Sri Lanka Cricket award central contracts to 41 male avid gamers – no Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Danushka Gunathilaka within the listing

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has passed out upgraded central contracts to a whopping 41 male avid gamers, up from 29 in the past. Like in earlier years, there are six classes – A1, A2, B2, C1, C2, and ‘A’ Group – with a number of performance-based clauses integrated.

Then again, SLC has declined to reveal the precise classes each and every of the avid gamers has been slotted in, with CEO Ashley de Silva telling ESPNcricinfo, “We do not wish to negatively affect participant morale via publicly revealing that data.”

The expanded contract listing method new faces similar to Shevon Daniel, Dushan Hemantha, Nuwanidu Fernando and Sahan Arachchige have all earned offers in spite of their restricted recreation time with the nationwide facet.

Key within the new contracts is a focal point on red-ball cricket, with Check-match charges seeing a 100% bump, the speculation being to incentivise avid gamers to make themselves to be had for the longer layout of the sport. The bills, regardless that, might be merit-based with “other cost constructions” relying on effects. ODI and T20I tournament charges have had a flat 25% building up.

At the side of enhanced day by day allowances, avid gamers may also obtain one-time bills for topping the ICC participant scores both as a batter, a bowler or an allrounder. Gamers making it into the highest ten within the scores however no longer topping them can also be granted a one-time cost.

Sri Lanka’s centrally shrunk males’s avid gamers

Dimuth Karunaratne, Dinesh Chandimal, Wanindu Hasaranga, Angelo Mathews, Kusal Mendis, Dhananjaya De Silva, Charith Asalanka, Pathum Nissanka, Dasun Shanaka, Maheesh Theekshana, Kasun Rajitha, Prabath Jayasuriya, Dushmantha Chameera, Dilshan Madushanka, Asitha Fernando, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Ramesh Mendis, Kamindu Mendis, Chamika Karunaratne, Dunith Wellalage, Lahiru Kumara, Nishan Madushka, Matheesha Pathirana, Kusal Janith Perera, Vishwa Fernando, Jeffrey Vandersay, Pramod Madushan, Janith Liyanage, Akila Dananjaya, Praveen Jayawickrama, Nuwan Thushara, Sahan Arachchige, Nuwanidu Fernando, Dushan Hemantha, Lasith Embuldeniya, Binura Fernando, Shevon Daniel, Niroshan Dickwella, Ashen Bandara, Oshada Fernando, Avishka Fernando