In November 2019, Madavi was named captain of Sri Lanka's squad for the women's cricket tournament at the 2019 South Asian Games
Born: June 29, 1998
Role: Left-hand bat
Vice-captain Harshitha Madavi made her T20I debut against Ireland in 2016 and has represented Sri Lanka in nine T20Is (up to January 30, 2020).
In her T20I career to that point she had scored 78 runs at an average of 9.75, a strike rate of 70.90 with a high score of 28.
Before making her international debut, Madavi represented Colts Cricket Club, Combined Province Women and Sri Lanka Women Emerging Players.
Despite Sri Lanka having a disappointing T20I series against Australia last October, Madavi performed well in the final game of the series in which she scored 28 off 33 balls - a significant contribution given Sri Lanka could only reach 94 for 7 from their 20 overs.
In November 2019 she was named captain of Sri Lanka’s squad for the women’s cricket tournament at the 2019 South Asian Games.
The Sri Lankan team won silver after losing to Bangladesh by two runs in the final.
Madavi’s performances with the bat were outstanding, scoring 187 runs at an average of 62.3 with a high score of 106* against Maldives Women.
Her impressive performances for Sri Lanka Women Emerging Players and in the South Asian Games have led her to become one of Sri Lanka’s players to watch out for as she hopes to bring her recent good form into the T20 Women’s World Cup in Australia.
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