An unknown in the world of international cricket barely six months ago, Thissara Perera has made the most of the opportunity that came his way thanks to unfortunate injuries to fellow Sri Lankans during the tour of India in 2009. He gladly accepted the opportunity with both hands and quickly established a reputation for himself as a very dangerous limited overs cricketer. A tidy medium-pacer who can bowl a nagging line and length and frustrate the batsmen, Perera is most dangerous when equipped with the willow. Perera embodies all the characteristics of a good all-rounder; his batting average is better than his bowling average. His batting strike rate is close to 100 even in the four-day format and his economy rate is fairly meagre too. Another astonishing figure would be the quantum of runs Perera scores through boundaries; the kind of player who can bludgeon the ball and send it a long way, the 20-year old has scored over 60% of the runs in his brief career through boundaries and sixes. The budding all-rounder was the only Sri Lankan to be signed up at the IPL Auction 2010; he was bought by the Chennai Super Kings for $50,000 and will be playing alongside fellow Sri Lankans Muttiah Muralidaran, Thilan Thushara and Chamara Kapugedera.