Since his arrival to Australia, he has played in lower level competitions including a stint of eight seasons with Dandenong District Cricket Association in Melbourne's south-eastern suburbs where he plied his trade for four different clubs.
[10] He later began playing in Victorian Premier Cricket for Casey-South Melbourne Cricket Club in 2022 season and he soon emerged as the club's main to go-man with the ball after becoming the leading wicket-taker of the competition with a record 46 wickets across the First XI and Super Slam matches during the season and he also played an important role in helping Casey-South to reach the final of the competition in March 2022.
In March 2022, he won the prestigious Alan Wookey medal after being adjudged as the best player in the turf 1 season [11] In August 2022, he also played for Melbourne Renegades Academy in the Top End T20 Series in Darwin featuring in three games.
[18][19] His impressive performances in the 2022 Premier Cricket and the Top End T20 Series were also instrumental in gaining Big Bash League contract with Melbourne Renegades.
On his Sheffield Shield debut match, he returned with figures of 2 for 122 runs in a long marathon spell of 26.2 overs in the first innings which also included the priced scalps of Cameron Bancroft and D'Arcy Short.
He also became the fifth Sri Lankan to play for an Australian state team in Sheffield Shield history after Pat McCarthy, Gamini Goonesena, Malcolm Francke and Dav Whatmore.