Sahan Avishka

Sahan Avishka Dias Gunasekara Gangoda Gamage

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 5' 10", Weight 178 lb.

• High School D. S. Senanayake College

• Born September 25, 1996 in Sabaragamuwa Province Sri Lanka

Biographical Information

Sahan Avishka has played for the Sri Lankan national team.

Avishka was with Sri Lanka for the 2017 Asian Championship, their first Asian Championship. He went 2 for 9 with a run and a RBI while fielding .800. He then played for them in their first Asian Games, the 2018 Asian Games. In the opener, he started at second base, hitting 9th. He grounded out his first at-bat, against Cola Phouangkeo, but later hit a three-run triple off Phithak Hopkhop. He was 1 for 5 and had a putout and an assist. The next day, he drove in two of their three runs in a loss to Thailand. He twice singled off Kevin Kawin Irwin to plate Hena Kanakanamge Kasthuri Akala Ranasinghe and then was retired by Sakai Phraechai his last trip up. He had a putout, assist and error. He was second in the preliminary round in RBI, one behind Jack Daru.

In the 2019 Asian Championship, he moved to catcher. He had one of Sri Lanka's two hits off Yasuaki Ojima of Japan in the opener. He finished at .250/.250/.250 with one run in four games, handling 15 chances error-free.