Chanaka Komasaru

{{Short description|Sri Lankan cricketer (born 1983)}}

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| birth_place = Matara, Sri Lanka

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| date = 13 March 2017

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Chanaka Komasaru (born 10 September 1983) is a Sri Lankan cricketer.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/49493.html |title=Chanaka Komasaru |access-date=13 March 2017 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}} He has played more than 100 first-class matches in Sri Lanka since the 2000–01 season.{{cite web|url=https://www.thepapare.com/sri-lankas-best-first-class-players-failed-win-cap/ |title=Sri Lanka's best first-class players who failed to win the Cap |work=The Papare |access-date=4 May 2020}} He made his Twenty20 debut on 17 August 2004, for Colts Cricket Club in the 2004 SLC Twenty20 Tournament.{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/twenty-20-tournament-2004-304926/colts-cricket-club-vs-sri-lanka-air-force-sports-club-1st-round-304932/full-scorecard |title=1st Round, Colombo, Aug 17 2004, Twenty-20 Tournament |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=22 April 2021}}

In March 2018, he was named in Dambulla's squad for the 2017–18 Super Four Provincial Tournament.{{cite news |url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/article/1041112/cricket-mixed-opinions-on-provincial-tournament |title=Cricket: Mixed opinions on Provincial tournament |publisher=Sunday Times (Sri Lanka) |date=26 March 2018 |access-date=27 March 2018 |archive-date=27 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180327035550/http://www.sundaytimes.lk/article/1041112/cricket-mixed-opinions-on-provincial-tournament |url-status=dead }}{{cite news |url=https://dailysports.lk/all-you-need-to-know-about-the-sl-super-provincial-tournament/ |title=All you need to know about the SL Super Provincial Tournament |publisher=Daily Sports |date=26 March 2018 |access-date=27 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180327213128/https://dailysports.lk/all-you-need-to-know-about-the-sl-super-provincial-tournament/ |archive-date=27 March 2018 |url-status=dead }} He was the leading wicket-taker for Sri Lanka Ports Authority Cricket Club in the 2018–19 Premier League Tournament, with 37 dismissals in nine matches.{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=12742;team=3680;type=tournament |title=Premier League Tournament Tier A, 2018/19 - Sri Lanka Ports Authority Cricket Club: Batting and bowling averages |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=3 February 2019}} In February 2019, Sri Lanka Cricket named him as the Best Bowler in the 2017–18 Premier League Tournament.{{cite web|url=http://www.thepapare.com/best-performers-in-last-domestic-season-rewarded/ |title=New contracts for domestic players; 2017/18 best performers rewarded |work=The Papare |access-date=21 February 2019}}