Career
He is a left-handed batsman and right-handed off-spinner a possible replacement for Sanath Jayasuriya in the national side"s opening berth in One Day International crickets. He was chosen for the Sri Lanka ODI squad for their tour of West Indies in April 2008 and played in all three ODIs. His average in first class cricket may not be that great, but it his hard hitting capabilities that have left many an expert rooting for him.
Udawatte plays first class cricket for the Chilaw Marians Cricket Club.
He had also scored three centuries in only five matches in domestic competitions. Early and domestic career
Mahela Udawatte was educated at one of the leading schools in Sri Lanka, Ananda College, Colombo.
lieutenant was there that he learned to play cricket. He acted as top order batsman and he had batted at Number.
3 at school in his school cricket team
He scored more than 1000 runs for his school in 2003 and he was overlooked for the Sri Lankan Under-19 team due to that seasoning performance. Straight after his left from school, he joined Chilaw Marians South Carolina and Promoted to open the batting. He has also played for Kings of Khulna in Bangladesh"s National Chemical Laboratory T20 Bangladesh.
