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 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 men's tournament at the 2019 South Asian Games.