Ashan Priyanjan

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Ashan Priyanjan

| country = Sri Lanka

| fullname = Subasinghe Mudiyanselage Ashan Priyanjan

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1989|8|14|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka

| heightm = 1.68

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm off break

| role = Middle-order Batsman

| international = true

| internationalspan = 2013–2017

| odidebutdate = 25 December

| odidebutyear = 2013

| odidebutagainst = Pakistan

| odicap = 157

| lastodidate = 26 July

| lastodiyear = 2015

| lastodiagainst = Pakistan

| T20Idebutdate = 6 September

| T20Idebutyear = 2017

| T20Idebutagainst = India

| T20Icap = 71

| lastT20Idate = 27 October

| lastT20Iyear = 2017

| lastT20Ifor = Sri Lanka

| lastT20Iagainst = Pakistan

| T20Ishirt =

| club1 = Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club

| year1 = 2008/09–present

| club2 = Ruhuna

| year2 = 2007/08–2009/10

| club3 = Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club

| year3 = 2007/08

| club4 = Band-e-Amir Dragons

| year4 = 2017

| club5 = Colombo Stars

| year5 = 2020

| club6 = Kathmandu Kings XI

| year6 = 2021

| club7 = Kandy Falcons

| year7 = 2022

| club8 = Chattogram Challengers

| year8 = 2023

| columns = 2

| column1 = ODI

| matches1 = 23

| runs1 = 420

| bat avg1 = 23.33

| 100s/50s1 = 0/2

| top score1 = 74

| deliveries1 = 265

| wickets1 = 5

| bowl avg1 = 46.60

| fivefor1 = 0

| tenfor1 = 0

| best bowling1 = 2/11

| catches/stumpings1 = 7/–

| column2 = T20I

| matches2 = 3

| runs2 = 54

| bat avg2 = 54.00

| 100s/50s2 = 0/0

| top score2 = 40*

| deliveries2 = –

| wickets2 = –

| bowl avg2 = –

| fivefor2 = –

| tenfor2 = –

| best bowling2 = –

| catches/stumpings2 = 0/–

| date = 30 October

| year = 2017

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/srilanka/content/player/233802.html ESPNcricinfo

}}

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 off break bowler.

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,{{cite web |url=http://gossip.hirufm.lk/15156/2017/04/ashan-priyanjana-wedding.html |title=Wedding Bells rings for another Sri Lankan crickter|publisher=hirufm.lk |access-date=11 June 2017}} where the wedding ceremony was celebrated on 30 May 2017 at Pegasis Hotel, Wattala.{{cite web |url=http://www.gossiplankanews.com/2017/04/cricketer-ashan-priyanjans-wedding.html |title=Cricketer Ashan Priyanjan's Wedding |publisher=Gossip Lanka |access-date=11 June 2017}}{{cite web |url=http://www.fastnews.lk/50238 |title=Cricketers Dance at Ashan Priyanjan's Wedding |publisher=fastnews.lk |access-date=11 June 2017}}

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.{{cite web |title=Priyanjan hundred sets up big Sri Lanka A win |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/sri-lanka-a-tour-of-england-and-ireland-2014-708673/ireland-vs-sri-lanka-a-2nd-unofficial-odi-709901/match-report |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}

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.{{cite news |url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/article/1041112/cricket-mixed-opinions-on-provincial-tournament |title=Cricket: Mixed opinions on Provincial tournament |publisher=Sunday Times (Sri Lanka) |date=26 March 2018 |access-date=27 March 2018 |archive-date=27 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180327035550/http://www.sundaytimes.lk/article/1041112/cricket-mixed-opinions-on-provincial-tournament |url-status=dead }}{{cite news |url=https://dailysports.lk/all-you-need-to-know-about-the-sl-super-provincial-tournament/ |title=All you need to know about the SL Super Provincial Tournament |publisher=Daily Sports |date=26 March 2018 |access-date=27 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180327213128/https://dailysports.lk/all-you-need-to-know-about-the-sl-super-provincial-tournament/ |archive-date=27 March 2018 |url-status=dead }} He was the leading run-scorer for Dambulla during the tournament, with 282 runs in three matches.{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/averages/batting_bowling_by_team.html?id=12303;team=6182;type=tournament |title=Sri Lanka Super Four Provincial Tournament, 2017/18, Dambulla: Batting and bowling averages |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=24 April 2018}} The following month, he was also named in Dambulla's squad for the 2018 Super Provincial One Day Tournament{{cite news |url=http://www.thepapare.com/slc-super-provincial-50-tournament-squads-fixtures/ |title=SLC Super Provincial 50 over tournament squads and fixtures |work=The Papare |access-date=27 April 2018}} and was the leading run-scorer for the team in the tournament.{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=12332;type=tournament |title=2018 Super Provincial One Day Tournament: Most Runs |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=10 June 2018}}

In August 2018, he was named in Dambulla's squad the 2018 SLC T20 League.{{cite news |url=http://www.thepapare.com/slc-t20-league-2018-squads-finalized/ |title=SLC T20 League 2018 squads finalized |work=The Papare |access-date=16 August 2018}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.thepapare.com/21st-auguest-kandy-v-dambulla-slc-t20-league-2018/ |title=Ashan Priyanjan shines as Dambulla win |work=The Papare |access-date=22 August 2018}} In March 2019, he was named in Colombo's squad for the 2019 Super Provincial One Day Tournament.{{cite web|url=http://www.thepapare.com/squads-fixtures-announced-for-slc-provincial-50-overs-tournament-2019/ |title=Squads, Fixtures announced for SLC Provincial 50 Overs Tournament |work=The Papare |access-date=19 March 2019}} In October 2020, he was drafted by the Colombo Kings for the inaugural edition of the Lanka Premier League.{{cite web |title=Chris Gayle, Andre Russell and Shahid Afridi among big names taken at LPL draft |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/lanka-premier-league-2020-chris-gayle-andre-russell-and-shahid-afridi-among-big-names-taken-in-lpl-draft-1236545 |access-date=22 October 2020 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}} In August 2021, he was named as the captain of the SLC Greens team for the 2021 SLC Invitational T20 League tournament.{{cite web|url=https://www.thepapare.com/slc-invitational-t20-league-2021-squads-schedule/ |title=Sri Lanka Cricket announce Invitational T20 squads and schedule |work=The Papare |access-date=9 August 2021}} In July 2022, he was signed by the Kandy Falcons for the third edition of the Lanka Premier League.{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/lpl-2022-draft-kandy-falcons-sign-wanindu-hasaranga-bhanuka-rajapaksa-to-turn-out-for-dambulla-giants-1323338 |title=LPL 2022 draft: Kandy Falcons sign Hasaranga; Rajapaksa to turn out for Dambulla Giants |work=ESPN Cricinfo |access-date=6 July 2022}}

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.{{cite web |title=Another Hafeez century gives Pakistan series |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/sri-lanka-tour-of-united-arab-emirates-2013-14-657625/pakistan-vs-sri-lanka-4th-odi-657643/match-report |work=ESPN Cricinfo}} 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/17891/game/1109610/Sri-Lanka-vs-India-Only-T20I-india-in-sri-lanka-t20i-match/ |title=Only T20I (N), India tour of Sri Lanka at Colombo, Sep 6 2017 |access-date=6 September 2017 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}