Shevon Daniel (born 15 March 2004) is a professional

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

n cricketer who currently plays limited overs cricket for the national team. His elder brother

Jehan Daniel 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' ...

is also a cricketer.

Biography

He pursued his primary and secondary education at

Saint Joseph's College, Colombo , motto_translation = In Knowledge and Virtue , location = T. B. Jayah Mawatha, Colombo 10 , country = Sri Lanka , coordinates = , caption = School Facade , pushpin_m ...

. He also played school cricket for St. Joseph's College and also captained his school cricket team. He also played age group rugby for his school team before specialising in the sport of cricket. In July 2022, he captained St. Joseph's College in their 88th annual big match clash (which is popularly known as the Battle of the Saints) against rival school

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and the match eventually ended in a draw.

Youth career

He was a key member of the

Sri Lanka national under-19 cricket team The Sri Lankan Under-19 cricket team is the cricket team that represents Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly kn ...

which emerged as runners-up to India during the

2021 ACC Under-19 Asia Cup The 2021 Under-19 Asia Cup was the 9th edition of ACC Under-19 Cup. The cricket tournament was played in United Arab Emirates from 23 December 2021 to 31 December 2021. Eight teams contested in the tournament, including five full members and thre ...

. In January 2022, he was named in Sri Lanka's squad for the

2022 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup The 2022 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup was an international limited-overs cricket tournament that was held in the West Indies in January and February 2022 with sixteen teams taking part. It was the fourteenth edition of the Under-19 Cricket Wor ...

in the West Indies. He played for Gujranwala Giants in the inaugural edition of the Pakistan Junior League in

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and had a breakout tournament with the bat scoring 176 runs in 5 matches.

Domestic career

He made his

first-class cricket First-class cricket, along with List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket, is one of the highest-standard forms of cricket. A first-class match is one of three or more days' scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players each and is officia ...

debut for Colombo against Jaffna on 24 February 2022 during the 2022 National Super League 4-Day Tournament at the

Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, also known as Sooriyawewa International Cricket Stadium ( si, මහින්ද රාජපක්ෂ ජාත්‍යන්තර ක්‍රිකට් ක්‍රීඩාංගනය, ta ...

. He made his T20 debut for

Sinhalese Sports Club The Singhalese Sports Club (SSC) is a first-class cricket club in 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 w ...

against

Badureliya Sports Club Badureliya Sports Club is a first-class cricket team in Sri Lanka. It plays its home matches at Surrey Village Cricket Ground, Maggona. In late 2008, the club threatened to boycott the Sri Lankan domestic tournaments due to their objections to be ...

on 22 May 2022 during the 2022 Major Clubs T20 Tournament at the

Colombo Cricket Club Ground Colombo Cricket Club Ground (CCCG; si, කොළඹ ක්‍රිකට් සමාජ ක්‍රීඩාංගනය, ta, கொலோம்போ கிரிக்கெட் கிளப் கிரௌண்ட்) is a multi-purp ...

. On his professional T20 debut appearance, he smashed an unbeaten 59 off just 38 deliveries batting at number three and his knock came at a brisk strike rate of 155.26 which was also inclusive of 5 sixes. His knock propelled Sinhalese Sports Club to a decent total of 146/6 on the board which the team went onto defend successfully. He made his List A debut for Sinhalese Sports Club against

Saracens Sports Club The Saracens Sports Club (Saracens SC) is a Sri Lankan first-class cricket First-class cricket, along with List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket, is one of the highest-standard forms of cricket. A first-class match is one of three or more days ...

on 27 June 2022 during the 2022-23 Major Clubs Limited Over Tournament. He was shortlisted as one of the frontrunners to claim the prestigious Observer- Mobitel

Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year School Cricketers Of The Year Award is an award given to school cricketers in Sri Lanka. It was first awarded by the patronage of Warner-Hudunut Ltd in 1978 and ''The Sunday Observer'' newspaper by Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited has been ...

award.

Franchise cricket

He was signed by

Dambulla Giants Dambulla Aura, previously known as Dambulla Viiking and Dambulla Giants, are a franchise Twenty20 cricket team based in Dambulla, Sri Lanka, that competes in the Lanka Premier League (LPL). In June 2021, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) terminated the f ...

for the

2022 Lanka Premier League The 2022 Lanka Premier League also known as Mazaplay LPL T20, for sponsorship reasons, was the third edition of the Lanka Premier League (LPL) Twenty20 franchise cricket tournament in Sri Lanka. It was originally scheduled to take place from 31 ...

. In November 2022, he was invited by

Rajasthan Royals Rajasthan Royals (often abbreviated as RR) are a franchise cricket team based in Jaipur, Rajasthan, that plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL). Founded in 2008 as one of the initial eight IPL franchises, the team is based at the Sawai ...

in its training camp ahead of the

2023 Indian Premier League The 2023 Indian Premier League, also known as IPL 16 or, for sponsorship reasons, Tata IPL 2023, will be the sixteenth season of the Indian Premier League (IPL), a professional Twenty20 cricket league established by the Board of Control for C ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Daniel, Shevon 2004 births Living people Sri Lankan cricketers Alumni of Saint Joseph's College, Colombo Cricketers from Colombo Sinhalese Sports Club cricketers Cricketers at the 2022 Asian Games Asian Games competitors for Sri Lanka