R Premadasa International Cricket Stadium

R Premadasa International Cricket Stadium R Premadasa International Cricket Stadium R Premadasa International Cricket Stadium

Sri Lankan cricket fans will forever remember R. Premadasa International Cricket Stadium as the venue where Sri Lanka declared a fantastic 952 for 6 test total against India in 1997-98, the highest test total in history of cricket. During the game, former Sri Lanka captain Sanath Jayasuriya and Roshan Mahanama together scored a whopping 576 for the second wicket setting a world record as the pair with the highest partnership in test cricket. Couple of years later, the stadium became the first in Sri Lanka and the fourth in the world to have hosted 100 ODI (One Day International) games. Since then, the venue has hosted 27 more ODIs.

Nowadays simply known as the Premadasa stadium or the Premadasa cricket grounds, the venue is located in Maligawatta, about three kilometers north-east from the Colombo Fort. Maligawatta is mostly a nondescript area without major tourist congregations (except for cricket, of course). Sometimes the Premadasa stadium is still called by its former name, Khettarama stadium, after the nearby Khettarama temple. The stadium is named after Ranasinghe Premadasa, the third president of Sri Lanka, who wanted to build the largest cricket stadium in the country, complete with world-class amenities. Originally a 14,000-seater concrete bowl, the stadium was built by sand-filling a swamp used by monks to ferry across to the Khettarama temple. It was inaugurated on February 2, 1986, with a limited-overs match between a Sri Lanka 'B' team and an England 'B' team.

In 2009, the stadium underwent large-scale renovations worth some eight million rupees for the 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup. The seating capacity was increased to 35,000 and the media box was upgraded to accommodate 200 journalists. New seats were rearranged too, in lovely rows of blue and yellow, representing the colors of the Sri Lankan national team.

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About Colombo District

Colombo is the largest city and commercial capital of Sri Lanka. It is located on the west coast of the island and adjacent to Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte, the capital city of Sri Lanka. Colombo is a busy and vibrant city with a mixture of modern life and colonial buildings and ruins and a city population of 647,100.The Colombo Metropolitan Region, defined by the districts of Colombo, Gampaha and Kalutara, has an estimated population of 5,648,000, and covers an area of 3,694.20 km²

Colombo is a multi-ethnic, multi-cultural city. It is the most populous city in Sri Lanka, with 642,163 people living within the city limits. The population of Colombo is a mix of numerous ethnic groups, mainly Sinhalese, Moors and Tamils. There are also small communities of people with Chinese, Portuguese, Dutch, Malay and Indian origins living in the city, as well as numerous European expatriates.

The great majority of Sri Lankan corporations have their head offices in Colombo. Some of the industries include chemicals, textiles, glass, cement, leather goods, furniture, and jewellery. In the city center is located South Asia's second tallest building - The World Trade Centre.

About Western Province

The Western Province is the most densely populated province of Sri Lanka. It is home to the legislative capital Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte as well to Colombo, the nation's administrative and business center. Western Province is divided into 3 main districts called Colombo (642 km²), Gampaha (1,386.6 km²) and Kalutara (1,606 km²) districts. As Sri Lanka's economic hub, all the major local and international corporations have their presence in the city and so do all the major designer and high street retailers, so be ready to indulge in some retail therapy in western province.

Having the highest population in the all the provinces, the almost all the premier educational institutions in the island are located in western province. Universities in the province include the University of Colombo, the University of Sri Jayewardenepura, University of Kelaniya, Open University, Sri Lanka, Buddhist and Pali University of Sri Lanka, General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University and University of Moratuwa .Western province has the largest amount of schools in the country, which includes National, Provincial, Private and International schools.

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