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Deshabandu
Ravindra Pushpakumara
රවීන්ද්‍ර පුෂ්පකුමාර
ரவீந்திர புஷ்பகுமார
Personal information
Full name	Karuppiahyage Ravindra Pushpakumara
Born	21 July 1975 (age 49); Panadura, Sri Lanka
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm fast-medium
Role	Bowler
International information
National side	Sri Lanka (1994–2001);
Test debut (cap 61)	26 August 1994 v Pakistan
Last Test	6 September 2001 v Bangladesh
ODI debut (cap 77)	18 February 1994 v India
Last ODI	19 December 1999 v Zimbabwe
Domestic team information
	Colombo Cricket Club
	Colts Cricket Club
	Nondescripts Cricket Club
Career statistics
	Source: ESPNcricinfo, 9 February 2006

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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.

Early and domestic career

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]

International career

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 had for many years.^{[citation needed]}

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.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ St. John's vs Royal Panadura clash will be interesting Archived 2013-03-16 at the Wayback Machine
^ "1st Round, Colombo, Aug 17 2004, Twenty-20 Tournament". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 April 2021.

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[1] St. John's vs Royal Panadura clash will be interesting Archived 2013-03-16 at the Wayback Machine

[2] "1st Round, Colombo, Aug 17 2004, Twenty-20 Tournament". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 April 2021.

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