Gihan Rupasinghe ගිහාන් රූපසිංහ | |
Country: | Sri Lanka |
Fullname: | Rupasinghe Jayawardene Mudiyanselage Gihan Madushanka Rupasinghe |
Birth Date: | 5 March 1986 |
Birth Place: | Watupitiwala, Sri Lanka |
Batting: | Left-handed |
Bowling: | Right arm leg-break |
International: | true |
Internationalspan: | 2009–present |
T20idebutdate: | 2 September |
T20idebutyear: | 2009 |
T20idebutagainst: | New Zealand |
T20icap: | 30 |
Lastt20idate: | 4 September |
Lastt20iyear: | 2009 |
Lastt20iagainst: | New Zealand |
Club1: | Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club |
Club2: | Basnahira South |
Columns: | 1 |
Column1: | T20I |
Matches1: | 2 |
Runs1: | 33 |
Bat Avg1: | 16.50 |
100S/50S1: | 0/0 |
Top Score1: | 18 |
Deliveries1: | – |
Wickets1: | – |
Bowl Avg1: | – |
Fivefor1: | – |
Tenfor1: | – |
Best Bowling1: | – |
Catches/Stumpings1: | 1/– |
Date: | 5 September |
Year: | 2009 |
Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/srilanka/content/player/218430.html Cricinfo |
Rupasinghe Jayawardene Mudiyanselage Gihan Madushanka Rupasinghe (born March 5, 1986, in Watupitiwala) is a professional Sri Lankan T20I cricketer.
Rupasinghe is the 30th Twenty20 International captain for Sri Lanka. He made his T20I debut on 2 September, 2009, against New Zealand.
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.[1]