Colombo Strikers, formerly known as Colombo Stars and Colombo Kings, is a franchise

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cricket team based in

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, that competes in the

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Thisara Perera Narangoda Liyanaarachchige Thisara Chirantha Perera (; born 3 April 1989), popularly known as Thisara Perera, is a former Sri Lankan international cricketer who played all formats for the national team. He also captained the team in limited-over ...

is the captain of this franchise while Carl Crowe is the head coach.

Franchise history

2020 season

In the inaugural season, Murfad Mustafa was the owner of the franchise. The team was supposed to be coached by former Australian cricketer

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. However he pulled out ahead of the

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for personal reasons and was replaced by former English cricketer Kabir Ali. Kabir Ali was again replaced by

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after he tested positive for

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was announced as the icon player and

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was named as the marquee foreign player.

2021 season

In June 2021,

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(SLC) terminated the franchise ahead of the 2021 Lanka Premier League, due to financial issues. In November 2021, the team changed its name to Colombo Stars after Softlogic Holdings PLC took over the ownership of the franchise.

2022 season

2023 season

In May 2023, LPL promoter and the chairman of IPG Group told that Softlogic Holdings PLC had part ways with Colombo Stars with mutual understanding. In May 2023, the team changed its name to Colombo Strikers after SKKY Group took over the ownership.

2024 season

2025 season

In April 2025,

(SLC) announced that franchise owners had been terminated ahead of the 2025 Lanka Premier League due to their failure to fulfill the obligations of a team owner in the Lanka Premier League.

Current squad

* Sources: ''

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'', ''ThePapare.com'' * Players with international caps are listed in bold.

Administration and support staff

Captains

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Seasons

Statistics

Highest individual score

Most career wickets

*Source: CricInfo

Best figures in an innings

*Source: CricInfo

Team identity

Anthem

Kit manufacturers and sponsors

References

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