Full Name

Rupasinghe Jayawardene Mudiyanselage Gihan Madushanka Rupasinghe

Born

March 05, 1986, Watupitiwala

Age

38y 14d

Batting Style

Left hand Bat

Bowling Style

Legbreak

Fielding Position

Mid On

Playing Role

Middle order Batter

Education

Nalanda College, Colombo

Expand Gihan Rupasinghe's initials and you have a name to rival Chaminda Vaas's, which many commentators have tried to pronounce and impress the locals. A product of Nalanda College, Rupasinghe has a reputation in the domestic circuit for being a big hitter in the middle order. He was the second-highest scorer for Tamil Union in the Premier League tournament in 2008-09 and his first-class returns that season - 945 runs at 52.50 - got the attention of the selectors. He was elevated to the A team and scored two half-centuries in the unofficial Tests against Pakistan A at home. He then made it to Sri Lanka's Twenty20 squad against the touring New Zealanders.
Cricinfo Staff September 2009

Gihan Rupasinghe Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAveBFSR100s50s4s6sCtSt
T20Is220331816.503984.61002010
FC108168165422154*35.67636485.19933611154460
List A969091935117*23.88215589.792916460220
T20s64637116874*20.85980119.18078843230

Bowling

FormatMatInnsBallsRunsWktsBBIBBMAveEconSR4w5w10w
T20Is2------------
FC1087019931099312/143/7235.453.3064.2000
List A9628670535193/93/928.154.7935.2000
T20s641015820892/192/1923.117.8917.5000
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Photos of Gihan Rupasinghe

Gihan Rupasinghe celebrates his half-century
Angelo Mathews, Gihan Rupasinghe and Mahela Udawatte play football
Gihan Rupasinghe plays a square drive