LPL auction: Matheesha Pathirana breaks record as most expensive player

By: Darshana Sanjeewa Balasuriya / Chathuranga Devapriya / Sheain Fernandopulle

18.05 PM - The auction concludes

18.02 PM - Nisala Tharaka sold to Jaffna Kings for $5,000 as the last player of the auction

18.00 PM - Galle Marvels too completes its player roster

18.00 PM - Bowler Yuri Koththigoda from Sri Lanka sold to Galle Marvels $5,000

17.56 PM - Theesan Vithushan goes to Jaffna Kings for $5,000

17.54 PM - Santhush Gunathilake sold to Dambulla Thunders for $6,000

17.54 PM - Colombo Strikers completes its player roster

17.51 PM - 18-year-old Afghan bowler Allah Ghazanfar sold to Colombo Strikers for $10,000

17.49 PM - Pakistani cricketer Haider Ali sold to Dambulla Thunders for $25,000

17.48 PM - Nishan Madushka goes to Jaffna Kings for $10,000

17.46 PM - Kasun Rajitha sold to B-Love Kandy for $26,000

17.45 PM - Jaffna Kings locks in Pathum Nissanka for $40,000

17.42 PM - Dambulla Thunders signs Sonal Dinusha for $6,000

17.41 PM - All-rounder from Sri Lanka Arul Pragasam sold to Jaffna Kings for $5,000

17.39 PM - Galle Marvels locks in Jeffrey Vandersay for $30,000

17.38 PM - Chamindu Wijesinghe sold to Galle Marvels for $5,000

17.37 PM - Murvin Abinash from Sri Lanka sold to Jaffna Kings for $5,000

17.36 PM - B-Love Kandy signs Pakistani cricketer Mohammad Ali for $10,000

17.35 PM - Afghan cricketer Mujeeb Ur Rahman sold to Galle Marvels for $50,000

17.33 PM - Vishwa Fernando goes unsold

17.33 PM - B-Love Kandy locks in  Pakistani all-rounder Salman Ali Agha for $10,000

17.30 PM - Ayana Siriwadhana sold to Dambulla Thunders for $5,000

17.29 PM - Tharindu Ratnayake receives no bids

17.28 PM - Mithun Jayawickrama sold to Dambulla Thunders for $5,000

17.26 PM - Mohammed Nawfer too goes unsold

17.26 PM - Pakistani cricketer Usman Khan goes unsecured

17.25 PM - Kavindu Nadeeshan sold to Galle Marvels for $5,000

17.24 PM - Pakistani cricketer Aamir Jamal goes unsold

17.23 PM - B-Love Kandy drafts Azam Khan for $50,000

17.21 PM - 19-year-old Rusanda Gamage sold to Dambulla Thunders $5,000

17.18 PM - Lahiru Madushanka sold to Dambulla Thunders for $20,000

17.16 PM - Irish cricketer Curtis Campher goes unsold

17.14 PM - Dambulla Thunders locks in Asela Gunaratne for $10,000

17.13 PM - Sammu Ashan sold to B-Love Kandy for  $5,000

17.11 PM - Movin Subasinghe goes unsold

17.11 PM - Galle Marvels signs Batter Pasindu Sooriyabandara for $5,000

17.09 PM - Wanuja Sahan sold to Jaffna Kings for $10,000

17.05 PM - B-Love Kandy locks in 21-year-old Kavindu Pathirana for $5,000

17.00 PM - It's the accelerated bidding round

16.54 PM - Auction resumes

16.16 PM - Auction currently on a break.

16.15 PM - Irish cricketer Paul Stirling goes unsold

16.10 PM - Sri Lankan cricketer Pulina Tharanga goes unsold

16.09 PM - Dambulla Thunders bags Afghan cricketer Karim Janat for USD 80,000

16.06 PM - Afghan cricketer Gulbadin Naib unsold

16.05 PM - Zimbabwean cricketer Ryan Burl unsold

16.05 PM - Sri Lankan cricketer Chaturanga de Silva bags B-Love Kandy for USD 30,000

16.04 PM - Galle Marvels secure Sri Lankan cricketer Dhananjaya Lakshan for USD 10,000

15.58 PM - Usman Shinwari unsold

15.55 PM - West Indies cricketer Oshane Thomas unsold

15.53 PM - Pakistan cricketer Shahnawaz Dahani unsold

15.52 PM - 19-year-old Chamath Gomez sold to B-Love Kandy for USD 5,000

15.49 PM - Afghan cricketer Hazratullah Zazai sold to Dambulla Thunders for USD 50,000

15.48 PM - 22-year-old Ahan Wickramasinghe sold to Jaffna Kings for USD 5,000

15.47 PM - South African cricketer Reeza Hendricks goes unsold in the first round

15.46 PM - Australian cricketer Alex Ross sold to Jaffna Kings for USD 20,000

15.44 PM - Bangladeshi cricketer Tamim Iqbal unsold

15.43 PM - West Indies player Kennar Lewis unsold

15.43 PM - Muhammad Waseem from UAE goes to Colombo Strikers for USD 20,000

15.41 PM - Galle Marvels secure Sri Lankan cricketer Isuru Udana for USD 100,000

15.38 PM - Eshan Malinga sold to Jaffna Kings for USD 5,000

15.37 PM - Sri Lankan cricketer Isitha Wijesundera sold to Colombo Strikers for USD 5,000

15.35 PM - Sri Lankan cricketer Lahiru Samarakoon sold to Jaffna Kings for USD 13,000

15.34 PM - No bids for Sri Lankan cricketer Milan Ratnayaka and South African cricketer Lizaad Williams

15.32 PM - B-Love kandy secure Pakistani cricketer Muhammad Hasnain for USD 30,000

15.31 PM - Sri Lankan cricketers Udith Madushan and Shiran Fernando unsold

15.30 PM - Sri Lankan cricketer Mohomed Shiraz sold to Galle Marvels for US$ 10,000

15.25 PM - West Indies cricketers Lendl Simmons and Evin Lewis unsold

15.24 PM - Pakistani cricketer Haris Sohail and Sri Lanka's Pulindu Perera unsold

15.24 PM - Mark Chapman unsold

15.23 PM - Pakistani cricketer Asif Ali unsold

15.23 PM - Sri Lankan cricketer Kavin Bandara sold to Colombo Strikers for USD 5,000

15.22 PM - Zimbabwean cricketer Craig Ervine unsold

15.21 PM - Galle Marvles secure Sadisha Rajapaksa for USD 5,000

15.21PM - New Zealand cricketer Henry Nicholls unsold

15.21 PM - Sohan de Livera sold to Dambulla Thunders for USD 5,000

15.21 PM - Kjorn Ottley and Colin Munro unsold

15.14 PM - Ranesh Silva sold to Dambulla Thunders for USD 5,000

15.13 PM - Pakistani cricketer Azam Khan unsold

15.11 PM - Shehan Fernando sold to Colombo Strikers for USD 5,000

15.11 PM - Afghan cricketer Mohammad Shahzad unsold

15.10 PM - Pakistani cricketer Sarfaraz Ahmed unsold

15.10 PM - Sri Lankan cricketer Vishad Randika sold to Jaffna Kings for USD 5,000

15.09 PM - New Zealand cricketer Tom Latham, West Indies player Shai Hope and Australian cricketer Josh Philippe unsold

02.50 PM - Pakistan cricketer Yasir Shah unsold

02.49 PM - Ashley Nurse unsold

02.47 PM - New Zealand cricketer Ish Sodhi unsold

02.44 PM - South African cricketer Tabraiz Shamsi also unsold

02.45 PM - 19-year-old Malsha Tharupathi sold to Galle Marvles for USD 25,000

02.43 PM - Afghan cricketer Qais Ahmad unsold

02.40 PM - Australian cricketer Mitchell Swepson unsold.

02.39 PM - UAE player Zahoor Khan sold to Gale Marvels for USD 10,000

02.38 PM - New Zealand cricketer Tim Southee unsold

02.36 PM - Asitha Fernando has been retained by Jaffna Kings for USD 40,000.

02.35 PM - Matheesha Pathirana has been retained by Colombo Strikers for USD 120,000.

02.29 PM - 18-year-old Sri Lankan player Garuka Sanketh sold to Colombo Strikers for USD 20,000

02.27 PM - Sri Lankan cricketer Nuwan Pradeep sold to Dambulla Thunders for USD 36,000.

02.23 PM - Colombo Strikers secure Sri Lankan cricketer Binura Fernando for USD 55,000.

02.21 PM - Australian cricketer Jason Behrendorff sold to Jaffna Kings for USD 50,000

02.09 PM - Sri Lankan cricketer Nuwanidu Fernando sold to Dambulla Thunders for USD 34,000.

02.07 PM - Pakistani cricketer Iftikhar Ahmed sold to Dambulla Thunders for USD 50,000

02.05 PM - Sri Lanka's Dimuth Karunaratne sold to B-Love Kandy for USD 10,000.

02.02 PM - Sri Lankan cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka sold to Dambulla Thunders for USD 22,000.

01.59 PM - South African cricketer Janneman Malan, Towhid Hridoy from Bangladesh and Afghan cricketer Najibullah Zadran unsold.

01.56 PM - Colombo Strikers secures Sri Lankan cricketer Shevon Daniel for USD 15,000.

01.53 PM - Sri Lankan cricketer Ramesh Mendis sold to B-Love-Kandy for USD 10,000.

01.52 PM - Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik unsold

01.44 PM - All-rounder Dasun Shanaka sold to B-Love Kandy for US$ 85,000

01.42PM - Mohammad Nabi from Afghanistan and West Indies Roston Chase  unsold in the first round.

01.40 PM - Lahiru Madushanka unsold in the first round.

01.38PM - Sean Williams sold to Galle Marvels for US$ 20,000.

01.36 PM - Sri Lanka's Akila Dananjaya sold to Dambulla Thunders for USD 20,000

01.36 PM - Australian cricketer Ashton Agar unsold

01.33 PM - Prabath Jayasuriya sold to Galle Marvles for USD 10,000.

01.32 PM - Sri Lanka's Lasith Embuldeniya and West Indies Hayden Walsh Jr unsold

01.31 PM - Pramod Madushan sold to Jaffna Kings for USD 20,000

01.30 PM - Lahiru Kumala sold to Galle Marvels for USD 30,000

01.29 PM - Lungi Ngidi and Sheldon Cottrell also unsold in the first round

01.27 PM - Sri Lankan fast bowlers Vishwa Fernando and Kasun Rajitha unsold in the first round

01.24 PM - Bangladeshi cricketer Taskin Ahmed sold to Colombo Strikers for USD 50,000.

01.09 PM - Sri Lankan cricketer Kusal Janith Perera unslod.

01.08 PM - Sri Lanka's Sandun Weerakkody and Bangladesh Mushfiqur Rahim unsold in the first round.

01.05 PM - Sri Lanka's Lahiru Udara sold to Dambulla Thunders for USD 14,000

01.02 PM - Afghan cricketer Rahmanullah Gurbaz sold to Colombo Striker for USD 50,000

01.01 PM - Johnson Charles from West Indies unsold

01.00 PM - Bangladeshi cricketer Liton Das remains unsold.

12.57 PM - Colin de Grandhomme from New Zealand unsold

12.55 PM - Sri Lankan all-rounder Dunith Wellalage sold to Colombo Strikers for USD 50,000.

12.53 PM - Namibian player David Wiese unsold in the first round

12.51 PM - Chamika Gunasekara sold to Colombo Strikers for USD 10,000

12.47 PM - Sri Lanka's Sahan Arachchige sold  to Galle Marvels for USD 20,000.

12.40PM - West Indies cricketer Fabian Allen sold to Jaffna Kings for USD 32,000.

12.38 PM - South African cricketer Dwaine Pretorius sold to Galle Marvels for USD 30,000

12.37PM Janith Liyanage sold to Galle Marvels for US$ 36,000

12.35 PM - South African left-handed batter Rilee Rossouw sold to Jaffna Kings for his base price of USD 60,000.

12.34 PM - Pathum Nissanka (Sri Lanka) and Rassie Van Der Dussen (South Africa) both go unsold in the first round.

12.30 PM - B-Love Kandy secures Ashen Bandara for USD 28,000 while Dinesh Chandimal for US$ 40,000

A total of 424 cricketers are set to be auctioned in the 'Player Auction' for the 2024 Lanka Premier League (LPL) cricket tournament, currently taking place in Colombo.