Gihan Rupasinghe

Gihan Rupasinghe

Personal information
Full name	Rupasinghe Jayawardene Mudiyanselage Gihan Madushanka Rupasinghe
Born	5 March 1986 Watupitiwala, Sri Lanka
Batting style	Left-handed
Bowling style	Right arm leg-break
International information
National side	Sri Lanka
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: [1], 5 September 2009

Rupasinghe Jayawardene Mudiyanselage Gihan Madushanka Rupasinghe (born March 5, 1986, in Watupitiwala), is a Sri Lankan "T20" cricketer. Gihan is Sri Lanka's 30th Twenty20 International Cap [Sri Lanka Vs New Zealand at Colombo RPS 2009]. He was educated at Nalanda College Colombo.

Gihan 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.

Gihan 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 in the under-19 World Cup Squad in 2004.

References

1. CricketArchive

• "Nalandian Gihan Rupasinghe OBSERVER-BATA Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year by Leslie Fernando". Sunday Observer. 2006-07-23. Retrieved 23 January 2012.

• "Ananda better equipped than Nalanda in 77th encounter by Leslie Fernando". Sunday Observer. 2006-02-26. Retrieved 23 January 2012.

• "Nalanda hopeful of victory by Dinesh WEERAWANSA". Dailynews. 2006-03-04. Retrieved 23 January 2012.