Dilshan Madushanka fetches record LPL price of $ 92,000

The inaugural LPL player auction is in progress

By Sa’adi Thawfeeq

Dilshan Madushanka

Chad Bowes

Sri Lanka’s left-arm white ball seamer Dilshan Madushanka fetched a record price in the Lanka Premier League (LPL) when reigning champions Jaffna Kings brought him for $ 92,000 at the inaugural auction held at the Shangri La Hotel in Colombo yesterday.

Madushanka (22) who has represented Sri Lanka in 11 T20Is and 2 ODIs, has been in outstanding form for Sri Lanka ‘A’ in the ongoing series against South Africa ‘A’ in Pallekele which may have swayed the bidders to make a record claim for him. Madushanka was the highest wicket-taker in the three-match unofficial ODI series with nine wickets (avg. 12.33), and took an additional four wickets in the first 4-day unofficial test which Sri Lanka ‘A’ won by 160 runs yesterday.

Jaffna Kings also brought the second highest player at the auction, Sri Lanka’s top order white ball batsman Charith Asalanka for $ 80,000.

Dambulla Aura made the third highest bid for a Sri Lankan player with $ 76,000 each for Dhananjaya de Silva and Binura Fernando. B-Love Kandy were not far, spending $ 72,000 for Dinesh Chandimal and $ 70,000 for Sri Lanka’s prime white ball bowler Dushmantha Chameera.

Sadeera Samarawickrama (Dambulla Aura) for $ 68,000, Kamindu Mendis (B-Love Kandy) for $ 60,000 and Dunith Wellalage (Jaffna Kings) for $ 56,000 were the other Sri Lankan players to fetch high prices.

The highest overseas players brought was New Zealand’s Chad Bowes for $ 58,000 by Galle Titans, while Chris Lynn (Jaffna Kings), Ifthikar Ahmed (Colombo Strikers), Noor Ahmed (Dambulla Aura) and Shoaib Malik (Jaffna Kings) were all brought for $ 50,000 each.

Tournament director Samantha Dodanwela thanked Charu Sharma for conducting the auction in a very professional manner.

The full list:

• Colombo Strikers: Babar Azam, Matheesha Pathirana, Naseem Shah, Chamika Karunaratne.

Pathum Nissanka ($ 40,000), Niroshan Dickwella ($ 44,000), Wahab Riaz ($ 40,000), Lakshan Sandakan ($ 30,000), Nipun Dananjaya ($ 5000), Movin Subasinghe ($ 10,000), Lahiru Udara ($ 10,000), Eshan Malinga ($ 5,000), Shashika Dulshan ($ 6,500), Nuwanidu Fernando ($ 20,000), Iftikar Ahmed ($ 50,000), Lorcan Tucker ($ 10,000), Jeffrey Vandersay ($ 20,000), Angelo Perera ($ 20,000), Dhananjaya Lakshan ($ 20,000), Kavishka Anjula ($ 5,000), Ramesh Mendis ($ 26,000), Mohamed Nawaz ($ 30,000), Ahan Wickramasinghe ($ 5,000), Yashoda Lanka ($ 5,000).

six overseas players - Babar Azam, Naseem Shah, Wahab Riaz, Iftikar Ahmed, Lorcan Tucker, Mohamed Nawaz.

 

• Dambulla Aura: Mathew Wade, Kusal Mendis, Lungi Ngidi, Avishka Fernando.

Dhananjaya de Silva ($ 76,000), Kusal Janith Perera ($ 40,000), Lahiru Kumara ($ 40,000), Hayden Kerr ($ 20,000), Sadeera Samarawickrama ($ 68,000), Binura Fernando ($ 76,000), Noor Ahmed ($ 50,000), Sachitha Jayathilaka ($ 5,000), Janith Liyanage ($ 10,000), Dushan Hemantha ($ 20,000), Lakshan Edirisinghe ($ 5,000), Pramod Madushan ($ 34,000), Shanawaz Dhani ($ 20,000), Jehan Daniel ($ 8,000), Wanuja Sahan ($5 ,000), Kavidu Pathiratna ($ 5,000), Ravindu Fernando ($ 5,000), Alex Ross ($ 20,000), Treveen Mathew ($ 7,000), Manelker de Silva ($ 5,000), Praveen Jayawickrama ($ 20,000).

six overseas players - Mathew Wade, Lungi Ngidi, Hayden Kerr, Noor Ahmed, Shanawaz Dhani, Alex Ross

• Galle Titans: Shakib Al Hasan, Dasun Shanaka, Tabraiz Shamsi, Bhanuka Rajapaksa.

Seekkuge Prasanna ($ 15,000), Lahiru Kumara ($ 40,000), Lasith Croospulle ($ 20,000), Sohan de Livera ($ 5,000), Ashan Priyanjan ($ 20,000), Ben Cutting ($ 30,000), Mohammad Mithun ($ 20,000), Minod Bhanuka ($ 20,000), Pasindu Sooriyabandara ($ 5,000), Shevon Daniel ($ 22,000), Mohammad Shiraz ($ 5,000), Lahiru Samarakoon ($ 40,000), Kasun Rajitha ($ 40,000), Akila Dananjaya ($ 11,000), Chad Bowes ($ 58,000), Tim Seifert ($ 30,000), Sonal Dinusha ($ 5,000), Avishka Perera ($ 6,000), Anuk Fernando ($ 5,000), Vishwa Fernando ($ 10,000).

6 overseas players – Shakib Al Hasan, Tabraiz Shamsi, Ben Cutting, Mohammad Mithun, Chad Bowes, Tim Seifert.

 

• Lycas Jaffna Kings: David Miller, Thisara Perera, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Maheesh Theekshana.

Charith Asalanka ($ 80,000), Dunith Wellalage ($ 56,000), Shoaib Malik ($ 50,000), Pathum Kumara ($ 5,000), Vijayakanth Viyaskanth ($ 18,000), Theesan Vithusan ($ 5,000), Asanka Manoj ($ 5,000), Nishan Madushka ($ 10,000), Asitha Fernando ($ 28,000), Hardus Viljoen ($ 30,000), Nuwan Thushara ($ 30,000), Dilshan Madushanka ($ 92,000), Zaman Khan ($ 20,000), Ashan Randika ($ 5,000), Ratnarajah Thenurathan ($ 5,000), Chris Lynn ($ 50,000), Asela Gunaratne ($ 10,000).

six overseas players – David Miller, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Shoaib Malik, Hardus Viljoen, Zaman Khan, Chris Lynn.

 

• B-Love Kandy: Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Wanindu Hasaranga, Fakhar Zaman, Angelo Mathews.

Isuru Udana ($ 40,000), Dinesh Chandimal ($ 72,000), Mohammad Hasnain ($ 34,000), Dushmantha Chameera ($ 70,000), Sahan Arachchige ($ 28,000), Ashen Bandara ($ 40,000), Mohammad Haris ($ 20,000), Navod Paranavithana ($ 5,000), Asif Ali ($ 30,000), Kamindu Mendis ($ 60,000), Nuwan Pradeep ($ 20,000), Chaturanga de Silva ($ 10,000), Lahiru Madushanka ($ 26,000), Aameer Jamal ($ 10,000), Malsha Tharupathi ($ 13,000), Thanuka Dabare ($ 10,000), Lasith Abeyratne ($ 5,000), Avishka Tharindu ($ 5,000).

six overseas players – Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Fakhar Zaman, Mohammad Hasnain, Mohammad Haris, Asif Ali, Aameer Jamal.