# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/upul-chandana
# Generated: 2026-08-14T14:54:18.012Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/upul-chandana"
name: "Upul Chandana"
slug: "upul-chandana"
description: "Deshabandu Umagiliya Durage Upul Chandana, popularly known as Upul Chandana, is a former Sri Lankan cricketer who played both Tests and ODIs. He was more specifically a leg spin bowler and was also an outstanding fielder. He was a part of the Sri Lankan squad which won the 1996 Cricket World Cup, however he did not play any matches during the tournament. Chandana is considered to be one of the best leg spinners who ever played for Sri Lanka. He was also a competent lower-order batsman, having scored a total of seven half-centuries at international level."
tagline: "Cricketer"
gender: "male"
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profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1972-05-07"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump