Netball star Tharjini marries Prasad in Chennai

By Susil Premalal   

Former Sri Lanka Netball Captain Tharjini Sivalingam married popular Indian businessman R. Prasad in Chennai on Monday in the presence of several Sri Lankan netball players, friends and well-wishers.   

The 45-year-old Goal Shoot has been recognised as one of the most successful shooters of all time and is often regarded as the tallest netball player ever and is the most capped international netball player to represent Sri Lanka.   

She has been a regular member of the Sri Lanka national team in international netball tournaments since making her debut in 2009. She is well known for her unusually tall height and is considered one of the marquee players in Sri Lankan netball history.   

She represented Sri Lanka at the Netball World Cup in 2011, 2015, 2019 and 2023. She represented Sri Lanka at the Asian Netball Championships five times in 2009, 2012, 2014, 2018 and 2022.   

Tharjini became the oldest player to play in the history of the Netball World Cup at the age of 40 when she appeared at the 2019 Netball World Cup. She broke her record of being the oldest-ever netball player to appear in the World Cup when she competed during the 2023 Netball World Cup at the age of 44.