Matheesha Pathirana becomes priciest player of Lanka Premier League 2024

Matheesha Pathirana became a household name after Chennai Super Kings picked him in the Indian Premier League 2022. His bowling action resembled Sri Lankan great Lasith Malinga and he more or less did the same job for CSK. MS Dhoni advised him not to play too much of red-ball cricket and to focus on the shorter versions of the game. Now, Pathirana has fetched the highest bid in the history Lanka Premier League 2024.

The right arm pacer was signed by Colombo Strikers for a whopping USD 120,000. Pathirana was released by the Strikers ahead of the previous season and he ended up getting back to his old franchise with a hefty price tag. Talking about his IPL 2024 performance, he picked 13 wickets with an economy rate of 7.68. He left the team midway as he pulled up a hamstring injury.

The LPL 2024 auctions saw a total of 420 cricketers registering their names for the auction. While Pathirana scored the big bounty, Isuri Udana was the second highest-paid player with a USD 100,000 contract with Galle Marvels. Out of 420 players who entered the auction, 154 were Sri Lankan cricketers.

List of players sold in LPL 2024 auction

Ashen Bandara (B-Love Kandy): USD 28,000

Dinesh Chandimal (B-Love Kandy): USD 40,000

Rilee Rossouw (Jaffna Kings): USD 55,000

Janith Liyanage (Galle Marvels): USD 36,000

Dwaine Pretorius (Galle Marvels): USD 30,000

Fabian Allen (Jaffna Kings): USD 32,000

Dhananjaya de Silva (Dambulla Thunders): USD 50,000

Sahan Arachchige (Galle Marvels): USD 20,000

Chamika Gunasekara (Colombo Strikers): USD 10,000

Dunith Wellalage (Colombo Strikers): USD 50,000

Rahmanullah Gurbaz (Colombo Strikers): USD 50,000

Lahiru Udara (Dambulla Thunders): USD 14,000

Taskin Ahmed (Colombo Strikers): USD 50,000

Lahiru Kumara (Galle Marvels): USD 30,000

Pramod Madushan (Jaffna Kings): USD 20,000

Prabath Jayasuriya (Galle Marvels): USD 10,000

Akila Dananjaya (Dambulla Thunders): USD 20,000

Sean Williams (Galle Marvels): USD 20,000

Dasun Shanaka (B-Love Kandy): USD 85,000

Angelo Perera (Colombo Strikers): USD 20,000

Ramesh Mendis (B-Love Kandy): USD 10,000

Shevon Daniel (Colombo Strikers): USD 15,000

Danushka Gunathilaka (Dambulla Thunders): USD 22,000

Dimuth Karunaratne (B-Love Kandy): USD 10,000

Iftikhar Ahmed (Dambulla Thunders): USD 50,000

Nuwanidu Fernando (Dambulla Thunders): USD 34,000

Jason Behrendorff (Jaffna Kings): USD 50,000

Binura Fernando (Colombo Strikers): USD 55,000

Nuwan Pradeep (Dambulla Thunders): USD 36,000

Garuka Sanketh (Colombo Strikers): USD 20,000

Asitha Fernando (Jaffna Kings): USD 40,000

Zahoor Khan (Galle Marvels): USD 10,000

Malsha Tharupathi (Galle Marvels): USD 25,000

Vishad Randika (Jaffna Kings): USD 5,000

Shehan Fernando (Colombo Strikers): USD 5,000

Ranesh Silva (Dambulla Thunders): USD 5,000

Sadisha Rajapaksa (Galle Marvels): USD 5,000

Kavin Bandara (Colombo Strikers): USD 5,000

Mohomed Shiraz (Galle Marvels): USD 10,000

Mohammed Hasnain (B-Love Kandy): USD 30,000

Lahiru Samarakoon (Jaffna Kings): USD 13,000

Isitha Wijesundara (Colombo Strikers): USD 5,000

Eshan Malinga (Jaffnaa Kings): USD 5,000

Isuru Udana (Galle Marvels): USD 100,000

Mohammed Waseem (Colombo Strikers): USD 20,000

Pawan Rathnayake (B-Love Kandy): USD 5,000

Alex Ross (Jaffna Kings): USD 20,000

Ahan Wickramasinghe (Jaffna Kings): USD 5,000

Hazratullah Zazai (Dambulla Thunders): USD 50,000

Chamath Gomez (B-Love Kandy): USD 5,000

Dhananjaya Lakshan (Galle Marvels): USD 10,000

Chaturanga Silva (B-Love Kandy): USD 30,000

Karim Janat (Dambulla Thunders): USD 80,000

Kavindu Pathirathne (B-Love Kandy): USD 5,000

Lakshan Sandakan (B-Love Kandy): USD 20,000

Wanuja Sahan (Jaffna Kings): USD 10,000

Pasindu Sooriyabandara (Galle Marvels): USD 5,000

Sammu Ashan (B-Love Kandy): USD 5,000

Asela Gunaratne (Dambulla Thunders): USD 10,000

Lahiru Madushanka (Dambulla Thunders): USD 20,000

Rusanda Gamage (Dambulla Thunders): USD 5,000

Azam Khan (B-Love Kandy): USD 50,000

Kavindu Nadeeshan (Galle Marvels): USD 5,000

Mithun Jayawickrama (Dambulla Thunders): USD 5,000

Ayana Siriwardhana (Dambulla Thunders): USD 5,000

Salman Ali Agha (B-Love Kandy): USD 10,000

Mujeeb Ur Rahman (Galle Marvels): USD 50,000

Mohammed Ali (B-Love Kandy): USD 10,000

Murvin Abinash (Jaffna Kings): USD 5,000

Chamindu Wijesinghe (Galle Marvels): USD 5,000

Jeffrey Vandersay (Galle Marvels): USD 30,000

Arul Pragasam (Jaffna Kings): USD 5,000

Sonal Dinusha (Dambulla Thunders): USD 6,000

Pathum Nissanka (Jaffna Kings): USD 40,000

Kasun Rajitha (B-Love Kandy): USD 26,000

Nishan Madushka (Jaffna Kings): USD 10,000

Haider Ali (Dambulla Thunders): USD 25,000

Allah Ghazanfar (Colombo Strikers): USD 10,000

Santhush Gunathilaka (Dambulla Thunders): USD 6,000

Theesan Vithushan (Jaffna Kings): USD 5,000

Yuri Koththigoda (Galle Marvels): USD 5,000

Nisala Tharaka (Jaffna Kings): USD 5,000

Matheesha Pathirana (Colombo Strikers): USD 120,000