Pradeep Sri Jayaprakashdaran (born 13 January 1984) is a former Sri Lankan

cricket Cricket is a Bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball game played between two Sports team, teams of eleven players on a cricket field, field, at the centre of which is a cricket pitch, pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two Bail (cr ...

er from the city of

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School times

Educated at the

Royal College, Colombo Royal College, Colombo also known as; Royal Colombo, Colombo Royal College or Colombo Royal) is a Single-sex education, boys' school located in Cinnamon Gardens, Cinnamon Gardens, Colombo, Sri Lanka. Started by Joseph Marsh (priest), Joseph Mar ...

he played in the Royal–Thomian and went on to play club level for the

Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club Tamil Union Cricket & Athletic Club is a first-class cricket team based in Colombo, Sri Lanka. They play their home games at P. Saravanamuttu Stadium. History The club can trace its roots back to the final years of the 19th century in which t ...

.Sri Lanka’s cricket future in safe hands
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International career

He has played one

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, against

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in the group stage of the 2005 Indian Oil Cup.

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* Sri Lanka One Day International cricketers Sri Lankan Tamil people Cricketers from Colombo Alumni of Royal College, Colombo Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club cricketers Living people 1984 births 21st-century Sri Lankan sportsmen {{SriLanka-cricket-bio-1980s-stub