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Sri Lanka pace sensation Matheesha Pathirana grabbed the limelight after being bought for a record-breaking price of USD 120,000 in the Lanka Premier League (LPL ) Player Auction. The star player, who left the Chennai Super Kings’ camp midway through the IPL 2024 was sold for USD 120,000 to the Colombo Strikers on Tuesday, May 21.
The LPL 2024 player auction is currently taking place in Colombo and features 424 cricketers for a spot in Sri Lanka’s premier T20 league. Speaking of Pathirana, the bidding war began with Dambulla Aura starting at USD 70,000. The Galle Marvels escalated the bid to USD 100,000 and then to USD 120,000, setting a new record.
But then the Colombo Strikers exercised their right to match Galle Marvels’ bid and eventually triumphed securing his services for a record-breaking USD 120,000, making him the most expensive player in LPL history.
LPL 2024 squads at break in auction
B-Love Kandy:
Total signings: 15
Remaining price purse: USD 127,000
Squad: Wanindu Hasaranga, Angelo Mathews, Dushmantha Chameera, Kamindu Mendia, Andre Fletcher, Kyle Mayers, Ashen Bandara, Dinesh Chandimal, Dasun Shanaka, Ramesh Mendia, Dimuth Karunaratne
Colombo Strikers:
Total signings: 19
Remaining price purse: USD 104,000
Squad: Chamika Karunaratne, Thisara Perera, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Nipun Dhananjaya, Shadab Khan, Glenn Phillips, Chamika Gunasekara, Dunith Wellalage, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Taskin Ahmed, Angelo Perera, Shevon Daniel, Garuka Sanketh, Matheesha Pathirana.
Dambulla Aura:
Total signings: 16
Remaining price purse: USD 132,000
Squad: Dilshan Madushanka, Nuwan Thushara, Dushan Hemantha, Praveen Jayawickrama, Mustafizur Rahman, Ibrahim Zadran, Lahiru Udara, Akila Dananjaya, Danushka Gunathilaka, Iftikhar Ahmed, Nuwanidu Fernando, Nuwan Pradeep
Galle Titans:
Total signings: 18
Remaining price purse: USD 104,000
Squad: Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Lasith Croospulle, Niroshan Dickwella, Maheesh Theekshana, Tim Seifert, Alex Hales, Janith Liyanage, Dwaine Pretorius, Sahan Arachchige, Lahiru Kumara, Prabath Jayasuriya, Sean Williams, Zahoor Khan, Malsha Tharupathi
Jaffna Kings:
Total signings: 17
Remaining price purse: USD 90,000
Squad: Kusal Mendis, Avishka Fernando, Charith Asalanka, Vijayakanth Viyaskanth, Azmatullah Omarzai, Noor Ahmad, Rilee Roussuw, Fabian Allen, Dhananjaya de Silva, Pramod Madushan, Jason Behrendorff, Binura Fernando, Asitha Fernando.
