Madurawelage Don Udara Supeksha Jayasundera (born 3 January 1991), more commonly known as Udara Jayasundera, is a Sri Lankan Test

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er. He is a left-handed

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and an occasional

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bowler. He is a past student of

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, Colombo.

Career

Jayasundera played for Sri Lanka Board President's XI in a tour match against West Indians in October 2015, top scoring with 142 runs. He made his

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debut on 10 December 2015 against New Zealand. He had a poor debut in the match, where he was only able to score a single run in the first innings and 3 runs in the second innings. Sri Lanka lost the match by 122 runs at the end. In November 2021, he was selected to play for the

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following the players' draft for the

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* 1991 births Living people Sri Lankan cricketers Sri Lanka Test cricketers Cricketers from Western Province, Sri Lanka Galle Guardians cricketers Mannar District cricketers Nagenahira Nagas cricketers 21st-century Sri Lankan sportsmen {{SriLanka-cricket-bio-1990s-stub