Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has awarded annual contracts to 45 First-Class cricketers for the 2025 Domestic Cricket Season as part of its ongoing programme to strengthen the country’s talent pool, it said in a media release on Monday (7).

In the release, the SLC said this initiative, spearheaded by the Executive Committee of Sri Lanka Cricket, under the leadership of SLC President Shammi Silva, aims to support and develop promising first-class players. 

The contracted players have been categorised into four tiers, A, B, C, and D, based on selections made by the Sri Lanka Cricket Selectors.

The list of players:

Category A – Dhananjaya Lakshan, Lahiru Madushanka, Nipun Ransika, Shevon Daniel, Ahan Wickramasimngha, Niroshan Dickwella, Isitha Wijesundara, Nimesh Vimukthi, Tharindu Rathnayake, Nipun Dhananjaya, Nisala Tharaka, Kamil Mishara, Ashen Bandara, Ravindu Fernando, Chamika Gunasekara, Wanuja Sahan, Lasith  Croospulle, Vishad Randika, Dinura Kalupahana, Lasith Embuldeniya

Category B – Sanoj Darshika, Kavishka Anjula, Dilum Sudeera, Ashian Daniel, Ron Chandraguptha

Category C – Kaveen Bandara, Muditha Lakshan, Ravindu Rasantha, Thanuka Dabare, Mohammed Shamaaz, Janishka Perera, Sohan de Livera, Sehan Kosala, Shammu Ashan, Duvindu Thilakaratna

Category D – Nalin Priyadarshana, Thillakaratne Sampath, Chanaka Komasaru, Roshan Wijenayaka, Gayan Maneeshan, Roscoe Thattil, Nipun Karunanayake, Irosh Samarasooriya, Dushan Vimukhi, Lakshan Sandakan