| Deepal Gunawardene | |
| Country: | Sri Lanka |
| Birth Date: | 21 October 1969 |
| Birth Place: | Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| Batting: | Left-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm medium |
| Umpire: | true |
| T20isumpired: | 4 |
| Umpt20idebutyr: | 2019 |
| Wodisumpired: | 6 |
| Umpwodidebutyr: | 2015 |
| Umpwodilastyr: | 2019 |
| Wt20isumpired: | 7 |
| Umpwt20idebutyr: | 2013 |
| Umpwt20ilastyr: | 2022 |
| Date: | 9 December 2019 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/49018.html Cricinfo |
Deepal Gunawardene (born 21 October 1969) is a Sri Lankan cricket umpire and former first class cricketer. As an umpire, he stood in a tour match between Sri Lanka Board President's XI and West Indians in October 2015.[1]
Gunawardene attended Dharmapala College Pannipitiya. Representing Police SC in cricket from 1989 to 2003, he transitioned to umpiring post-retirement.[2] He secured third place in Sri Lanka Cricket's 2006-07 Premier panel examination and served as a standby umpire for the 2008 Sri Lanka-England Test.[2] Additionally, he officiated in the 2007 Elite Cup under-19 tournament in Malaysia.[2]
On 5 December 2019, he umpired in his first Twenty20 International (T20I) match, between Nepal and Bhutan in the men's tournament at the 2019 South Asian Games.[3]