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Thissara Perera

Personal information
Full name	Narangoda Liyanaarachchilage Thissara Chirantha Perera
Born	3 April 1989 (age 22) Colombo, Sri Lanka
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Batting style	Left-hand bat
Bowling style	right-arm fast-medium
International information
National side	Sri Lanka
ODI debut	December 24 2009 v Bangladesh
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2008–	Wayamba
2010	Chennai Super Kings
2011-	Kochi Tuskers Kerala
Career statistics
Competition	ODI	FC	List-A	Twenty20
Matches	16	14	23	15
Runs scored	67	745	348	46
Batting average	67.00	41.38	31.63	6.57
100s/50s	0/0	1/5	0/1	0/0
Top score	36*	113*	50	14*
Balls bowled	150	1373	840	344
Wickets	25	24	30	19
Bowling average	31.25	34.08	24.60	18.10
5 wickets in innings	0	1	0	0
10 wickets in match	-	0	-	0
Best bowling	5/28	5/69	4/43	3/17
Catches/stumpings	1/0	10/0	7/0	8/0
Source: CricInfo, January 10 2010

Narangoda Liyanaarachchilage Thissara Chirantha Perera (April 3, 1989) is a Sri Lankan cricketer. A left-hand batsman and right-arm medium-fast bowler, Perera has both a first class century and five-wicket haul to his name, making him an all rounder for Wayamba. He has also played for the Sri Lankan U-19 and Sri Lankan A teams. After making his first class debut in November 2008, Perera impressed Sri Lankan selectors enough to earn a One Day International debut on December 24, 2009 to replace Angelo Mathews.^[1]
He has gained a reputation of being a hard-hitting batsmen and someone is able to clear the boundary on a regular basis.
He is a Catholic and attended St. Josephs College in Colombo.
During the tour of Australia in November 2010, Perera starred with both bat and ball. In the opening Twenty20 he struck 17 not out of 4 balls, including a towering 132 metre six.^{[1] [2]}
He made his Test Match debut for Sir Lanka in the first match of their 2011 tour of England.^[3]

Indian Premier League

Due to his excellent performance in his debut against India, The Chennai Super Kings went for him at his base price. Superkings, who were seeking all-rounders initially, failed to get Pollard, Bond,^{[disambiguation needed]} Roach^{[disambiguation needed]} and Morgan but later picked Perera and Justin Kemp to fill in their overseas slots. He was picked up by the Kochi Tuskers Kerala in IPL 4 Auction on 9th January 2011.