Kapila Wijegunawardene

Kapila Wijegunawardene

Personal information
Full name	Kapila Indaka Weerakkody Wijegunawardene
Born	(1964-11-23) 23 November 1964 Colombo, Sri Lanka
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm fast-medium
Role	Bowler
International information
National side	Sri Lanka (1988–1992)
Test debut (cap 50)	22 August 1991 v England
Last Test	2 January 1992 v Pakistan
ODI debut (cap 55)	27 October 1988 v Pakistan
Last ODI	15 March 1992 v Pakistan
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1988/89–1991/92	Colombo Cricket Club
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA Matches 2 26 51 35 Runs scored 14 20 374 74 Batting average 4.66 2.85 11.68 4.93 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 Top score 6* 8* 34 27 Balls bowled 364 1,186 6,885 1,618 Wickets 7 25 158 32 Bowling average 21.00 39.44 24.18 41.31 5 wickets in innings 0 0 7 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 1 0 Best bowling 4/51 4/49 7/28 4/49 Catches/stumpings 0/– 3/– 22/– 9/–
Source: Cricinfo, 21 July 2012

Kapila Indaka Weerakkody Wijegunawardene (born 23 November 1964) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who played in two Test matches and 26 One Day Internationals from 1988 to 1992.

In his second Test match, he claimed 7 wickets in the match. He recorded his best bowling figures in an innings by claiming 4 wickets including Imran Khan, Javed Miandad, and Salem Malik in this match.

Kapila received the opportunity to represent Sri Lanka in 1992 Cricket World Cup. He went wicket-less in the two outings he got against Zimbabwe and Pakistan.

He represented Colombo Cricket Club in domestic cricket and at international level, the selectors always considered him as a limited-over player.

Later, Kapila worked as the chairman of the selectors for Sri Lanka men's national team.