Gihan Rupasinghe

Sri Lankan cricketer

Gihan Rupasinghe
ගිහාන් රූපසිංහ
Personal information
Full name
Rupasinghe Jayawardene Mudiyanselage Gihan Madushanka Rupasinghe
Born (1986-03-05) 5 March 1986 (age 38)
Watupitiwala, Sri Lanka
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight arm leg-break
International information
National side
T20I debut (cap 30)2 September 2009 v New Zealand
Last T20I4 September 2009 v New Zealand
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club
Basnahira South
Career statistics
Competition T20I
Matches 2
Runs scored 33
Batting average 16.50
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 18
Balls bowled –
Wickets –
Bowling average –
5 wickets in innings –
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling –
Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 5 September 2009

Rupasinghe Jayawardene Mudiyanselage Gihan Madushanka Rupasinghe (born March 5, 1986, in Watupitiwala) is a professional Sri Lankan T20I cricketer.

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 and domestic 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.

In November 2021, he was selected to play for the Colombo Stars following the players' draft for the 2021 Lanka Premier League.[1]

References

  1. ^ "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.