[2] He made his first-class debut for Nondescripts Cricket Club in the 2016–17 Premier League Tournament on 28 January 2017.
[9] In March 2020, in round seven of the 2019–20 Premier League Tournament, Embuldeniya took nine wickets for 86 runs in the second innings of the match against Saracens Sports Club.
[14] In February 2019, he was named in Sri Lanka's Test squad for their series against South Africa.
[16] In the match, Embuldeniya became the fourth bowler and first left arm spinner for Sri Lanka to take a five-wicket haul on Test debut, finishing with figures of 5 for 66.
[17][18] In the second Test match of the series, Embuldeniya dislocated a finger during the first day, and was ruled out for six weeks.