Deepal Gunawardene

Deepal Gunawardene is a Sri Lankan cricket umpire and former first class cricketer. As an umpire, he stood in a tour match between West [Indian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2015–16|Sri Lanka Board President's XI and West Indians] in October 2015.

Biography

Gunawardene attended Dharmapala College Pannipitiya. Representing Police SC in cricket from 1989 to 2003, he transitioned to umpiring post-retirement. He secured third place in Sri Lanka Cricket's 2006-07 Premier panel examination and served as a standby umpire for the 2008 Sri Lanka-England Test. Additionally, he officiated in the 2007 Elite Cup under-19 tournament in Malaysia.
On 5 December 2019, he umpired in his first Twenty20 International match, between Nepal and Bhutan in the Cricket at the [2019 South Asian Games – Men's tournament|men's tournament] at the 2019 [South Asian Games].