Courtsey- ESPNCricinfo.com
Praveen Jayawickrama the left arm spinner from Sri Lanka made his debut against Bangladesh, on Thursday 29th April 2021.
On his debut, he took seven wickets the first innings giving out 92 runs and became Sri Lanka’s fifth bowler to take a five-wicket haul on debut in a Test match. In the second innings, he took six wickets for 86 runs, becoming the first bowler for Sri Lanka and 16th overall, to take a ten-wicket haul on debut in a Test match.
Before making his international debut he had an impressive first class season for Colts Cricket Club in the 2018–19 that was held on January. He played 7 matches and took 15 wickets with an economy of 4.80.
History in Pallekele. Praveen Jayawickrama takes 11 for 178, the best match figures by a left-arm spinner on Test debut. Also the lest by any left-arm debutant in last 98 years. #SLvBD
— Mazher Arshad (@MazherArshad) May 3, 2021
Sri Lankan captain Dimuth Karunaratne, praised him for the performance and said “At a time when we didn’t have anyone experienced, they came and bowled like experienced players, and performed their roles as they should, Praveen did his job perfectly well. He played like a bowler who had more than his 10 first-class matches.”