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Gehan Dassanayake was a Sri Lankan cricketer who played for Sinhalese Sports Club.
Dassanayake made a single first-class appearance for the side, during the 1988–89 season, against Burgher Recreation Club. He did not bat in the match, but bowled 7 overs, taking figures of 2–11.
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Pubudu Bathiya Dassanayake is a Sri Lanka-born Canadian former international cricketer and coach who represented both Sri Lanka and Canada internationally. He has coached Everest Premier League side Bhairahawa Gladiators, the United States national team, Canada, and Nepal.
The Singhalese Sports Club (SSC) is a first-class cricket club in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Singhalese is the most successful club in Sri Lankan domestic cricket, having won the Premier Trophy a record 32 times to 2017. Although the name is correctly spelt with the old spelling "Singhalese", the name is sometimes misspelt with the modern spelling "Sinhalese". Three former Prime Ministers of Sri Lanka have been presidents of the club.
With South Africa now re-established in international sport, its national team made an inaugural tour of Sri Lanka in 1993 and played 3 Tests. South Africa won the series 1–0 with 2 matches drawn:
Dassanayake Mudiyanselage Dassanayake was a Sri Lankan politician from the Puttalam District. He was serving as a member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka and non-cabinet Minister of Nation Building when he was assassinated in a roadside bomb attack on 8 January 2008 in Ja-Ela, twelve miles north of Colombo. The attack, which was blamed on the militant Tamil Tigers organization, killed three people and injured ten others.
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Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) is the official governing body of cricket in Nepal.
Ananda Dassanayake was a Sri Lankan politician belonging to the Sri Lanka Freedom Party. He was the Governor of Uva Province and Southern Province of Sri Lanka. He was a member of the Sri Lankan Parliament for 17 years.
Dassanayake or Dassanaike is a Sinhalese surname.
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Deepa Milton Sarath Dassanayake, popularly known as Sarath Dassanayake, was a Sri Lankan composer, film producer and a renowned musician. One of the pioneer music composers in Sinhala cinema, Dassanayake has contributed to more than around 150 films and 600 film songs as a composer.
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Deshamanya Vajira Chitrasena is a veteran Sri Lankan traditional dancer, choreographer and teacher. Vajira is regarded as Sri Lanka's first prima ballerina. She is the first Sri Lankan woman to practice the traditional Kandyan dance which was traditionally performed only by men. Vajira is credited for creating brand for female style of Kandyan dancing and set the tone for women to become ritual dancers. She was married to Chitrasena who was a well known legendary dancer and dance guru. On 26 January 2020, she along with late professor Indra Dassanayake was conferred with the Padma Shri award which is one of the highest Indian civilian awards coinciding with the 71st Republic Day of India.
Indra Dassanayake was a Sri Lankan academic, emeritus professor in Hindi, a scholar, and known for promoting Hindi-language and North Indian culture in Sri Lanka through educational institutions. On 26 January 2020, she received the Padma Shri award.
Duminda Dassanayake is a Sri Lankan first-class cricketer. He made his first-class debut for Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club in Tier B of the 2016–17 Premier League Tournament on 2 December 2016.
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Dassanayake Mudiyanselage Loku Banda Dassanayake was a Ceylonese politician. He was the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Communications and member of Parliament of Sri Lanka from Gampola representing the United National Party from 1960 to 1970. He unsuccessfully contested the 1965 Ceylonese parliamentary election and the 1970 Ceylonese parliamentary election
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The Nepal cricket team toured Kenya in August and September 2022 to play five Twenty20 International (T20I) matches and three 50-over matches. This was the first series in charge for Nepal's new head coach Manoj Prabhakar, after Pubudu Dassanayake resigned in July 2022. This series was Nepal cricket team's first visit to Kenya. This was also the first international cricket at the Gymkhana Club Ground for 10 years.