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Gihan Rupasinghe

Sri Lankan cricketer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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

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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.[1]

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