Angelo Perera

Angelo Kanishka Perera (born 23 February 1990), or Angelo Perera, is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer, who plays limited over cricket.

He is a right-handed batsman and left-arm slow bowler who plays for Nondescripts Cricket Club. He was born in Moratuwa and attended to St Peter's College, Colombo.

Perera made his cricketing debut in a Bangladesh Under-19s tour of Sri Lanka in 2007, and later played in a series against Sri Lanka. He played in two warm-up matches and two competition matches in the 2007-08 Under-19s World Cup, scoring 9 runs in two innings.

He played for Sri Lanka Schools in an Inter-Provincial Twenty20 Tournament in 2007-08, and again the following season. Perera made two further Under-19 Test appearances and four One-Day International appearances in a return tour for Sri Lanka against Bangladesh in 2009. Perera made his debut List A appearance against Badureliya Sports Club in 2009-10, taking three wickets in a comfortable victory for the side.

Perera made his first-class debut against Badureliya Sports Club in 2009-10. Within Nondescripts Cricket Club, Perera scored brilliant 244 runs against Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club gave his side by an innings and 39 runs. The 405 partnership by him and Jehan Mubarak in the match was the highest partnership for the fourth wicket in a first-class match on Sri Lankan soil. Perera blasted 30 fours and six sixes in his knock that required only 204 balls and it was also his highest first-class score

Perera made his T20I debut against Bangladesh in 2013. In the same year, he made his ODI debut against South Africa at Pallekele International Cricket Stadium. After ups and downs, Perera called for the ODI squad against Australia, where he played in the fourth ODI at Dambulla.

He was the winning captain of the Sri Lankan team during the 2nd edition of the 2017 Emerging Cup held in Bangladesh.This was the first time Sri Lanka went onto win this tournament by defeating Pakistan in the finals.