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Chandra Kumara (cricketer)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 7, 2026
Entity authorityQ28016274 ↗
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Chandra Kumara, also known as Gamini Chandrakumara, (born 6 May 1983) is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He played 49 first-class and 44 List A matches between 2001 and 2011. He was also part of Sri Lanka's squad for the 2002 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.

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Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1983, 2001, 2011, 2002—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1983-05-06. The account is most persuasive where Chandra, Kumara and cricketer can be independently traced.
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The subject matters to the general reference register because the source frames it as cricketer. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 7, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q28016274. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1983, 2001, 2011 and 2002.

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This entry incorporates text from “Chandra Kumara (cricketer)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.