New Delhi. Sri Lanka has managed to win this title six times by winning the Asia Cup on Sunday. The biggest hand behind this victory of Sri Lanka is their batsman Bhanuka Rajapaksa. This Sri Lankan middle-order batsman made a significant contribution in bringing the team out of difficult situations in the final match to a respectable score in front of Pakistan. In the final match, Sri Lanka had 5 wickets for 58 runs at one time. But after this, due to the brilliant innings of Bhanuka Rajapaksa, the Sri Lankan team was able to score runs above 170. During this, Bhanuka Rajapaksa played an innings of 71 runs in 45 balls. In such a situation, it becomes necessary to talk about Bhanuka Rajapakse’s career today. Let us now know about some important aspects of his life.
Rajapaksa of Colombo
Bhanuka Rajapaksa’s full name is Pramod Bhanuka Bhandara Rajapaksa. He was born on 24 October 1991 in Colombo, the capital of Sri Lanka. Bhanuka used to be an all-rounder player during his college days. Apart from cricket, he is also interested in squash and swimming. Rajapaksa belongs to India along with KL Rahul, Mayank Agarwal and Harshal Patel. The year these Indian players played in the Under-19s, Bhanuka also participated in the Under-19s for her country in the same year. This was the year 2010.
Entered cricket again after the request of the Sports Minister
Rajapaksa retired from international cricket this year on 5 January 2022 due to personal reasons. After this, the Sports Minister of Sri Lanka requested him a lot to play cricket for the country again. Then after persuading for a long time, he agreed to play for Sri Lanka again. After this, in IPL 2022, Bhanuka was bought by Punjab Kings for his base price i.e. Rs 50 lakh. During this, he also played some excellent innings for Punjab.
Ban has been imposed for one year
Bhanuka is compared to former Sri Lankan great batsman Sanath Jayasuriya. His style of playing is exactly like that of Sanath Jayasuriya. In the year 2021, Bhanuka Rajapaksa was banned from all three formats of cricket for one year by the Cricket Board of Sri Lanka on charges of indiscipline. This was a very painful moment for him. It is believed that it was only the next year that he decided to retire from cricket. But after the request of the Sports Minister of Sri Lanka, he again played cricket for his country and today it is the result that Sri Lanka has become the champion of Asia Cup 2022.