Hambantota Troopers
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Hambantota Troopers cricket team is one of the five provincial cricket teams which make up the Sri Lankan domestic cricket structure representing mainly Hambantota District of Southern Province, Sri Lanka, and with some nearby provinces. In previous occasions, the province was included in to Southern Express 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 Inter-Provincial Twenty20 2016 season which was known as Super T20 Provincial Tournament.
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| One Day name | Hambantota Troopers |
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| Personnel | |
| Captain | Tillakaratne Dilshan |
| Team information | |
| Home ground | Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium |
| Capacity | 33,000 |
| History | |
| First-class debut | vs Kandy[1] |
| IP T20 wins | none |
| Official website | Sri Lanka Cricket |
The team plays their matches in Colombo R. Premadasa Stadium, despite its home ground is MRIC Stadium.[2] Tillakaratne Dilshan is the captain of the side.[3] Besides, the captain Dilshan, Dimuth Karunaratne, Jehan Mubarak, Thilan Thushara and Dilruwan Perera are some of the other notable current Test cricketers and Limited overs cricketers in the national side.
Current squad
The squad for the 2015ā16 season as of 26 January 2016.[3]
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References
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