(Lanka-e-News -10.June.2016, 11.30PM) Two Sri Lankan cricketers Kithruwan Vithanage and Ramith Rambukwella who were in a drunken state at the Water’s edge , Battaramulla had been severely assaulted by another group recently.
Kithruwan who suffered head injuries was admitted to the Colombo private hospital , and was discharged after two days indoor treatment.
Ramith Rambukwella after admitting Kithruwan to hospital has returned to the Water’s edge with a group of goons .
These two cricketers have played for SL , and have been selected for the SL team ’A’ that is to tour England in a fortnight.
The two cricketers who were being coached by Avishka Gunawardena in view of the forthcoming tour , have got involved after consumption of liquor in the night.
They have not informed the SL Cricket Association of this incident , and the officials who are aware of this are also pretending they do not know about it , based on reports.
Responding to our inquiries , SL cricket Association CEO Ashley De Silva said , nobody has made any complaint to him in this regard.
Time and again there had been reports against the behavior of these two players. Yet they were chosen for the A team to tour England because Sanath Jayasuriya the chairman of the Selection board is having most close and cordial relationship with the fathers of these players , according to the team mates.
During a test match at Galle , Kithruwan disappeared from the hotel one night with a female secretary of the association ,and he was banned from participating in matches.
Ramith Rambukwella is the son of former minister of media Keheliya Rambukwella . When the former was playing in the under 19 team , he was found guilty on charges of keeping a Russian woman in his room . In addition when representing the SL ‘A’ team while he was on flight travelling in a plane belonging to the British airways from Granada , West Indies to London with his team , under the influence of liquor he tried to open the plane door instead of the toilet door which created a huge stir . This reckless and shameless conduct confirms what a drunkard he is .
While these cricketers are all along misbehaving in a way that is tarnishing the image of the game itself , why are much better players who are shining not being selected to the ‘A’ team ,the other players who are disillusioned over this favoritism are questioning with concern.
By a special correspondent
Translated by Jeff
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The main reasons for the abject performances of our cricket team is drunkards.Whether winning or losing partying is a must. Why is the cricket board of sri lanka tolerating this? Maybe because they cannot correct their drinking partners. Have you ever heard of cricket board authorities at any time castigating such behaviour? So the merry men go along with such misdemeanour in the firm belief despite this they will be selected. in Ramith's case its his genes - like the father's case in Australia. What better example than the Chairman of Selectors. Everything will be forgotten and made up over a bottle! Thats the Sri Lanka psyche - even in a time of mourning there is gambling den in front and a distillery at the behind to drown ones sorrows.
-- by Fauzul Ameer on 2016-06-11
