Kariyawasam Indipalage Charith Asalanka (born 29 June 1997) is a Sri Lankan professional cricketer who currently serves as the captain of the national team in white-ball formats of T20I and ODI.

An aggressive left-handed batsman and trusted batter in the number five middle-order batting position, who bowls part-time handy off spin.

Asalanka toured England in 2013, opening the batting and top-scoring in each innings with 92 and 31 in a three-day match against an English under-17 team at Loughborough.

In the five-match limited-overs series against Bangladesh under-19, he was Sri Lanka's highest scorer, with 225 runs at an average of 45.00, and second-highest wicket-taker, with eight wickets at 21.00.

Asalanka made his first-class debut in April 2015 in the match to decide who should take the final place in the Premier Trophy in the following season.

Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club needed 112 to win, but Asalanka took 4 for 34 (Malith de Silva, also making his first-class debut, took 6 for 46) to dismiss them for 107, and Galle won by four runs.

[14] In November 2021, he was selected to play for the Kandy Warriors following the players' draft for the 2021 Lanka Premier League.

[17] Asalanka captained Sri Lanka under-19 in a two-match series against Pakistan under-19 in October 2015, scoring 334 runs at an average of 167.00, with a double-century and a century.

[19] In November 2018, he was added to Sri Lanka's Test squad for their series against England, but he did not play.

[21] In November 2019, he was named as the captain of Sri Lanka's squad for the 2019 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup in Bangladesh.

[22] Later the same month, he was named as the captain of Sri Lanka's squad for the cricket tournament at the 2019 South Asian Games.

[23] The Sri Lanka team won the silver medal, after they lost to Bangladesh by seven wickets in the final.

[34][35] Later the same month, Asalanka was named in Sri Lanka's squad for the 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup.

[39] In November 2021, he was named in Sri Lanka's Test squad for their series against the West Indies.

Because of his knock, Sri Lanka successfully chased down the target of 313, and Asalanka won the player of the match award for his performance.

The match went to super over, and Asalanka hit six and boundary to chase down the target and win the game.

[48] In Sri Lanka's match against South Africa in the 2023 Cricket World Cup, Asalanka scored his 10th ODI half-century and ended on 79 runs from 65 deliveries, hitting eight boundaries and four sixes.

[50] In May 2024, he was named in Sri Lanka’s squad for the 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup tournament.