Sri Lanka’s two prominent cheerleaders-Gayan Senanayaka and Mohammed Nilam-will be in India to cheer for their team during the upcoming matches.
Confirming the same, Gayan Senanayaka said, “we are arriving in Delhi on Tuesday night and will head to Lucknow on Wednesday”.
The first T-20I (Night) will be played on Thursday.
“During this pandemic, I have missed many matches but anyhow, the time has now come to cheer for our team. The game without fans is really boring”.
Both supporters will be at the ground for three ODIs’ in Lucknow and Dharamshala. “We will also attend the first Test at Mohali. It will be our pleasure to attend the Mohali Test, which will be Virat Kohli’s 100th Test”.
Their presence in the second Test at Bangalore will depend on the BCCI’s policy to allow fans.
Gayan and Nilam are Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli’s fans. “We have requested them to provide us with match-tickets”.
It may here be recalled that Rohit, in 2017 had provided air tickets to Nilam during the latter’s India trip when he learnt that his father was ill in Sri Lanka. Next year, Rohit Sharma, who was in Colombo leading the side in the Nidahas Trophy, didn’t forget his promise and paid a visit to Nilam’s family.
Gayan Senanayaka’s Indian visit is being sponsored by Deen Brothers. “We have been sponsoring his tours since the last ten years”, Najeeb Deen, the Managing Director of the company said over the telephone.
Najeeb Deen, the former member of Sri Lanka Cricket’s tour organising committee is also a great fan and has visited ten countries and has witnessed five out of 6 World Cup finals (ODIs and T-20Is) in which his team reached finals.
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