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Biratnagar KingsAll-rounder
Shehan Jayasuriya
- Age
- 35y 61d
- Bats
- Left-hand
- Bowls
- Right-arm off break
- From
- Colombo
- Age
- 35y 61d
- Bats
- Left-hand
- Bowls
- Right-arm off break
- From
- Colombo
Shehan Jayasuriya is a left-handed Sri Lankan batsman who plays at the top of the order and favours an attacking style. He shares a surname with Sanath Jayasuriya, though the two are not closely related, and the younger player has built his game around the methods of his celebrated predecessor.
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His route to the national side ran through a range of domestic and franchise competitions. Along the way he turned out for Chittagong Kings, Kandurata Maroons, Moors Sports Club and Police Sports Club. His aggressive batting made him a natural fit for the shorter formats, and Sri Lanka gave him his first T20I appearance against Pakistan in 2015.
That early stint with the national team did not deliver the results his ability suggested. He was dismissed without scoring on his ODI debut, and although he occasionally cleared the ropes and found the boundary in every direction during his few outings, he soon lost his place.
A productive 2018 domestic season opened the door again. He finished as the top run-scorer in the Premier Limited Overs Tournament and was named Man of the Series. That form earned him a recall for Sri Lanka's 2019 tour of Pakistan, where he made an instant impression with an innings of 96 in a match his side went on to lose. During that knock he and Dasun Shanaka put on a record partnership of 177 runs.
Recent form
- Runs
- 574
- Inns
- 16
- Avg
- 41.00
- SR
- 91.4
- HS
- 113*
- 4s / 6s
- 51 / 16
- 8CAN12 Jun
- 9UAE5 Oct
- 74NAM7 Oct
- 83UAE11 Oct
- 76USA13 Oct
- 11KAY29 Oct
- 39SPR31 Oct
- 1JAB3 Nov
- 5KAG5 Nov
- 17*POA12 Nov
50 or morePlayer of the match* not out
