Ashan Priyanjan

Subasinghe Mudiyanselage Ashan Priyanjan (born 14 August 1989) is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer who plays for the national side in limited over formats. He is a middle-order batsman and occasionally a right-arm medium fast bowler.

Ashan Priyanjan
අශාන් ප්‍රියන්ජන්
Personal information
Full nameSubasinghe Mudiyanselage Ashan Priyanjan
Born (1989-08-14) 14 August 1989
Colombo, Western Province,
Sri Lanka
Height5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium-fast
RoleMiddle-order Batsman
RelationsAma Rajapakse (spouse m. 2017)
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 157)25 December 2013 v Pakistan
Last ODI26 July 2015 v Pakistan
T20I debut (cap 71)6 September 2017 v India
Last T20I27 October 2017 v Pakistan
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2008/09–presentTamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club
2007/08–2009/10Ruhuna
2007/08Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club
2017Band-e-Amir Dragons
2020Colombo Kings
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I LA T20
Matches 23 3 128 33
Runs scored 420 54 3,181 338
Batting average 23.33 54.00 30.58 13.00
100s/50s 0/2 0/0 3/18 0/1
Top score 74 40* 136* 52
Balls bowled 265 – 1,140 42
Wickets 5 – 19 2
Bowling average 46.60 – 50.36 32.00
5 wickets in innings – – – –
10 wickets in match – – – –
Best bowling 2/11 – 2/11 –
Catches/stumpings 7/– 0/0 54/– 12/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 30 October 2017
Medal record
Representing  Sri Lanka
Men's Cricket
Asian Games
2014 IncheonTeam

Personal life

He was educated at Nalanda College Colombo and played cricket for the college first XI team from 2005 to 2008 and was the Vice Captain in 2008. He is married to his longtime partner Ama Rajapakse,[1] where the wedding ceremony was celebrated on 30 May 2017 at Pegasis Hotel, Wattala.[2][3]

Domestic career

After leaving school, Ashan played cricket for Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club, Combined Provinces, Ruhuna, Sri Lanka A cricket team, Sri Lanka Cricket Development XI, Sri Lanka Under-19s, Sri Lanka Under-20s School, Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club, Sri Lanka Board Presidents XI.

He was Sri Lanka's captain for the 2008 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup in Malaysia. He was also a member of the 2006 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup squad representing Sri Lanka. Priyanjan also led the Sri Lanka Youth T20 team at SAF Games in Bangladesh in January 2010. He represented Sri Lanka team in Hong Kong Cricket Sixes 2011, a three-day tournament at Kowloon Cricket Club of Kowloon.

On 25 July 2014, Priyanjan scored a hundred against Ireland in Sri Lanka A tour Ireland. He hit 111 off 70 balls as Sri Lanka piled up 329 for 8 in fifty overs. Ireland only scored 222 and Sri Lanka won the match convincingly by 107 runs.[4]

He also played for the domestic team Hambantota Troopers in 2016 Super Twenty20 Provincial Tournament.

In March 2018, he was named in Dambulla's squad for the 2017–18 Super Four Provincial Tournament.[5][6] He was the leading run-scorer for Dambulla during the tournament, with 282 runs in three matches.[7] The following month, he was also named in Dambulla's squad for the 2018 Super Provincial One Day Tournament[8] and was the leading run-scorer for the team in the tournament.[9]

In August 2018, he was named in Dambulla's squad the 2018 SLC T20 League.[10] In Dambulla's opening match of the tournament, against Kandy, Priyanjan scored 108 runs from 52 balls, with Dambulla going on to win by 18 runs.[11] In March 2019, he was named in Colombo's squad for the 2019 Super Provincial One Day Tournament.[12] In October 2020, he was drafted by the Colombo Kings for the inaugural edition of the Lanka Premier League.[13]

International career

Priyanjan made his ODI debut on 25 December 2013 as the 157th ODI cap for Sri Lanka, and scored 74 runs on his debut against Pakistan at Abu Dhabi. The score stands as the highest ODI score by a Sri Lanka debutant. However, Pakistan won the match by 8 wickets at the end.[14] Priyanjan played 23 ODIs after his debut, but only managed to score 2 fifties and dropped from the squad in 2015.

In 2017, Priyanjan was called in to the one-off T20I against India. He made his Twenty20 International (T20I) debut for Sri Lanka against India on 6 September 2017. He scored unbeaten 40 runs in the match and posted a total of 170 to India. India finally chased the total and won the match by 7 wickets.[15]

References
  1. "Wedding Bells rings for another Sri Lankan crickter". hirufm.lk. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  2. "Cricketer Ashan Priyanjan's Wedding". Gossip Lanka. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  3. "Cricketers Dance at Ashan Priyanjan's Wedding". fastnews.lk. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  4. "Priyanjan hundred sets up big Sri Lanka A win". ESPN Cricinfo.
  5. "Cricket: Mixed opinions on Provincial tournament". Sunday Times (Sri Lanka). 26 March 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  6. "All you need to know about the SL Super Provincial Tournament". Daily Sports. 26 March 2018. Archived from the original on 27 March 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  7. "Sri Lanka Super Four Provincial Tournament, 2017/18, Dambulla: Batting and bowling averages". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
  8. "SLC Super Provincial 50 over tournament squads and fixtures". The Papare. Retrieved 27 April 2018.
  9. "2018 Super Provincial One Day Tournament: Most Runs". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  10. "SLC T20 League 2018 squads finalized". The Papare. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  11. "Ashan Priyanjan shines as Dambulla win". The Papare. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
  12. "Squads, Fixtures announced for SLC Provincial 50 Overs Tournament". The Papare. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  13. "Chris Gayle, Andre Russell and Shahid Afridi among big names taken at LPL draft". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  14. "Another Hafeez century gives Pakistan series". ESPN Cricinfo.
  15. "Only T20I (N), India tour of Sri Lanka at Colombo, Sep 6 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
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