Career
He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler. Buddhika made a good One Day International debut, taking a wicket with his first legal delivery and finishing the match with figures of five wickets for 67 runs, the second-best bowling figures for a Sri Lankan player in their debut match. He subsequently made his debut for the Sri Lankan Test team
Charitha is a product of Saint John"s College Panadura.
After nine Tests and some inconsistent performances he was dropped.