Arguably probably the most devoted fan of Sri Lanka cricket, Percy Abeysekera handed away on Monday, October 30, aged 87. He was bedridden for a number of days and in the end misplaced the battle of survival. Percy, fondly generally known as ‘Uncle Percy’ was immensely standard amongst worldwide cricketers and cheered for the nationwide cricket workforce throughout video games in Sri Lanka and even abroad.
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) paid tribute to the tremendous fan by taking to ‘X’ and posted “In loving memory of legendary cheerleader, Percy Abeysekera (87). His passion and energy on the cricket field will be dearly missed.”
Former Sri Lanka captain and one of many biggest allrounders of his time Sanath Jayasuriya took to the social media platform ‘X’ to mourn the loss. “It is with great sadness that I heard our beloved Uncle Percy has met his maker. You were the first superfan and for all of us you will always be special RIP,” he posted.
Recently, throughout the Asia Cup, the Indian skipper Rohit Sharma paid a go to to Percy’s dwelling and spent some memorable moments with the veteran cheerleader of Sri Lanka cricket. Sri Lanka Cricket had introduced 5 million to Uncle Percy to assist his well-being throughout the continental match.
Meanwhile, not every little thing goes nicely for the Sri Lankan cricket workforce on the sphere. Their World Cup marketing campaign has suffered a number of damage blows after gamers like (*87*) Shanaka, and Matheesha Pathirana amongst others had been dominated out from the marquee match. Sri Lanka are presently occupying the fifth spot on the factors desk with two wins in 5 video games.
They are engaged in a mouth-watering conflict with Afghanistan on the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune. A win in opposition to Afghanistan will give their probabilities of semi-final qualification a large enhance. Kusal Mendis is main the workforce in Shanaka’s absence.
