The rebel tour to South Africa from October–December 1982 scuppered any aspirations of official international recognition.
The wicket-keeper batsman made his debut against Australia in 1980 with an explosive 80 in Galle and went on to score several top-notch half centuries against England during the 1981 tour.
Devapriya has scored 1,761 first-class runs in a short career of 70 matches.
[3] He was replaced by Harsha de Silva as the head coach of the Sri Lankan women's cricket team.
[4][5] Devapriya holds level III qualifications from the ECB and is a Level II Certified Coach in Sri Lanka.. His coaching career spans over 15 years where he was the head coach of the Colombo Cricket Club, the NCC, the Fingara Cricket Academy and most recently Bloomfield C & AC.