Piyal Wijetunge

{{Short description|Sri Lankan cricketer (born 1971)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2022}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Piyal Wijetunge

| fullname = Piyal Kashyapa Wijetunge

| birth_date= {{birth date and age|1971|08|06|mf=y}}

| birth_place= Badulla, Sri Lanka

| image =

| caption =

| country = Sri Lanka

| international = true

| internationalspan = 1993

| onetest = true

| testdebutdate = 25 August

| testdebutyear = 1993

| testdebutagainst = South Africa

| testcap = 58

| club1 = Sinhalese Sports Club

| year1 = 1990–1994

| club2 = Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club

| year2 = 1995–1996

| club3 = Moors Sports Club

| year3 = 1998

| club4 = Kandy Cricket Club

| year4 = 2002

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Slow left-arm orthodox

| role = Bowler

| columns = 3

| column1 = Test

| matches1 = 1

| runs1 = 10

| bat avg1 = 5.00

| 100s/50s1 = 0/0

| top score1 = 10

| deliveries1 = 312

| wickets1 = 2

| bowl avg1 = 59.00

| fivefor1 = 0

| tenfor1 = 0

| best bowling1 = 1/58

| catches/stumpings1= 0/–

| column2 = FC

| matches2 = 65

| runs2 = 541

| bat avg2 = 11.27

| 100s/50s2 = 0/1

| top score2 = 52

| deliveries2 = 9,559

| wickets2 = 161

| bowl avg2 = 30.47

| fivefor2 = 3

| tenfor2 = 1

| best bowling2 = 7/51

| catches/stumpings2= 24/–

| column3 =LA

| matches3 = 7

| runs3 = 1

| bat avg3 = 1.00

| 100s/50s3 = 0/0

| top score3 = 1*

| deliveries3 = 288

| wickets3 = 7

| bowl avg3 = 21.42

| fivefor3 = 0

| tenfor3 = 0

| best bowling3 = 3/15

| catches/stumpings3 = 1/–

| date = 11 April

| year = 2017

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/srilanka/content/player/50856.html ESPNcricinfo

}}

Piyal Kashyapa Wijetunge (born 6 August 1971) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who played in one Test match in 1993. Though he was not successful in the international arena, he was an active member in the domestic arena, where he played 65 first class matches and took 161 wickets as well. He was born at Badulla in 1971.

He has served as a spin bowling coach for the Sri Lanka national team, where he trained international players such as Rangana Herath, Tharindu Kaushal and Dilruwan Perera.{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/927879.html/ |title=The man preparing Sri Lanka for life after Herath|first=Sharda|last=Ugra|date=12 October 2017 |work=ESPNcricinfo |accessdate=11 March 2017}}