Mahanama College comes into this year’s big match, the 12th Battle of the Golds, as the favourites and the better side on paper, whereas D. S. Senanayake College will look to make an impact at P. Sara Oval grounds, Colombo on the 16th and 17th of March.

History of the Encounter

DS-Mahanama started their series way back in 2007 and since then only D. S. Senanayake has notched up a win; in 2014 under the captaincy of left arm seamer Binura Fernando. The rest of the matches ended as drawn encounters.

Having a history of 60 years in the game, Mahanama College has produced some great cricketers in the past such as Danushka Gunathilake and Lalithmana Fernando and they are working on building more players who will represent Sri Lanka in the future.

D. S. Senanayake College have produced arguably Sri Lanka’s best batsman in Aravinda De Silva along with former Sri Lankan skipper Hashan Tillakaratne and more recently, T20 specialists Isuru Udana and Binura Fernando.

Mahanama College

Mahanama College has done extremely well this season as they qualified to play the semi-finals in the two-day competition & pre-quarter finals in the one-day tournament.

Sri Lanka youth cap Heshan Hettiarachchi will lead the Mahanamians this year and he has performed well with the bat & ball to help the lads from Mahanama to the pre-quarter final stage.

Mahanama College prepping for Schools’ Cricket title

After a successful 2016/17 season, Mahanama College//

Left-arm spinner Hashan Sandeepa and skipper Hettiarachchie are the top wicket takers for Mahanama with over 60 wickets to their tally. Bishan Mendis, Pawan Rathnayake and Vinuka Rubasinghe will be the players to watch out when they go out to bat in the battle of the golds.

Mahanama squad

Heshan Hettiarachchie (Captain), Pathum Botheju, Bishan Mendis, Vinuka Rubasinghe, Pawantha Weerasinghe, Pawan Ratnayake, Hashan Sandeepa, Vihanga Arangalla, Wathsara Perera, Sachira Weliwatta, Lahiru Kavinda, Dileesha Thuduwage, Ishan Devapriya, Yasiru Kasthuriarachchie, Chamal Rashmika, Pasindu Jayaranjana, Sonal Dinusha.

D.S. Senanayake College

DS Senanayake have managed to finish in the final 16 teams same as their counterparts and look to make a strong impact in this year’s battle of the golds

All-rounder Vihan Gunasekara has excelled to his abilities and got his team up and running for the season with some excellent fight-backs.

DS Senanayake College search for ‘Big Match’ victory

Following a modest 2017/18 schools cricket season..

Muditha Lakshan is another guy who has established himself as a player with all-round performances. Lakshan and Gunasekara will have to play major roles to ensure their team succeeeds in the big match with Mahanama being the favourites.

DSS Squad

Vihan Gunasekara (Captain), Muditha Lakshan, Senal Chandrasekara, Abishek Liyanarachchie, Zenol Jayasena, Sachintha Hettige, Uvindu Chandrasiri, Teron Shanel, Gimhan Ganegoda, Pasindu Adithya, Methushan Kumara, Tuwin Nilakshana,Dasun Dimasha, Gihan Harshana, Sandaru Chandika, Mohomad Afshan, Lahiru Samaranayake.

Final Say  

Both teams have qualified for the final 16 teams but Mahanama College has a slight edge over DS Senanayake College and they will look to make it their first win in the series.