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]

Sahan Arachchige
Personal information
Full name
Sahan Shashintha Diyamantha Arachchige
Born (1996-05-13) 13 May 1996 (age 28)
Ragama, Sri Lanka
BattingLeft-handed
BowlingRight-arm off-break
RoleBatting all-rounder
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 210)7 July 2023 v West Indies
Last ODI11 January 2024 v Zimbabwe
Only T20I (cap 99)4 October 2023 v Afghanistan
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2015–2018Colts Cricket Club
2018–2019Negombo Cricket Club
2019-presentNondescripts Cricket Club
2020-presentGalle Marvels
Career statistics
Competition ODI T20I FC LA
Matches 5 1 54 80
Runs scored 89 22 2,756 1,809
Batting average 29.66 22.00 55.76 30.66
100s/50s 0/1 0/0 5/18 0/14
Top score 57 22 162 97
Balls bowled 42 21 3,039 1,917
Wickets 1 2 36 46
Bowling average 28.00 13.00 48.80 31.63
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0 1
10 wickets in match 0 0 0 0
Best bowling 1/18 2/26 4/34 5/26
Catches/stumpings 2/– 1/– 38/0 28/–
Source: Cricinfo, 18 January 2024

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

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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

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  1. ^ "Sahan Arachchige". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "SLC T20 League 2018 squads finalized". The Papare. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
  4. ^ "Chris Gayle, Andre Russell and Shahid Afridi among big names taken at LPL draft". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  5. ^ "Sri Lanka Cricket announce Invitational T20 squads and schedule". The Papare. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  6. ^ "Sri Lanka 'A' squads announced for Australia 'A' games". The Papare. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  7. ^ "Sri Lanka name squad for limited-overs leg of New Zealand tour". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  8. ^ "29th Match, Super Six, Harare, July 07, 2023, ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  9. ^ "Arachchige to lead second-string Sri Lanka side at the Asian games". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  10. ^ "All-round Afif helps Bangladesh survive Malaysia scare; Naib, Qais knock Sri Lanka out". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
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