Zoysa made his First-Class debut in 1996/97 soon followed by his Test debut against New Zealand. He has gone on to take over 100 ODI wickets for Sri Lanka, the ninth player to have done so. In 1999, in his eighth Test, Zoysa became one of the few players in history to take a hat-trick off his first over of the match against Zimbabwe. While bowling is Zoysa’s forte he has become a key lower order stroke player.