Her father Wannithilake is a former volleyball player and her mother is a netball coach.

She started playing netball at U12 level for the Holy Family Convent, Kurunegala before grabbing the opportunity to play for the Sri Lanka U19 netball team.

[4] She was selected for the national team after emerging from the youth level and was part of the Sri Lankan U19 team which won the Asian Youth Netball Championship in 2015.

[4] She was a member of the Sri Lankan contingent which emerged as champions at the 2018 Asian Netball Championships beating Singapore 69-50 in the final, which also marked Sri Lanka's first Asian Netball Championships triumph since 2009.

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