LPL 2023: 5 lesser-known faces that bagged big bucks at auction

3. Sadeera Samarawickrama

Sadeera Samarawickrama emerged as one of the most expensive players at the LPL 2023 auction. Dambulla Aura signed up the wicketkeeper-batter for USD 68000 at the auction and made him a part of their campaign for the 2023 LPL edition. At Dambulla, his responsibility will be to prove his efficiency in the middle order.

The 27-year-old is an experienced name in Sri Lanka’s domestic circuit. In T20s, the right-handed batter has played 80 matches and piled up 2029 runs with a ton and 12 half-centuries in 77 innings, at a strike of 120.20. In national colours, he has got a chance to feature in nine T20Is thus far, in which he has accumulated 111 runs in nine innings at a strike rate of 94.06.

In LPL, the Sri Lanka stalwart has played only one game, and that too, in 2021, for Galle Gladiators. This year, he has the opportunity to deliver some impactful and notable knocks to Dambulla and become an important batting figure in the league.