Ashan Priyanjan

Ashan Priyanjan
Personal information
Full name Subasinghe Mudiyanselage Ashan Priyanjan
Born (1989-08-14) 14 August 1989
Colombo, Western Province,
Sri Lanka
Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right-arm medium-fast
Role Allrounder
International information
National side
ODI debut (cap 157) 25 December 2013 v Pakistan
Last ODI 26 July 2015 v Pakistan
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2008/09–present Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club
2007/08–2009/10 Ruhuna
2007/08 Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club
Career statistics
Competition ODI FC LA T20
Matches 23 75 108 33
Runs scored 420 4,274 2,718 338
Batting average 23.33 40.32 30.20 13.00
100s/50s 0/2 6/30 2/17 0/1
Top score 74 235 136* 52
Balls bowled 265 1,682 673 42
Wickets 5 30 11 2
Bowling average 46.60 33.33 51.09 32.00
5 wickets in innings – 1 – –
10 wickets in match – – – –
Best bowling 2/11 5/71 2/11 –
Catches/stumpings 7/– 83/– 44/– 12/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 26 July 2015

Subasinghe Mudiyanselage Ashan Priyanjan (born 14 August 1989 in Colombo) is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer. He is a middle-order batsman and occasionally a right-arm medium fast bowler. Ashan is the 157th ODI Cap for Sri Lanka. Currently he is playing for only ODIs in Sri Lanka cricket team .

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. Ashan 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. He scored 74 runs on his debut against Pakistan. But after that he hasn't scored something very big except a 60 and a 43.

Personal life and early

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.

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.

Ashan Priyanjan
Medal record
Men's Cricket
Competitor for  Sri Lanka
Asian Games
2014 Incheon Team

References

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