Sri Lanka Women team’s explosive batter Eshani Kaushalya announced her retirement from cricket today. Releasing a video through her Facebook page she posted “ Today I officially retire from the game I love the most. It’s hard but grateful.
15 years of international cricket and there are too many memories to share.
Thank you to everyone. My family, teammates, friends, coaches, officials, Sri Lanka Navy, media, fans, sponsors and Sri Lanka Cricket for all the support given through out in my cricketing journey.”
Kaushalya made her debut for Sri Lanka during the 2005 Women’s Cricket World Cup. Highlights of her career when she batted well for Sri Lanka during the 2006 Women’s Asia Cup, finishing top of the batting averages for her country, scoring 106 runs at 35.33, including her career high score of 57. Also, during the 2013 Women’s Cricket World Cup, she scored two half-centuries, against England and India and was named as part of the team of the tournament by the International Cricket Council
In February 2016, she along with Ama Kanchana recorded the highest 8th wicket partnership in WT20I history of cricket.