Sri Lankan top-order batter Kamil Mishara is one talent to keep an eye out for in the upcoming Asia Cup 2025, slated to start on September 9. The 24-year-old batting prodigy recently returned to the national setup after a three-year gap in the Islanders’ pre-Asia Cup buildup series against Zimbabwe, which Sri Lanka won 2-1.
The left-hander played a crucial part in the win, slamming his maiden international fifty (73 off 43) in the series finale and gave a testament to his sheer batting prowess.
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Notably, Kamil Mishara ever since his foray, was touted as a special talent who won a scholarship to the Royal College and then dazzled for the Sri Lanka Under-19 side before making his debut for the senior side in 2022. However, while the youngster’s batting might have been near-flawless, his journey with the national team hasn’t exactly been the same.
His brief career has been consistently marred by controversy. During the 2019 U19 Asia Cup in Colombo, he got handed a one-year suspension for disciplinary breach. Despite this setback, Mishara earned his senior debut at the age of 21 in a T20I match against Australia. His was next selected as a reserve wicketkeeper for the Test tour of Bangladesh. Yet, another lapse in judgment occurred when he violated the team’s bio-secure bubble, leading to his dismissal from the squad and a public reprimand from Sri Lanka Cricket.
Nevertheless, Mishara was not deterred and he scripted a turnaround, piling up runs for his domestic team Nondestricts Cricket Club (NCC) and the Sri Lanka ‘A’ team and eventually made his way back.
So far, Mishara has played five T20Is, with his last two games coming in this Zimbabwe series after the long gap and has scored a total of 108 runs at an average of 27.0. Apart from that, he has experience of 48 domestic T20 games, where he has scored 834 runs, including five fifites.
Sri Lanka has been on the lookout for an anchor in their batting lineup for the Asia Cup 2025 with an eye on next year’s the T20 World Cup 2026 and hence decided to bring Mishara into the fray. Kamil also capitalised on the opportunity to make a strong claim in Sri Lanka’s batting order in the upcoming continental tournament and repaid the trust of the selectors with a match-winning fifty.
Now ready for his next challenge, Mishara sounded motivated after his heroics against Zimbabwe, “Looking forward to carrying this momentum into the Asia Cup and making it count.”
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