# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kumar-dharmasena
# Generated: 2026-08-12T16:49:10.122Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kumar-dharmasena"
name: "Kumar Dharmasena"
slug: "kumar-dharmasena"
description: "Deshabandu Handunnettige Deepthi Priyantha Kumar Dharmasena is a Sri Lankan cricket umpire and former international cricketer. He is a member of the Elite Panel of ICC Umpires and the first person to participate in an ICC Cricket World Cup final both as a player and an umpire. A right-handed batsman and a right-arm off break bowler, Dharmasena was a member of the Sri Lankan side that won the 1996 Cricket World Cup and the side which were joint-winners of the 2002 ICC Champions Trophy with India."
tagline: "Sri Lankan cricketer & umpire"
gender: "male"
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1971-04-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.24788
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump