Eshan Malinga

Kiribathgala Kankanamalage Eshan Malinga Dharmasena (born 4 February 2001) is a Sri Lankan cricketer.^[1]

Eshan Malinga

Personal information
Full name	Kiribathgala Kankanamalage Eshan Malinga Dharmasena
Born	(2001-02-04) 4 February 2001 (age 24) Ratnapura, Sri Lanka
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium fast
Role	Bowler
International information
National side	Sri Lanka (2025)
ODI debut (cap 216)	5 January 2025 v New Zealand
Last ODI	14 February 2025 v Australia
Domestic team information
Years	Team
2022–present	Ragama Cricket Club
2024–present	Jaffna Kings
2025	Sunrisers Hyderabad
Career statistics
Competition ODI FC LA T20 Matches 5 16 17 16 Runs scored 10 33 33 24 Batting average 5.00 4.12 11.00 12.00 100s/50s 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 Top score 4 15 7* 15 Balls bowled 156 1,805 668 302 Wickets 4 39 24 17 Bowling average 39.25 28.74 27.50 22.82 5 wickets in innings 0 0 1 0 10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0 Best bowling 3/35 4/33 5/49 2/10 Catches/stumpings 1/– 5/– 2/– 3/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 5 March 2025

Early and personal life

Malinga was born on 4 February 2001 in Ratnapura, Sri Lanka. He is not related to former Sri Lanka fast bowler Lasith Malinga.^[2]

Career

Eshan started his cricket carrier from Sivali College, Ratnapura. He made his first-class debut for Ragama Cricket Club in the 2022–23 Major League Tournament on 2 September 2022.^[3] He made his List A debut for Ragama Cricket Club in the 2022–23 Major Clubs Limited Over Tournament on 5 July 2022.^[4] He made his Twenty20 debut for Ragama Cricket Club in 2022 Major Clubs T20 Tournament on 25 May 2022.^[5] He was sold to Sunrisers Hyderabad for ₹1.20 crore in IPL 2025 auctions.^[6]