Roshan Punyajith Wijesinghe Guneratne (26 January 1962 – 21 July 2005) was a Sri Lankan cricketer who played in one Test match in 1983.
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Full name | Roshan Punyajith Wijesinghe Guneratne | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Colombo, Sri Lanka | 26 January 1962|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 21 July 2005 California, United States | (aged 43)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Legbreak | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Only Test (cap 24) | 22 April 1983 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 18 August 2019 |
Guneratne was born at Colombo in 1962. He was educated at Nalanda College Colombo and captained the college's cricket team in 1982. He was the 24th Sri Lankan Test cap, playing against (Australia at Kandy in 1983).
He died suddenly of a heart attack at the age of 43 in California.[1]
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edit- ^ "Roshan Guneratne passes away". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
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