Upul Chandana
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Galle, Sri Lanka
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| Full name | Umagiliya Durage Upul Chandana | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 May 1972 Galle, Sri Lanka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Legbreak | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | All rounder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 77) | 12 March 1999 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 11 April 2005 v New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ODI debut (cap 78) | 14 April 1994 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 25 July 2007 v Bangladesh | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nondescripts Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Deshabandu Umagiliya Durage Upul Chandana (born 7 May 1972), popularly known as Upul Chandana, is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who played both Tests and ODIs. He was more specifically a leg spin bowler and was also an outstanding fielder. He was a part of the Sri Lankan squad which won the 1996 Cricket World Cup, however he did not play any matches during the tournament. Chandana is considered to be one of the best leg spinners who ever played for Sri Lanka. He was also a competent lower-order batsman, having scored a total of seven half-centuries at international level.
Upul Chandana started his cricketing career as a teenager at Mahinda College, Galle.
Domestic career
Chandana has played county cricket in England for Gloucestershire County Cricket Club and represented Nondescripts in Sri Lankan. He made his Twenty20 debut on 17 August 2004, for Nondescripts Cricket Club in the 2004 SLC Twenty20 Tournament.[1]
Chandana joined the Indian Cricket League, playing for the Kolkata Tigers and ICL World XI, and with four other Sri Lankan cricketers was banned, but the decision was lifted on 2009.
