Rupasinghe Jayawardene Mudiyanselage Gihan Madushanka Rupasinghe (born March 5, 1986, in Watupitiwala) is a professional Sri Lankan T20I cricketer.
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| Full name | Rupasinghe Jayawardene Mudiyanselage Gihan Madushanka Rupasinghe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 March 1986 Watupitiwala, Sri Lanka | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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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International career
editRupasinghe is the 30th Twenty20 International captain for Sri Lanka. He made his T20I debut on 2 September, 2009, against New Zealand.
School and domestic career
editHe was educated at Nalanda College Colombo. Rupasinghe was OBSERVER-BATA Schoolboy Cricketer in 2006 and also became the best all-rounder in 2006. He captained Nalanda College's first XI team in 2006. Rupasinghe played for Sri Lanka School's 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 included to the 2004 Under-19 Cricket World Cup Squad as well.
In November 2021, he was selected to play for the Colombo Stars following the players' draft for the 2021 Lanka Premier League.[1]
References
edit- ^ "Kusal Perera, Angelo Mathews miss out on LPL drafts". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
- "Nalandian Gihan Rupasinghe OBSERVER-BATA Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year by Leslie Fernando". Sunday Observer. 23 July 2006. 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. 26 February 2006. Archived from the original on 21 February 2013. Retrieved 23 January 2012.
- "Nalanda hopeful of victory by Dinesh WEERAWANSA". Dailynews. 4 March 2006. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 23 January 2012.