ICBT wins Campus cricket title
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The winning ICBT team comprising SN Jayasuriya, Anushka
Perera, AN Nanayakkara, Andri Berenger, UIB Hettige, HHD
Perera, AA De Alwis, MR Shamen, VIT Madushan, Malinga de
Silva, BMS Mendis and PD Dias celebrate with the Red Bull
trophy
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The cricket team of ICBT emerged victorious to grab the Red Bull
Campus Cricket (RBCC) tournament 2015 as they beat Kotalawela Defence
University in the final played at Thurstan College ground last week.
They will now be placed on the global stage where they will be
representing Sri Lanka at the RBCC World finals in India next month.
ICBT reached the final after beating NSBM in the semi final.
The RBCC is an annual knockout tournament that brings the best of
campus cricket from 170 universities across Australia, Bangladesh,
England, India, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka and the UAE with each
team representing the best university cricket teams who have been
crowned the National Champions in their respective countries. Malshan
Mendis the captain of the ICBT said: "It's been a long journey, but
we've finally made it.
Over the past few months, we've learned a lot of lessons both on and
off the pitch and now it's time to put everything we've learned to the
test. We are excited and extremely proud to be representing Sri Lanka at
the World Finals next month".
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