| Honorific Prefix: | Deshabandu |
| Ravindra Pushpakumara රවීන්ද්ර පුෂ්පකුමාර ரவீந்திர புஷ்பகுமார | |
| Country: | Sri Lanka |
| Fullname: | Karuppiahyage Ravindra Pushpakumara |
| Birth Date: | 21 July 1975 |
| Birth Place: | Panadura, Sri Lanka |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm fast-medium |
| Role: | Bowler |
| International: | true |
| Internationalspan: | 1994–2001 |
| Testdebutdate: | 26 August |
| Testdebutyear: | 1994 |
| Testdebutagainst: | Pakistan |
| Testcap: | 61 |
| Lasttestdate: | 6 September |
| Lasttestyear: | 2001 |
| Lasttestagainst: | Bangladesh |
| Odidebutdate: | 18 February |
| Odidebutyear: | 1994 |
| Odidebutagainst: | India |
| Odicap: | 77 |
| Lastodidate: | 19 December |
| Lastodiyear: | 1999 |
| Lastodiagainst: | Zimbabwe |
| Club1: | Colombo Cricket Club |
| Club2: | Colts Cricket Club |
| Club3: | Nondescripts Cricket Club |
| Columns: | 2 |
| Matches1: | 23 |
| Runs1: | 166 |
| Bat Avg1: | 8.73 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/0 |
| Top Score1: | 44 |
| Deliveries1: | 3,792 |
| Wickets1: | 58 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 38.65 |
| Fivefor1: | 4 |
| Tenfor1: | 0 |
| Best Bowling1: | 7/116 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 10/– |
| Matches2: | 31 |
| Runs2: | 36 |
| Bat Avg2: | 9.00 |
| 100S/50S2: | 0/0 |
| Deliveries2: | 1,430 |
| Wickets2: | 24 |
| Bowl Avg2: | 49.20 |
| Fivefor2: | 0 |
| Tenfor2: | 0 |
| Best Bowling2: | 3/25 |
| Catches/Stumpings2: | 8/– |
| Date: | 9 February |
| Year: | 2006 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/srilanka/content/player/49863.html ESPNcricinfo |
Deshabandu Karuppiahyage Ravindra Pushpakumara (born 21 July 1975), or Ravindra Pushpakumara, is a former Sri Lankan cricketer of Tamil - Sinhalese mixed ancestry. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler. He was a key member of Sri Lanka's 1996 Cricket World Cup winning team.
Pushpakumura was educated at St. John's College Panadura.[1] He made his Twenty20 debut on 17 August 2004, for Nondescripts Cricket Club in the 2004 SLC Twenty20 Tournament.[2]
Having impressed with Sri Lanka's Under-19s side, Pushpakumura made his Test debut in August 1994 against Pakistan, where he was noted as the fastest bowler Sri Lanka had for many years.
Despite his pace, his variation on duller pitches was lacking, and thus he failed to get into the Sri Lankan side on a regular basis. His best bowling figure in a Test innings is 7/116 which he made against Zimbabwe at Harare Sports Club in 1994/95. Pushpakumara could be viewed as another fast bowling prospect which failed to live up to expectation from Sri Lanka. Some started to call him "Wild Johnny" for his waiwerd lines he came up with more often than not. Pushpakumura's last Test was against Bangladesh in the Asian Test Championship. Since 2004 he has played Twenty-20 cricket.