Shammu Ashan
Sri Lankan cricketer (born 1998)
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Shammu Ashan (born 9 January 1998) is a Sri Lankan cricketer.[1] He made his List A debut for Sri Lanka A against West Indies A on 27 October 2016.[2] Prior to his List A debut he was part of Sri Lanka's squad for the 2016 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.[3]
Colombo, Sri Lanka
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| Born | 9 January 1998 Colombo, Sri Lanka | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right arm offbreak bowler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Top-order batsman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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He made his both his first-class debut for Sinhalese Sports Club in the 2016–17 Premier League Tournament on 28 December 2016.[4] He made his Twenty20 debut for Sinhalese Sports Club in the 2017–18 SLC Twenty20 Tournament on 24 February 2018.[5]
In March 2018, he was named in Galle's squad for the 2017–18 Super Four Provincial Tournament.[6][7] The following month, he was also named in Galle's squad for the 2018 Super Provincial One Day Tournament.[8] In August 2018, he was named in Colombo's squad the 2018 SLC T20 League.[9] In the same month, Sri Lanka Cricket named him in a preliminary squad of 31 players for the 2018 Asia Cup.[10]
In December 2018, he was named in the Sri Lanka team for the 2018 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup.[11] In March 2019, he was named in Galle's squad for the 2019 Super Provincial One Day Tournament.[12] In November 2019, he was named in both Sri Lanka's squad for the 2019 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup in Bangladesh,[13] and for the men's cricket tournament at the 2019 South Asian Games.[14] The Sri Lanka team won the silver medal at the latter event, losing to Bangladesh by seven wickets in the final.[15]
In March 2021, he was part of the Sinhalese Sports Club team that won the 2020–21 SLC Twenty20 Tournament, the first time they had won the tournament since 2005.[16] In August 2021, he was named in the SLC Greens team for the 2021 SLC Invitational T20 League tournament.[17] In July 2022, he was signed by the Galle Gladiators for the third edition of the Lanka Premier League.[18]