Sri Lanka’s U-15 league: Ranuka Jayasuriya & Naren Muralitharan- After a spectacular career of Sri Lanka legends Sanath Jayasuriya and Muttiah Muralitharan, stakes are high that their sons would become the next big phenomenon. Their sons will be in action in the upcoming U-15 Inter-District Youth Cricket Tournament organized and conducted by Sri Lanka Cricket Island wide.
Ranuka Jayasuriya & Naren Muralitharan follow their fathers’ footsteps, undergo rigorous training ahead of Sri Lanka’s U-15 league
Young Naren Muralitharan has previously shown signs of his father’s footsteps with excellent achievements over the last couple of years. A couple of years ago, he scored unbeaten 162 runs against Anada Shastralaya, Kotte while representing Gateway College Colombo in the All-Island Schools U-15 tournament. Naren has been also witnessed emulating his father in a video that went viral on social media. The legendary spinner has shared the video with the title: “Father and son time.”
Father and Son Time! Video credits @SunRisers pic.twitter.com/Jv8fYOAZcp
— Muthiah Muralidaran (@Murali_800) July 15, 2021
Muralitharan has taken 1347 wickets for Sri Lanka, including record 800 wickets in Tests. He took the remaining 534 wickets in ODIs and 13 scalps in T20I.
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Meanwhile, Sanath Jayasuriya has been also coaching his son since a young age. The youngster is also a left-handed batsman. He had previously shown a video of his son which showed the boy playing a wide range of shots in a cricket academy. The Junior Jayasuriya showed the pure class that we have witnessed during his father’s prolific career.
Master Blaster Sanath Jayasuriya bowling to his son Ranuk Jayasuriya in the nets. ‘see the ball and hammer it’ says Sanath 😀 #Cricket @Sanath07 pic.twitter.com/1MemqdQoxv
— Daniel Alexander (@daniel86cricket) June 20, 2019
The Sri Lanka legend Jayasuriya had scored record 13,430 runs in ODIs and 6973 in Tests. He also took 323 wickets during his impressive career. His performance contributed to Sri Lanka winning their only 50-over World Cup.
Ranuka Jayasuriya & Naren Muralitharan follow their fathers’ footsteps, undergo rigorous training ahead of Sri Lanka’s U-15 league
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