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Deepika Rasangika (born 13 December 1983) is a Sri Lankan cricketer who now plays for the Bahrain women's cricket team.

Rasangika played in more than 60 matches for the Sri Lanka women's cricket team from 2008 to 2014. She was named in Sri Lanka's squad for the 2009 Women's Cricket World Cup.

Rasangika moved to Bahrain in 2017 to take up a position at a local coaching academy.

In March 2022, she was named in Bahrain's squad for the 2022 GCC Women's Gulf Cup in Oman. She made her Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) debut for Bahrain against Oman, in the opening match of that tournament. On 22 March 2022, in Bahrain's match against Saudi Arabia, Rasangika scored 161 not out. She became the first cricketer for Bahrain to score a century in WT20Is, as well as racking up the highest individual score in a WT20I match.

References

1. "Deepika Rasangika breaks world record for highest individual score in Women's T20Is". DNA India. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
2. "Former Sri Lanka Cap Rasangika stars for Bahrain in record T20I". The Papare. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
3. "Deepika Rasangika". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
4. "ICC Women's World Cup 2009 / Sri Lanka Women Squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 3 September 2013.
5. "ICC Women's World Cup, 2008/09 – Sri Lanka Women / Records / Batting and bowling averages". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 8 October 2013. Retrieved 3 September 2013.
6. Sipra, Adnan (24 March 2022). "Record-setter Rasangika on cloud nine". Gulf Daily News. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
7. "A proud moment for women in Bahrain, as the Bahrain Cricket federation held the first-ever capping ceremony for the National Women's Cricket Team". Cricket Bahrain (via Instagram). Retrieved 16 March 2022.
8. "1st Match, Al Amerat, Mar 20 2022, GCC Women's Twenty20 Championship Cup". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
9. "7th Match, Al Amerat, Mar 22 2022, GCC Women's Twenty20 Championship Cup". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
10. "Women's T20I records tumble as Bahrain thrash Saudi Arabia". The Cricketer. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
11. "Centuries in WT20I matches – Overall aggregate". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
12. "Bahrain women's cricket team smashes highest ever T20I total, breaks records". The Indian Express. Retrieved 22 March 2022.

Sri Lanka squads

v t e Sri Lanka squad – 2009 Women's Cricket World Cup 2 Silva 5 Manodara 7 Kaushalya 17 Galagedara Siriwardene (c) de Alwis WHD Fernando WRP Fernando Kariyawasam Polgampola Abeywickrama Prabodhani Rasangika Wickramasinghe Coach: unknown Chamani Seneviratne was included in the original squad but withdrew due to injury; her place was taken by Sanduni Abeywickrama. v t e Sri Lanka squad – 2009 Women's World Twenty20 1 Polgampola (c) 2 Abeywickrema 3 Athapaththu 4 Bandara 5 Dolawatte 6 H Fernando 7 R Fernando 8 S Fernando 9 Galagedara 10 Kaushalya 11 Manodara (wk) 12 Prabodhani 13 Rasangika 14 Weerakkody v t e Sri Lanka squad – 2010 Women's World Twenty20 1 Seneviratne (c) 2 Manodara (wk) 3 de Alwis 4 Dolawatte 5 H Fernando 6 Galagedara 7 Athapaththu 8 Kaushalya 9 Polgampola 10 Prabodhani 11 Rasangika 12 Silva 13 Weerakkody 14 Wickramasinghe v t e Sri Lanka squad – 2012 Women's World Twenty20 1 Siriwardene (c) 2 Dolawatte 3 Athapaththu 4 Galagedara 5 Kaushalya 6 Mendis 7 Prabodhani 8 Ranaweera 9 Rasangika 10 Samuddika 11 Seneviratne 12 Manodara (wk) 13 P Weerakkody 14 S Weerakkody v t e Sri Lanka squad – 2013 Women's Cricket World Cup 1 Atapattu 2 Dolawatte 3 Kaushalya 4 Madushani 5 Siriwardene (c) 6 Manodara 7 Mendis 8 Prabodhani 9 Ranasinghe 10 Ranaweera 11 Rasangika 12 Ravikumar 13 Seneviratna 14 P Weerakkody 15 S Weerakkody v t e Sri Lanka squad – 2014 Women's World Twenty20 1 Siriwardene (c) 2 Athapaththu 3 de Silva 4 Gunaratne 5 Kaushalya 6 Mendis 7 Perera 8 Polgampola 9 Prabodhani 10 Ranasinghe 11 Rasangika 12 Samuddika 13 Vandort (wk) 14 S Weerakkody

• 1983 births
• Living people
• Sri Lankan women cricketers
• Sri Lanka women One Day International cricketers
• Sri Lanka women Twenty20 International cricketers
• Bahraini women cricketers
• Bahrain women Twenty20 International cricketers
• Cricketers from Colombo
• Sri Lankan emigrants to Bahrain
• Sri Lankan expatriates in Bahrain
• Dual international cricketers