Tharindu Kaushal

Paskuwal Handi Tharindu Kaushal (born 5 March 1993) or Tharindu Kaushal is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer who plays for ODIs and Tests in international level. He is a right-arm off break bowler who also bats right-handed.[1] He is a past student of Devapathiraja College, Rathgama.

Tharindu Kaushal
තරිදු කෞශාල්
Personal information
Full namePaskuwal Handi Tharindu Kaushal
Born (1993-03-05) 5 March 1993
Rathgama, Sri Lanka
NicknameKaushee
Height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm off break
RoleBowler
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 128)26 December 2015 v New Zealand
Last Test14 October 2016 v West Indies
Only ODI (cap 163)18 March 2015 v South Africa
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2013–Nondescripts Cricket Club
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 7 1 37 32
Runs scored 106 0 804 111
Batting average 10.60 0.00 21.72 9.25
100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/5 0/0
Top score 18 0 80 28
Balls bowled 1,652 36 7,661 1,450
Wickets 25 0 221 54
Bowling average 44.20 – 22.11 18.57
5 wickets in innings 2 0 24 2
10 wickets in match 0 0 5 0
Best bowling 5/42 – 8/131 5/27
Catches/stumpings 3/– 0/– 17/– 5/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 18 October 2015

Domestic career

He domestically plays for Nondescripts Cricket Club in domestic arena. He made his List A debut for the club in December 2012 against Colts Cricket Club.[2] In October 2020, he was drafted by the Colombo Kings for the inaugural edition of the Lanka Premier League.[3]

International career

He made his Test match debut for Sri Lanka against New Zealand on 26 December 2014.[4]

Kaushal made his One Day International debut for Sri Lanka against South Africa on 18 March 2015 in the quarter-finals of the 2015 Cricket World Cup. He got a chance as a replacement for the injured Rangana Herath.[5]

Kaushal replaced injured Dilruwan Perera for the second test against Pakistan. He was a real headache for the Pakistani batsmen from the very first over and finally he took his first 5-wicket haul by taking 5 for 42 runs.[6]

Kaushal's second five wicket haul came against India at Galle on 13 August 2015. Sri Lanka was in desperate trouble in the match, where their spearhead Rangana Herath along with Kaushal destroyed the India's second innings to just 112 runs. Herath took 7 wickets and Kaushal took rest of the 3 wickets. Sri Lanka finally won the match by 63 runs.[7]

Bowling action

Kaushal's bowling action is slightly similar to legendary fellow Sri Lankan spinner Muttiah Muralitharan. Instead of being usual off-spinners, Kaushal is actually a wrist spinner as Murali. After the Test series against India in 2015, his bowling action has an illegal suspect action and ICC has given a period for checking his action in Chennai. After the study, Sri Lanka's chairman of selectors Kapila Wijegunawardene stated that, the off-spin of Kaushal is legal to bowl, but not the doosra. Doosra should be inside the ICC's 15-degree limit, which is not with Kaushal. So, Kaushal is banned for bowling doosra in international level.[8]

References
  1. "Player Profile: Tharindu Kaushal". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 February 2013.
  2. "Premier Limited Over Tournament, Nondescripts Cricket Club v Colts Cricket Club at Colombo, Dec 9, 2012". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 February 2013.
  3. "Chris Gayle, Andre Russell and Shahid Afridi among big names taken at LPL draft". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  4. "Sri Lanka tour of Australia and New Zealand, 1st Test: New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Christchurch, Dec 26-30, 2014". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
  5. "Uncapped offspinner Tharindu Kaushal replaces Herath, could play SA". ESPNcricinfo. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 18 March 2015.
  6. "Kaushal, Prasad bowl Pakistan out for 138". ESPNcricinfo. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  7. "India tour of Sri Lanka, 1st Test: Sri Lanka v India at Galle, Aug 12-16, 2015". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
  8. "Tharindu Kaushal backed to get doosra cleared". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
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