Bipin Dani
Sherfane Rutherford, who was hired by the Co-lombo Stars team in the second edition of the Lanka Premier League (LPL) has left for his home country and will not be available for the remainder, it is learnt.
The 23-year-old middle order batsman who bowls fast left Sri Lanka two days ago. “He re-quested us for early release because psychologically he was tired of living in bio-bubble and had been actively playing since January and it was team man-agement decision to relieve him”, the source close to the franchise team said exclusively over the tele-phone on Sunday minutes before their Eliminator D/N match against Dambulla Giants.
His place in the team has been taken by Af-ghanistan all-rounder Karim Janat. The 23-year-old Janat joined the team three days ago and after com-pleting the 3-day mandatory quarantine was avail-able for their final eleven.
Colombo Starts have retained four other foreign players in the squad. They are : Naveed ul Haq (Af-ghanistan), Keemo Paul (West Indies), Ravi Ram-paul (West Indies). and Tom Banton (England).
Interestingly,. all four teams are not staying in Hambantota but are put in a five-star hotel in Galle.
