Shevon Daniel (born 15 March 2004) 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 ...
n cricketer who currently plays limited overs cricket for the national team. His elder brother
Jehan Daniel is also a cricketer.
Biography
He pursued his primary and secondary education at
Saint Joseph's College, Colombo
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. He also played school cricket for St. Joseph's College and also captained his school cricket team. He also played age group rugby for his school team before specialising in the sport of cricket.
In July 2022, he captained St. Joseph's College in their 88th annual big match clash (which is popularly known as the
Battle of the Saints) against rival school
St. Peter's College and the match eventually ended in a draw.
Youth career
He was a key member of the
Sri Lanka national under-19 cricket team The Sri Lankan Under-19 cricket team is the cricket team that represents Sri Lanka in International Under-19 Cricket. It consists of school-aged cricketers.
Sri Lanka's squad was announced on 23 December 2015.
Sri Lanka went on to win the tri seri ...
which emerged as runners-up to India during the
2021 ACC Under-19 Asia Cup
The 2021 Under-19 Asia Cup was the 9th edition of ACC Under-19 Cup. The cricket tournament was played in United Arab Emirates from 23 December 2021 to 31 December 2021. Eight teams contested in the tournament, including five full members and thre ...
.
In January 2022, he was named in Sri Lanka's squad for the
2022 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup
The 2022 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup was an international limited-overs cricket tournament that was held in the West Indies in January and February 2022 with sixteen teams taking part. It was the fourteenth edition of the Under-19 Cricket Worl ...
in the West Indies.
He played for Gujranwala Giants in the inaugural edition of the
Pakistan Junior League
The Pakistan Junior League (PJL) was a professional 20-over cricket league contested by Under-19 teams representing different cities of Pakistan. The league was soft-launched on 14 April 2022 by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman, Ramiz ...
in
2022
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and had a breakout tournament with the bat scoring 176 runs in 5 matches.
Domestic career
He made his
first-class cricket
First-class cricket, along with List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket, is one of the highest-standard forms of cricket. A first-class match is one of three or more days' scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players each and is officiall ...
debut for Colombo against Jaffna on 24 February 2022 during the 2022 National Super League 4-Day Tournament at the
.
He made his T20 debut for
Sinhalese Sports Club
The Singhalese Sports Club (SSC) is a first-class cricket club in Sri Lanka. Singhalese is the most successful club in Sri Lankan domestic cricket, having won the Premier Trophy a record 32 times to 2017. Although the name is correctly spelt wi ...
against
Badureliya Sports Club
Badureliya Sports Club is a first-class cricket team in Sri Lanka. It plays its home matches at Surrey Village Cricket Ground, Maggona.
In late 2008, the club threatened to boycott the Sri Lankan domestic tournaments due to their objections to b ...
on 22 May 2022 during the 2022 Major Clubs T20 Tournament at the
Colombo Cricket Club Ground
Colombo Cricket Club Ground (CCCG; si, කොළඹ ක්රිකට් සමාජ ක්රීඩාංගනය, ta, கொலோம்போ கிரிக்கெட் கிளப் கிரௌண்ட்) is a multi-purpo ...
. On his professional T20 debut appearance, he smashed an unbeaten 59 off just 38 deliveries batting at number three and his knock came at a brisk strike rate of 155.26 which was also inclusive of 5 sixes. His knock propelled Sinhalese Sports Club to a decent total of 146/6 on the board which the team went onto defend successfully.
He made his List A debut for Sinhalese Sports Club against
Saracens Sports Club
The Saracens Sports Club (Saracens SC) is a Sri Lankan first-class cricket team that competes in the Premier Trophy
The Major League Tournament (formerly known as the Premier Trophy) is the main domestic first-class cricket competition in Sri L ...
on 27 June 2022 during the 2022-23 Major Clubs Limited Over Tournament.
He was shortlisted as one of the frontrunners to claim the prestigious Observer-
Mobitel Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year
School Cricketers Of The Year Award is an award given to school cricketers in Sri Lanka. It was first awarded by the patronage of Warner-Hudunut Ltd in 1978 and ''The Sunday Observer'' newspaper by Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited has been ...
award.
Franchise cricket
He was signed by
Dambulla Giants
Dambulla Aura, previously known as Dambulla Viiking and Dambulla Giants, are a franchise Twenty20 cricket team based in Dambulla, Sri Lanka, that competes in the Lanka Premier League (LPL).
In June 2021, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) terminated the f ...
for the
2022 Lanka Premier League
The 2022 Lanka Premier League also known as Mazaplay LPL T20, for sponsorship reasons, was the third edition of the Lanka Premier League (LPL) Twenty20 franchise cricket tournament in Sri Lanka. It was originally scheduled to take place from 31 ...
.
In November 2022, he was invited by
Rajasthan Royals
Rajasthan Royals (often abbreviated as RR) are a franchise cricket team based in Jaipur, Rajasthan, that plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL). Founded in 2008 as one of the initial eight IPL franchises, the team is based at the Sawai Ma ...
in its training camp ahead of the
2023 Indian Premier League
The 2023 Indian Premier League, also known as IPL 16 or, for sponsorship reasons, Tata IPL 2023, will be the sixteenth season of the Indian Premier League (IPL), a professional Twenty20 cricket league established by the Board of Control for C ...
.
References
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2004 births
Living people
Sri Lankan cricketers
Alumni of Saint Joseph's College, Colombo
Cricketers from Colombo
Sinhalese Sports Club cricketers
Cricketers at the 2022 Asian Games
Asian Games competitors for Sri Lanka