# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/malinga-bandara
# Generated: 2026-08-15T01:46:56.447Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/malinga-bandara"
name: "Malinga Bandara"
slug: "malinga-bandara"
description: "Herath Mudiyanselage Charitha Malinga Bandara, commonly known as Malinga Bandara, is a Sri Lankan former international cricketer. He played as a right-handed batsman who bowled leg breaks. He studied at the Kalutara Vidyalaya. He was a part of the Sri Lankan team which finished as runners-up at the 2007 Cricket World Cup."
tagline: "Sri Lankan cricketer"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1979-12-31"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           41.5
  momentum:             15
  historical:           6.206768
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "ملنگا بندارا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "مالينجا باندارا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "মালিঙ্গা বান্দারা"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malinga_Bandara"
    title: "Malinga Bandara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE"
    title: "मलिंगा बंडारा"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ملنگا بندارہ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%99%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95_%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%A3%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B0"
    title: "மாலிங்க பண்டார"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%AE%E0%B0%B2%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%82%E0%B0%97_%E0%B0%AC%E0%B0%82%E0%B0%A1%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%B0"
    title: "మలింగ బండార"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3535256"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump