Palitha Perera
Born3 September 1942
Nugegoda Sri Lanka
NationalitySri Lankan
EducationNalanda College Colombo
OccupationBroadcaster
Known forCricket commentaries

Palitha Perera (also known as Kuruppuge Palitha Chandrasiri Perera) is a well known cricket commentator and media personality in Sri Lanka.[1][2]

Early life and education

Palitha who was born 3 September 1942 in Nugegoda received his education from Nalanda College, Colombo. Palitha also represented Nalanda for 32nd Ananda-Nalanda big match.[3][4]

Career

Palitha holds the distinction of having been the inaugural announcer on two Sri Lankan TV channels – Rupavahini (15 February 1982) and TNL TV (21 July 1993).

He was also former Deputy Director General (Commercial) of Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation, former Director of Sinhala Service Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation.

Palitha Perera completed 50 years of his Sinhala cricket commentary on 3 March 2013 at SSC Colombo.[5][6] On 11 December 2020, he was honored with the Gold Lifetime Achievement award at the 'Sabuddhi Sports Literary Awards'.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Herath SLC cricketer of the year
  2. ↑ Palitha Perera’s new book out
  3. ↑ Cricket on Air
  4. ↑ 32nd Battle of the Maroons - Nalanda Team
  5. ↑ Taking cricket to the masses
  6. ↑ Special Awards for Journalist at the Dialog SLC Awards 2013
  7. ↑ "Gold Awards for Palitha - Premasara". Dinamina. Retrieved 18 June 2021.

Sources

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.