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Sri Lanka Legends Skipper T.M. Dilshan with the Man of the Match Upul Tharanga after the Bangladesh Legends match. Upul Tharanga scored a blistering 99 runs with a strike rate of over 200% against the Bangladesh Legends
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Sri Lanka’s premier connectivity provider, Dialog Axiata PLC, has come forth to power the ‘Sri Lanka Legends’ cricket team which at present is competing for top honours at the T-20 ‘Road Safety World Series’ played off in Raipur, India.
The Sri Lanka Legends team is skippered by former national allrounder T.M. Dilshan, while legends of the game, such as master blaster Sanath Jayasuriya, Rangana Herath, Upul Tharanga, Favreez Maharoof, Ajantha Mendis, Chamara Silva, Kaushalya Weerarathne, Nuwan Kulasekera and Russel Arnold make up the squad.
At present the Sri Lanka Legends have won four of their five matches, beating Australia Legends, West Indies Legends, South Africa Legends and Bangladesh Legends, while only losing to India Legends.
The India Legends team is skippered by none other than the little master himself, Sachin Tendulkar, South Africa Legends by fielding maestro Jonty Rhodes, West Indies Legends by batting maestro Brian Lara who holds the record for the highest Test Match score of 501, England Legends by the ever-reliable Kevin Pietersen, Bangladesh Legends by allrounder Mohammed Rafique and Australia Legends by speedster, Bret Lee.
On 14 March Sri Lanka Legends will be challenged by England Legends to complete the league games. Sri Lanka has already qualified for the semi-finals which will be played on 17 March at Rajpur, while the second semi-final will be played on 19 March at the same venue. The grand final will be played at the Patil Stadium in Mumbai under lights.
“It is good to be playing again with old team mates and friends. Whilst having a good time networking with everyone and bonding, I must stress that these games are played very seriously; no less than how we would generally play an international game,” spin legend, Rangana Herath said. “Dialog Axiata has long been a great supporter of Sri Lanka Sports and it is sincerely appreciated that they are backing the Sri Lanka Legends away from home. Dialog is the only Sri Lankan brand to be represented here,” Rangana Herath further added.
