out to bat at number nine position for Sri Lanka on his debut and he came out to bat at a crucial time when Sri Lanka were under all sorts of trouble at 113 for the loss of 7 wickets.[10] [11] On the first day of the test match on his debut, he scored a half-century and was dismissed after scoring a valiant 72 after facing 135 deliveries, as he engaged in a lower order resistance and fightback, batting way down the order to rescue Sri Lanka from a precarious position to a somewhat respectable competitive total of 236 runs on the board in the first innings.[12] [13] He also eventually ended up as the second best batter for Sri Lanka besides the skipper Dhananjaya de Silva during Sri Lanka's first innings scorecard of 236 and he also broke India's Balwinder Sandhu's test record for the best individual test batting performance by a number nine batsman on test debut in an innings.[14] [15] [16]