Gihan Rupasinghe

Gihan Rupasinghe
ගිහාන් රූපසිංහ

Personal information
Full name	Rupasinghe Jayawardene Mudiyanselage Gihan Madushanka Rupasinghe
Born	(1986-03-05) 5 March 1986 Watupitiwala, Sri Lanka
Batting	Left-handed
Bowling	Right arm leg-break
International information
National side	Sri Lanka (2009–present)
T20I debut (cap 30)	2 September 2009 v New Zealand
Last T20I	4 September 2009 v New Zealand
Domestic team information
Years	Team
	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 captain 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 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.

References

• "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.