Gihan Rupasinghe
Rupasinghe Jayawardene Mudiyanselage Gihan Madushanka Rupasinghe (born March 5, 1986, in Watupitiwala), or Gihan Rupasinghe, is a professional Sri Lankan T20I cricketer.
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Full name | Rupasinghe Jayawardene Mudiyanselage Gihan Madushanka Rupasinghe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Watupitiwala, Sri Lanka | 5 March 1986||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right arm leg-break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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T20I debut (cap 30) | 2 September 2009 v New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last T20I | 4 September 2009 v New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Basnahira South | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 5 September 2009 |
International career
Rupasinghe is the 30th Twenty20 International Cap for Sri Lanka. He made his T20I debut on 2 September 2009 against New Zealand.
School career
He was educated at Nalanda College Colombo. Rupasinghe is OBSERVER-BATA Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year 2006 and also became the best all rounder in 2006. He captained Nalanda College first XI team in 2006.
Rupasinghe played for Sri Lanka Schools under-17 team at the Asian Schools Cricket Tournament held in Sri Lanka in 2002 and toured with the Sri Lanka under-19 cricket team to Pakistan in 2005.
He was also included to the 2004 Under-19 Cricket World Cup Squad as well.
References
- "Nalandian Gihan Rupasinghe OBSERVER-BATA Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year by Leslie Fernando". Sunday Observer. 2006-07-23. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2012.
- "Ananda better equipped than Nalanda in 77th encounter by Leslie Fernando". Sunday Observer. 2006-02-26. Archived from the original on 21 February 2013. Retrieved 23 January 2012.
- "Nalanda hopeful of victory by Dinesh WEERAWANSA". Dailynews. 2006-03-04. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 23 January 2012.