Sri Lanka T20 batsman, Shehan Jayasooriya and Sri Lanka Test wicket-keeper Niroshan Dickwella will represent their respective campus teams as the final stages of the Red Bull Campus Cricket 2015 Sri Lanka championship gets underway on September 1st at Thurstan grounds.
The left-handed batting all-rounder Shehan Jayasooriya and UAE opener, Andri Berenger will represent defending champions, International College of Business and Technology (ICBT) while former Trinity skipper, Niroshan Dickwella will be playing for the Business Management School (BMS) team.
Former Sri Lanka player, Brendon Kuruppu act as the Tournament Director while current Sri Lanka vice-captain Lahiru Thirimanne is the brand ambassador of this tournament.
In its fourth successful year, Red Bull Campus Cricket (RBCC) is back to fuel the passions of young Sri Lankan cricketers. Red Bull Campus matches are played under the same regulations that govern ICC T20 matches. However, this year Red Bull has added one more twist and included two special clauses which allows for a Super Sub and Strategic Timeout enabling more strategy and planning right throughout the nail-biting games.
The first-round games were held last May and the top 8 teams were qualified to play the quarter-finals. Defending champions, ICBT and defending runner-up, RIC (Royal Institute) got a free passage to the quarter-finals.
Many budding club players who are deemed as future Sri Lankan stars will take part in this exciting T20 tournament and the winner will represent Sri Lanka to play the World Finals in October and this time around, cricketing giants’ India will host the event.
The World finals will see 200 universities from the eight cricketing nations in Australia, Bangladesh, England, India, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka and the UAE match their skills. South Africa won this tournament last time.
The quarter-final lineup
1st September – ICBT vs BMS – 9.30 – Thurstan Grounds.
1st September – IIHE vs RI – 14.00 – Thurstan Grounds.
2nd September – ACBT vs NSBM – 9.30 – Thurstan Grounds.
2nd September – SLIIT vs KDU – 14.00 – Thurstan Grounds.
The semi-finals will be played on 9th September and the grand final will be worked out on 10th September at the same venue, Thurstan grounds.
