Jehan Keeth Cion Daniel (born 13 April 1999) is a Sri Lankan cricketer who plays for Sri Lanka U19's side. He also represented the national U19 side in the 2016 U19 World Cup. In December 2017, he was named as the vice captain of Sri Lanka's squad for the

2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup The 2018 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup was an international limited-overs cricket tournament that was held in New Zealand from 13 January to 3 February 2018. It was the twelfth edition of the Under-19 Cricket World Cup, and the third to be hel ...

. In March 2018, he was named in Kandy's squad for the

2017–18 Super Four Provincial Tournament The 2017–18 Super Four Provincial Tournament was a first-class cricket tournament, that was played in Sri Lanka during March and April 2018. It took place following the conclusion of the 2017–18 Premier League Tournament and featured four t ...

. The following month, he was also named in Kandy's squad for the

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. He made his

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debut for Kandy in the 2018 Super Provincial One Day Tournament on 2 May 2018. In August 2018, he was named in Galle's squad the

2018 SLC T20 League The 2018 SLC T20 League was a domestic Twenty20 cricket tournament that was held in Sri Lanka, between 21 August and 2 September 2018. Four teams took part in the tournament: Colombo, Dambulla, Galle and Kandy. The Rangiri Dambulla Internationa ...

. He made his

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debut for Galle on 21 August 2018. In the same month,

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named him in a preliminary squad of 31 players for the

2018 Asia Cup The 2018 Asia Cup (also known as Unimoni Asia Cup for sponsorship reasons) was a One-Day International (ODI) cricket tournament that was held in the United Arab Emirates in September 2018. It was the 14th edition of the Asia Cup and the third ...

. He made his first-class debut for

Colts Cricket Club Colts Cricket Club is a first-class cricket team based in Colombo, Sri Lanka. They have won 6 first class tournaments of Sri Lanka domestic league as in 1991/92, 1999/2000, 2001/02, 2004/05, 2008/09 and 2011/12 and 2 Premier Limited Overs Tourna ...

in the

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on 30 November 2018. In December 2018, he was named in Sri Lanka team for the

2018 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup The 2018 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup was the third edition of the ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup held in Karachi, Pakistan and Colombo, Sri Lanka. Eight teams participated in the tournament including five under-23 age level teams of Test nations and ...

. In November 2019, he was named in Sri Lanka's squad for the

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in Bangladesh. Later the same month, he was named in Sri Lanka's squad for the cricket tournament at the

2019 South Asian Games The 2019 South Asian Games, officially the XIII South Asian Games, was a major multi-sport event which was originally slated to be held from 9 to 18 March 2019 in Kathmandu and Pokhara, Nepal. However, the dates were postponed and the event was ...

. The Sri Lanka team won the silver medal, after they lost to Bangladesh by seven wickets in the final. In August 2021, he was named in the SLC Reds team for the

2021 SLC Invitational T20 League The 2021 SLC Invitational T20 League was a Twenty20 cricket tournament that took place in Sri Lanka from 12 to 24 August 2021. All the matches were played at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, in Kandy, and were used as preparation for ...

tournament. However, prior to the first match, he failed a fitness test. In November 2021, he was selected to play for the Colombo Stars following the players' draft for the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Daniel, Jehan 1999 births Living people Sri Lankan cricketers Colts Cricket Club cricketers Cricketers from Colombo South Asian Games silver medalists for Sri Lanka South Asian Games medalists in cricket