Hambantota Troopers cricket team is one of the five provincial

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teams which make up the

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n domestic cricket structure representing mainly

Hambantota District Hambantota District ( si, හම්බන්තොට දිස්ත්‍රික්කය ''hambantoṭa distrikkaya''; ta, அம்பாந்தோட்டை மாவட்டம் ''Ampāntōṭṭai māvaṭṭam'') is a district i ...

Southern Province, Sri Lanka The Southern Province ( si, දකුණු පළාත ''Dakuṇu Paḷāta'', ta, தென் மாகாணம் ''Theṉ Mākāṇam'') of Sri Lanka is one of the nine provinces of Sri Lanka, the first level administrative division of t ...

, and with some nearby provinces. In previous occasions, the province was included in to

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and Ruhuna Reds, where part of them was combined in this season as Hambantota Troopers. The cricket team's first participation came during the Twenty20 competition known as the

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2016 season which was known as Super T20 Provincial Tournament. The team plays their matches in Colombo

R. Premadasa Stadium The R. Premadasa International Cricket Stadium (RPS) ( si, ආර්. ප්‍රේමදාස ක්‍රීඩාංගනය, ta, ஆர். பிரேமதாச அரங்கம்; also known as Khettarama Stadium, Ranasinghe Prem ...

, despite its home ground is MRIC Stadium.

Tillakaratne Dilshan Tillakaratne Mudiyanselage Dilshan ( si, තිලකරත්න මුදියන්සේලාගේ ඩිල්ෂාන්; born 14 October 1976), commonly known as TM Dilshan () is a former Sri Lankan cricketer and former captain of th ...

is the captain of the side. Besides, the captain Dilshan,

Dimuth Karunaratne Frank Dimuth Madushanka Karunaratne (born 21 April 1988; si, දිමුත් කරුණාරත්න), popularly known as Dimuth Karunaratne, is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer and current captain of the Sri Lanka Test cricket team. ...

Jehan Mubarak Jehan Mubarak ( ta, ஜெகன் முபாரக்; born 10 January 1981) is an American-born former professional Sri Lankan cricketer, who played all formats of the game. He is a left-handed batsman and a right-arm offbreak bowler. Pers ...

Thilan Thushara Magina Thilan Thushara Mirando; (born 1 March 1981), or Thilan Thushara, is a former Sri Lankan cricketer, who played all formats of the game. He is a left-handed batsman and a left-arm medium-fast bowler. Though he did not represent the country ...

and

Dilruwan Perera Mahawaduge Dilruwan Kamalaneth Perera ( si, දිල්රුවන් පෙරේරා; born 22 July 1982) is a former Sri Lankan international cricketer, who played for Sri Lanka in all formats of the game. He plays domestically for the Col ...

are some of the other notable current

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ers and

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ers in the national side.

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Binura Fernando Binura "Boyka" Fernando (born 12 July 1995) is a Sri Lankan cricketer who plays for the Sri Lanka national team. Early and domestic career He was part of Sri Lanka's squad for the 2014 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup. In August 2018, he was n ...

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Lahiru Gamage Panagamuwa Lahiru Sampath Gamage (born 5 April 1988), or commonly Lahiru Gamage, is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer, who plays for the national team in Tests and One Day Internationals (ODIs). He is right-handed batsman and bowls right-arm ...

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Angelo Jayasinghe Angelo Jayasinghe (born 25 January 1993) is a Sri Lankan first-class cricketer who plays for Colts Cricket Club. In November 2021, he was selected to play for the Galle Gladiators following the players' draft for the 2021 Lanka Premier League ...

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Sachith Pathirana Sachith Shanaka Pathirana (born 21 March 1989), is a former Sri Lankan cricketer, who played for the national team and domestically in first-class, List A and Twenty20 matches. Pathirana was a bowling all-rounder who bowled slow left-arm orth ...

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Seekkuge Prasanna Seekkuge Prasanna ( si, සීක්කුගේ ප්‍රසන්න ; born 27 June 1985) is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer, who plays for limited over cricket. He is a warrant officer Warrant officer (WO) is a rank or category of ...

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Ashan Priyanjan Subasinghe Mudiyanselage Ashan Priyanjan (born 14 August 1989) is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer who plays for the national side in limited over formats. He is a middle-order batsman and occasionally a right-arm off break bowler. Persona ...

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Lakshan Sandakan Paththamperuma Arachchige Don Lakshan Rangika Sandakan, commonly known as Lakshan Sandakan (born 10 June 1991), is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer who plays for the national team in all three formats of the game. He is a past pupil of De Maz ...

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Alankara Asanka Silva Alankara Asanka Silva (born 4 April 1985) is a Sri Lankan first-class cricketer who plays for Saracens Sports Club. He holds the record for the highest individual score when batting at number 11 in a Twenty20 match (26 not out In cricket, a ...

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Andy Solomons Andy Solomons (born 18 September 1987) is a Sri Lankan former first-class cricketer who plays for Colombo Cricket Club. In April 2018, he was named in Galle's squad for the 2018 Super Provincial One Day Tournament The 2018 Super Provincial O ...

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Sandun Weerakkody Dharshanapriya Sandun Weerakkody (born 3 September 1993) is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer, who plays One Day Internationals for Sri Lanka. Weerakkody is a past pupil of Dharmaraja College, Kandy. A left-handed batsman and a wicketkeeper, h ...

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References

{{Inter-Provincial Twenty20 Provincial Twenty20 teams Sport in Hambantota Cricket clubs established in 2016 Sports clubs in Sri Lanka Cricket in Hambantota