Thomian cagers favoured to win

The sixth Royal Thomian senior basketball encounter is scheduled to be payed at Royal College courts at 5.45 p.m. today the 7th November.

Thomians have won all five previous championships this year too, they are confident of returning the honoures under the lable captaincy of their crack centner player Shaveen Kapouwatte. It will be a treat to watch the Tomian combination with Deputy Shehan Gomez and key players such as Matugama, Sangakkara, Ranasinghe and Kapuwatte brothers.

The Thomians are coached by Panduka Ranasinghe and the Master in Charge is N.C. Sarath.

Though the Royal team enters the court as the infancied lot they could pose a threat to the Thomians who are confidant due to their previous record.

Ranga Perera leads the Royal lagers which is coached by Prasanna Jayasinghe. The Master in charge is Lal Indra Kumar.

STC- Sharveen Kapuwatte, Shehan Gomez, Dilshan de Mel, Pareen Mathugama, Dulith Sangakkara, Dinuka Ranasinghe, Sheranga Fernando, S. Muthuthanthri, Saranthaka Cabral, Shevan Kapuwatte, Dilshan Sirisena, Vikesh Dharmasena, Vinue Ratnadasa, Shamil de Silva, Vimukthi Pathirana.

Royal team: Ranga Perera (Cap), Hisham Doole (V.Capt), Elijah Sintuaby, Hasantha Gunawardena, Chaminda Amaratunga, Radhika de Silva, Anuradha Ekanayaka, Lakshan Kulatunga, Dulana Vithanage, Kasun Uyangoda, Ravi Thammannagoda, Sachitra Sakalasooriya, Steffan Abel, Nipuna Kulatunga, Tharindu Perera.