Pallekele ( si, පල්ලෙකැලේ) is a suburb of the city of
Kandy
Kandy ( si, මහනුවර ''Mahanuwara'', ; ta, கண்டி Kandy, ) is a major city in Sri Lanka located in the Central Province. It was the last capital of the ancient kings' era of Sri Lanka. The city lies in the midst of hills ...
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Kandy District
Kandy District ( si, මහනුවර දිස්ත්රික්කය, ta, கண்டி மாவட்டம்) is a district of the Central Province of Sri Lanka. Its area is 1906.3 km².
Administrative divisions
Ethnic ...
,
Central Province,
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
. The suburb is home to the
Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, the
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Sport
* Rugby football in many forms:
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Stadium, the Sri Lanka International Buddhist Academy (SIBA) and the PALK Seismic Station.
Pallekele International Cricket Stadium
PICS, the third largest cricket stadium in Sri Lanka located in nearby
Balagolla
Balagolla ( si, බලගොල්ල, Balagolla, ta, பலகொல்ல, Palakolla) is a small village in Sri Lanka about away from the city of Kandy. Balagolla is located in Kandy District in Sri Lanka's Central Province.
History
Origina ...
, is named after Pallekele. At the moment it is frequently hosting international matches. It hosted 3 matches of the
2011 ICC Cricket World Cup, 9 matches of the
2012 ICC World Twenty20
The 2012 ICC World Twenty20 was the fourth ICC World Twenty20 competition, an international Twenty20 cricket tournament that took place in Sri Lanka from 18 September to 7 October 2012 which was won by the West Indies. The schedule has been pos ...
and a few
Sri Lanka Premier League
The Sri Lanka Premier League (SLPL) was a Twenty20 cricket competition in Sri Lanka. It was intended to be the premier Twenty20 league in the country, held by Sri Lanka Cricket, when it replaced the Inter-Provincial Twenty20 competition.
Afte ...
matches in 2012. Sri Lankan fast bowler
Suranga Lakmal got
Chris Gayle
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out for an
LBW with the first ever international cricket delivery at the stadium.
"Bravo’s 50 lifts WI to 134–2". BangaloreMirror.com. 2010-12-01. Retrieved 2010-12-05
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References
External links
Sri Lanka International Buddhist Academy
Populated places in Sri Lanka
Suburbs of Kandy
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