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360 players are to come under the hammer tomorrow

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3 years ago

June 13, 2023

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LPL 2023

The Lanka Premier League 2023 will reach new heights when it holds its first-ever player auction tomorrow (14 June) at the Shangri La Hotel, Colombo. Some of the top names in the cricketing world will come under the hammer at the auction.

A total of 360 players, both capped and uncapped, are registered to obtain a place to play in the 4th edition of the Lanka Premier League 2023, Sri Lanka’s top domestic T20 competition with an international flavour.

Among the registered players are 156 overseas players and 204 domestic players.

During the auction, a franchise will have to pick a minimum of 16 players, including four foreign players, as each franchise already has pre-signed two overseas players along with two Sri Lankan players.

Auction Round

The Auction, which will start at 3.00 p.m. will have 51 rounds, focusing on multiple talent options, such as batters, all-rounders, fast and spin bowlers, and wicketkeepers, with different segments for each criterion, such as capped batters, uncapped batters, etc.

Each franchise will also have to pick one under-21 Sri Lankan player at the auction, a mandatory requirement.

Auction Purse

The auction will have a collective purse of US$ 2.5 million from all five franchise teams, while each franchise will bring in a sum of US$ 500,000.

The teams must ensure that they invest a minimum of 85 percent of the purse they bring into the auction to form their respective squads.

Auctioneer
Charu Sharma, who was part of the previous LPL player drafts, will be the auctioneer
of the Lanka Premier League Player Auction 2023.

ලංකා ප්‍රිමියර් ලීගයේ ක්‍රීඩක වෙන්දේසියට හෙට ක්‍රීඩකයින් 360ක්

ලංකා ප්‍රිමියර් ලීග් 2023 එහි පළමු ක්‍රීඩක වෙන්දේසිය හෙට (ජුනි 14) කොළඹ ෂැංග්‍රිලා හෝටලයේදී පවත්වන විට නව තලයකට පැමිණේ. ක්‍රිකට් ලෝකයේ ප්‍රමුඛ පෙළේ නම් කිහිපයක් වෙන්දේසියේදී මිටිය යටට එනු ඇත.

ජාත්‍යන්තර රසයක් සහිත ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ ප්‍රමුඛතම දේශීය T20 තරඟය වන Lanka Premier League 2023 හි 4 වන අදියර සඳහා ක්‍රීඩා කිරීමට ස්ථානයක් ලබා ගැනීම සඳහා ජාත්‍යන්තර වරම් හිමි වූ සහ නොමැති ක්‍රීඩකයින් 360 දෙනෙකු ලියාපදිංචි වී ඇත.

ලියාපදිංචි ක්‍රීඩකයින් අතර විදේශීය ක්‍රීඩකයින් 156 දෙනෙකු සහ දේශීය ක්‍රීඩකයින් 204 දෙනෙකු ද වේ.

3.00 ට ආරම්භ වන වෙන්දේසිය සඳහා පිතිකරුවන්, තුන් ඉරියව් ක්‍රීඩකයින්, වේග සහ දඟ පන්දු යවන්නන් සහ කඩුලු රකින්නන් වැනි කෙරෙහි අවධානය යොමු කරමින් වට 51 ක් ඇත.

වෙන්දේසියේදී, මුල් වරම දැනටමත් ශ්‍රී ලංකා ක්‍රීඩකයින් දෙදෙනෙකු සමඟ විදේශීය ක්‍රීඩකයින් දෙදෙනෙකු සමඟ කලින් අත්සන් කර ඇති බැවින්, වෙන්දේසියේදී, අවම වශයෙන් ක්‍රීඩකයින් 16 දෙනෙකු තෝරා ගත යුතු අතර, ඊට විදේශීය ක්‍රීඩකයින් හතර දෙනෙකු ඇතුළත් වේ.

අනිවාර්ය අවශ්‍යතාවයක් වන වෙන්දේසියේදී සෑම ෆ්‍රැන්චයිසයකටම වයස අවුරුදු 21 න් පහළ ශ්‍රී ලංකා ක්‍රීඩකයෙකු තෝරා ගැනීමට සිදුවනු ඇත.

වෙන්දේසියේදී ෆ්‍රැන්චයිස් කණ්ඩායම් පහෙන්ම ඇමෙරිකානු ඩොලර් මිලියන 2.5ක සාමූහික මුදල් පසුම්බියක් හිමිවන අතර එක් වරමකට ඇමෙරිකානු ඩොලර් 500,000ක මුදලක් ලැබෙනු ඇත.

තම කණ්ඩායම් පිහිටුවීම සඳහා වෙන්දේසියට ගෙන එන මුදල් පසුම්බියෙන් අවම වශයෙන් සියයට 85ක් ආයෝජනය කරන බවට කණ්ඩායම් සහතික විය යුතුය.

පෙර LPL ක්‍රීඩකයන්ගේ වෙන්දේසියේ චාරු ශර්මා වෙන්දේසිකරුවා මෙවරත් ඉදිරිපත්වනු ඇත.

சிலோன் பிரீமியர் லீக்கில் நாளை 360 வீரர்கள் ஏலம் விடப்படவுள்ளனர்

சிலோன் பிரீமியர் லீக் 2023 அதன் முதல் வீரர்கள் ஏலம் நாளை (ஜூன் 14) கொழும்பில் உள்ள ஷங்ரிலா ஹோட்டலில் நடைபெறும் போது புதிய நிலையை அடையும். கிரிக்கெட் உலகின் தலைசிறந்த சில பெயர்கள் ஏலத்தில் விடப்படும்.

இலங்கையின் முதன்மையான உள்நாட்டு T20 போட்டியான லங்கா பிரீமியர் லீக் 2023 இன் 4 வது கட்டத்தில், சர்வதேச ரசனையுடன் விளையாடுவதற்கான இடத்தைப் பெறுவதற்கு சர்வதேச ஆணைகளுடன் மற்றும் இல்லாத 360 வீரர்கள் பதிவு செய்துள்ளனர்.

பதிவு செய்யப்பட்ட வீரர்களில் 156 வெளிநாட்டு வீரர்களும் 204 உள்ளூர் வீரர்களும் அடங்குவர்.

பிற்பகல் 3.00 மணிக்கு தொடங்கும் ஏலத்தில் பேட்ஸ்மேன்கள், ஆல்-ரவுண்டர்கள், வேகப்பந்து வீச்சாளர்கள் மற்றும் ஸ்பின்னர்கள் மற்றும் விக்கெட் கீப்பர்களை மையமாக வைத்து 51 சுற்றுகள் உள்ளன.

ஏலத்தில், குறைந்தபட்சம் 16 வீரர்கள் தேர்வு செய்யப்பட வேண்டும், இதில் நான்கு வெளிநாட்டு வீரர்கள் உள்ளனர், ஆரம்ப ஆணை ஏற்கனவே இரண்டு இலங்கை வீரர்கள் மற்றும் இரண்டு வெளிநாட்டு வீரர்களுடன் முன்கூட்டியே கையெழுத்திடப்பட்டுள்ளது.

ஒவ்வொரு உரிமையாளரும் 21 வயதுக்குட்பட்ட இலங்கை வீரரை ஏலத்தில் தேர்வு செய்ய வேண்டும், இது கட்டாயத் தேவையாகும்.

ஏலத்தில், அனைத்து ஐந்து உரிமையாளர் அணிகளும் 2.5 மில்லியன் அமெரிக்க டாலர்கள் கூட்டுப் பணமாக இருக்கும் மற்றும் தலா 500,000 அமெரிக்க டாலர்களைப் பெறும்.

அணிகள் தங்கள் அணிகளை அமைக்க ஏலத்தில் கொண்டு வரப்பட்ட பணப்பையில் குறைந்தது 85 சதவீதத்தை முதலீடு செய்வதை உறுதி செய்ய வேண்டும்.

முந்தைய எல்பிஎல் வீரர்கள் ஏலத்தின் ஏலதாரர் சாரு ஷர்மா இம்முறையும் இடம்பெறுவார்.

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Croospulle’s Century Powers Sri Lanka ‘A’ to Comfortable Win

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3 hours ago

April 8, 2026

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A brilliant century from Lasith Croospulle guided Sri Lanka ‘A’ to a convincing 44-run victory over New Zealand ‘A’ in the second unofficial ODI played in Hambantota.

After being put in to bat, Sri Lanka ‘A’ posted a formidable 368/9 in their allotted 50 overs. Croospulle led the charge with a brilliant 103 off 76 balls, striking 13 fours and six sixes in an aggressive display. He was well supported by Sonal Dinusha, who hammered 93 off 77 deliveries, and captain Sahan Arachchige, who contributed a solid 74. The top order maintained a high scoring rate throughout, consistently putting pressure on the visiting bowlers. Despite a few wickets falling at regular intervals, the hosts kept the momentum intact to reach an imposing total.

In response, New Zealand ‘A’ faced a revised target of 203 in 28 overs but managed only 158/3. Curtis Heaphy top-scored with an unbeaten 53, while Dale Phillips added 34. However, the required run rate proved too steep as Sri Lanka ‘A’ bowlers maintained control. Dilshan Madushanka struck early, and Milan Rathnayaka and Ravindu Fernando chipped in with key wickets to restrict the chase.

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Sri Lanka U19 Women suffer narrow defeat in thrilling encounter

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5 hours ago

April 8, 2026

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Sri Lanka U19 Women suffered their first defeat of the tri-series after a dramatic one-wicket loss to Australia U19 Women in Match 3 of the Under-19 Women’s Tri-Series in Australia.

Batting first, Sri Lanka U19 Women posted a modest total of 174 in 49.3 overs. The innings was built around a patient 25 off 56 balls by V. Balasuriya and a brisk 20 from U. Peiris, but the side struggled to build lasting partnerships. Australia’s bowling attack kept things tight throughout, with M. Barwick leading the effort with an impressive 3 for 22, well supported by disciplined spells from the rest of the unit.

In response, Australia U19 Women chased down the target in 43.1 overs, finishing at 175 for 9 in a nail-biting finish. A. Dermody anchored the innings with a crucial 59 off 81 deliveries, while I. Panelli added a valuable unbeaten 37 off 43 balls to guide the hosts over the line.
Sri Lanka’s bowlers made a strong effort to defend the total, led by A. Thalagune’s outstanding five-wicket haul (5 for 42), which kept the contest alive until the final moments. N. Upeksha also provided excellent support with 3 for 5, applying pressure during the middle overs.

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Sri Lanka Eyes Long-Term Cricket Revival as Government Unveils Structured Plan

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8 hours ago

April 8, 2026

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Sri Lanka’s journey back to cricketing excellence will require patience, planning, and sustained effort, according to Sports Minister Sunil Kumara Gamage, who addressed Parliament on the future of the sport.

Highlighting the challenges facing the national game, the minister noted that the decline in cricket along with other sports—has unfolded over more than a decade. As a result, he cautioned against expectations of a quick turnaround, emphasizing that meaningful progress will take time.

Building strong athletes and competitive teams is a gradual process. It’s not something that can be rushed or treated like a short-term project

Gamage revealed that the government has already put in place a comprehensive, structured programme designed to rebuild the foundations of Sri Lankan cricket. He stressed that the initiative is focused on long-term development rather than immediate results.

Responding to criticism from opposition groups, the minister dismissed claims questioning the effectiveness of the plan, insisting that the strategy is firmly on track.

He also expressed confidence in the country’s ability to reclaim its former cricketing stature, assuring that the efforts underway will ultimately deliver results.