Highest Batting Avg in T20 for Sri Lanka: From Mahela Jayawardene to Maheesh Theekshana

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Mahela Jayawardene holds the highest batting average in T20 cricket for Sri Lanka, with an impressive 31.76 from 55 matches. He is followed by Kumar Sangakkara at 31.40 and Pathum Nissanka at 29.89. Other notable players with high batting averages include Hashan Tillakaratne (28.19) and Kusal Perera (28.16). Here is the list of Sri lankan players with the highest batting average in T20 history.

#	Player	Mat	Inn	Runs	Highest	Avg	100s	50s
1	Mahela Jayawardene	55	55	1,493	100	31.76	1	9
2	Kumar Sangakkara	56	53	1,382	78	31.40	-	8
3	Pathum Nissanka	62	61	1,734	90	29.89	-	14
4	Hashan Tillakaratne	80	79	1,889	104*	28.19	1	13
5	Kusal Perera	77	76	2,056	101	28.16	1	15
6	Angelo Mathews	90	73	1,416	81*	27.76	-	6
7	Kusal Mendis	78	78	1,920	86	25.60	-	15
8	Charith Asalanka	58	57	1,247	80*	24.45	-	6
9	Sanath Jayasuriya	31	30	629	88	23.29	-	4
10	Bhanuka Rajapaksa	44	39	733	77	22.90	-	3
11	Chamara Kapugedera	43	38	703	50	22.67	-	1
12	Thisara Perera	80	70	1,047	58	21.36	-	2
13	Dhananjaya de Silva	45	44	847	66*	21.17	-	3
14	Dasun Shanaka	102	94	1,456	74*	19.67	-	5
15	Dinesh Chandimal	68	61	1,062	66*	19.66	-	6
16	Kamindu Mendis	23	21	381	65*	19.05	-	2
17	N Dickwella	28	27	480	68	18.46	-	1
18	I Udana	35	25	256	84*	18.28	-	1
19	Danushka Gunathilaka	46	45	741	57	16.46	-	3
20	Upul Tharanga	26	26	407	47	16.28	-	-
21	Lahiru Thirimanne	26	20	291	44	16.16	-	-
22	Chamika Karunaratne	42	34	291	31	16.16	-	-
23	Seekkuge Prasanna	20	20	214	37*	15.28	-	-
24	Wanindu Hasaranga	79	67	712	71	13.43	-	2
25	Avishka Fernando	37	35	363	37	11.00	-	-
26	KMDN Kulasekara	58	30	215	31	10.23	-	-
27	Dushmantha Chameera	55	28	101	24*	6.73	-	-
28	Lasith Malinga	84	33	136	27	6.47	-	-
29	Maheesh Theekshana	60	26	66	14	3.88	-	-

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