Sahan Shashintha Diyamantha Arachchige (born 13 May 1996), is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer who currently plays limited overs cricket for the national team.[1] He made his first-class debut for Colts Cricket Club in the 2015–16 Premier League Tournament on 2 January 2016.[2]
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| Full name | Sahan Shashintha Diyamantha Arachchige | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 13 May 1996 Ragama, Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off-break | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batting all-rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ODI debut (cap 210) | 7 July 2023 v West Indies | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 11 January 2024 v Zimbabwe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Only T20I (cap 99) | 4 October 2023 v Afghanistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2018 | Colts Cricket Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Negombo Cricket Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2019-present | Nondescripts Cricket Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020-present | Galle Gladiators | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In August 2018, he was named in Galle's squad the 2018 SLC T20 League.[3] In October 2020, he was drafted by the Galle Gladiators for the inaugural edition of the Lanka Premier League.[4] In August 2021, he was named in the SLC Blues team for the 2021 SLC Invitational T20 League tournament.[5]
In June 2022, he was named in the Sri Lanka A squad for their matches against Australia A during Australia's tour of Sri Lanka.[6]
International career edit
In March 2023, he was named in both One Day International and Twenty20 International squad for the series against New Zealand.[7]
He made his ODI debut against West Indies in 2023 Cricket World Cup Qualifier, on 7 July 2023.[8] In 2023, he captained the T20I side for the 2022 Asian Games against Afghanistan.[9] However, Sri Lanka lost the match and disqualified from the final.[10]
References edit
- ^ "Sahan Arachchige". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
- ^ "AIA Premier League Tournament, Group B: Badureliya Sports Club v Colts Cricket Club at Kaluthara, Jan 2-3, 2016". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
- ^ "SLC T20 League 2018 squads finalized". The Papare. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
- ^ "Chris Gayle, Andre Russell and Shahid Afridi among big names taken at LPL draft". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
- ^ "Sri Lanka Cricket announce Invitational T20 squads and schedule". The Papare. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
- ^ "Sri Lanka 'A' squads announced for Australia 'A' games". The Papare. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
- ^ "Sri Lanka name squad for limited-overs leg of New Zealand tour". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
- ^ "29th Match, Super Six, Harare, July 07, 2023, ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
- ^ "Arachchige to lead second-string Sri Lanka side at the Asian games". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
- ^ "All-round Afif helps Bangladesh survive Malaysia scare; Naib, Qais knock Sri Lanka out". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
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