Gampalage Shehan Naveendra De Fonseka Gunawarna Jayasuriya, or commonly Shehan Jayasuriya ( si, ශෙහාන් ජයසූරිය; born 12 September 1991), is a professional

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

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er, who played for Chilaw Marians in Sri Lankan domestic cricket. He is a quick-scoring left-handed batsman and a right-arm off-break bowler. He was born in

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, and attended

Prince of Wales College, Moratuwa Prince of Wales' College ( Sinhala: වේල්ස් කුමර විද්‍යාලය ''Wels Kumara Vidyalaya'', Tamil: பிரின்ஸ் ஆஃப் வேல்ஸ் கல்லூரி) is a selective entry boys' school ...

. He announced his retirement from all forms of cricket in Sri Lanka on 8 January 2021 because of him moving to United States with his family.

Personal life

Jayasuriya is married to Sri Lankan actress Kaveesha Kavindi where the wedding was celebrated on 23 September 2020 in New York, USA. She is the daughter of retired Sri Lankan film actress Dilani Abeywardana. Jayasuriya announced his retirement from all forms of cricket on 8 January 2021 because of him moving to USA with his family and spending the rest of his life there. In June 2021, Jayasuriya was selected in the players' draft ahead of the

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tournament.

Domestic career

Jayasuriya made his

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debut in October 2009 for Police Sports Club against

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. His highest first-class score is 237, which he made off 218 balls for Chilaw Marians in their 378-run victory over Bloomfield in 2016-17. In 2017-18, against

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, he opened both batting and bowling and dominated the match, taking 7 for 22 and 3 for 66 and scoring 80 in an innings victory; no other batsman in the match reached 40. In March 2018, he was named in Colombo's squad for the

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. The following month, he was also named in Colombo's squad for the

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. He was the leading run-scorer for Colombo in the tournament, with 326 runs in seven matches, and was named as the player of the series. In August 2018, he was named in Colombo's squad the

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. In February 2019,

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named him as the Player of the Tournament for the 2017–18 Premier Limited Overs Tournament. In March 2019, he was named in Colombo's squad for the

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. In January 2020, in the opening round of matches in the 2019–20 SLC Twenty20 Tournament, he scored a century for

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. He finished the tournament as the leading run-scorer in the competition, with 385 runs in eight matches. In October 2020, he was drafted by the Galle Gladiators for the inaugural edition of the

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International career

As an all rounder, Jayasuriya made his

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debut for Sri Lanka against Pakistan on 1 August 2015. He scored 40 runs off 32 balls including 3 fours and 2 sixes on his debut and took his first international wicket by bowling

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out. However, the match ended with a defeat for Sri Lanka. He made his

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debut for Sri Lanka against the West Indies on 1 November 2015, he got out for nought in his first innings, bowled by

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. In August 2019, he was named in a twenty-two man squad for Sri Lanka's

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series against New Zealand. However, he was not named in the final fifteen-man squad for the first Test. He was included to the T20I series against New Zealand in September 2019. He played in first two T20Is with modest results. In the last over of second T20I, he had a collision with

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at the boundary line. Jayasuriya was running from long on, and Mendis from midwicket, in order to intercept an aerial

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, he tripped up by the onrushing Mendis, and sent crashing into the boundary. Both players picked up knee injuries and rested from the third T20I. In September 2019, he successfully got the spot in Sri Lanka's

(T20I) squad for the series against Pakistan. During the second ODI against Pakistan on 30 September 2019, Jayasuriya scored his maiden ODI fifty. He got out for 96 runs in the match. However, along with

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, they put up a record sixth-wicket stand of 177. This is the highest partnership against Pakistan in ODIs. However, Sri Lanka lost the match by 67 runs.

Post-Sri Lanka career

On 8 January 2021, Jayasuriya announced his retirement from all forms of cricket in Sri Lanka. In June 2021, he was selected to take part in the

tournament in the United States following the players' draft.

Note

* Shehan Jayasuriya is not related in any way to former Sri Lankan cricket captain,

Sanath Jayasuriya Deshabandu Sanath Teran Jayasuriya ( si, සනත් ජයසූරිය, ta, சனத் ஜெயசூர்யா; born 30 June 1969), is a former Sri Lankan cricketer and a captain. He is credited for having revolutionized one-day in ...

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Jayasuriya, Shehan 1991 births Living people Sri Lankan cricketers Sri Lanka One Day International cricketers Sri Lanka Twenty20 International cricketers Sri Lanka Police Sports Club cricketers Cricketers from Colombo Saracens Sports Club cricketers Moors Sports Club cricketers Ruhuna cricketers Wayamba United cricketers Chilaw Marians Cricket Club cricketers Chittagong Vikings cricketers Asian Games medalists in cricket Cricketers at the 2014 Asian Games Colombo Commandos cricketers Prime Bank Cricket Club cricketers Asian Games gold medalists for Sri Lanka Sylhet Sixers cricketers Khulna Titans cricketers Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games Alumni of Prince of Wales' College, Moratuwa Galle Gladiators cricketers