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Uncle Percy escorts Jayasuriya at the IIFA Cricket match

Sanath Jayasuriya walks back after his dismissal during a charity cricket match between Indian Bollywood actors and Sri Lankan cricketers during the three-day International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards events in Colombo on June 4, 2010. Bollywood actors have flocked to Sri Lanka for the June 3-5 IIFA awards and surrounding events being held in Colombo. Percy Abeysekera is seen behind Jayasuriya holding the Sri Lankan flag and escorting him back to the pavilion in his customary style. The flag wielding Percy has escorted batsmen off Sri Lankan grounds for over three decades and has secured his own place in Sri Lankan Cricket history. 


Source: Island Cricket

Jayasuriya playing perfect host to Vivek Oberoi

Bollywood actor Vivek Oberoi is all praise for Sri Lankan cricketer Sanath Jayasuriya, who has been showing him around in this capital city.

"Well, ever since I have landed here, I have bonded really well with Sanath. We have been hanging out together and he is showing me around. He is great company and I am having the time of my life here," said Vivek.

There was a charity cricket match between Bollywood celebrities and the Sri Lankan cricket team here on Friday as part of the ongoing International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards event and Vivek dropped in to cheer both sides.

Sanath Jayasuriya at IIFA Charity Cricket Match 2010

Bollywood actor Sunil Shetty, left, and Sri Lankan cricketer Muttiah Muralitharan chats as Sanath jayasuriya looks on during a charity cricket match between IFFA XI and Sangakkara's XI as part of the three-day long International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) awards in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Friday, June 4, 2010. Some of India's top movie stars converged in Sri Lanka on Thursday for Bollywood's annual roadshow despite calls to boycott the event because of the alleged killing of Tamil civilians during the final stages of the country's decades-long civil war.

Jayasuriya & Sangakkara are Bollywood movie buffs

Kumar Sangakkara, current captain of the Sri Lankan Cricket team, opined that the IIFA 2010 Awards, that would be held in Colombo, is a “big opportunity” to promote Sri Lanka in Bollywood and building a better relationship between two countries.

He said to a media, “Bollywood is a great hit in Sri Lanka and all over the world. I think everyone in the world has sat up and taken notice of how big Bollywood is, how attractive it is and how talented the stars are.”

Kumar Sangakkara who is also the captain of Preity Zinta's IPL (IPL) team, Kings XI Punjab, said that Bollywood actors’ presence will create lots of excitement among the people of Sri Lanka.

Sangakkara, who is a wicket keeper and left handed batsman is also a big Bollywood movie fan. He first saw Mani Ratnam’s super hit movie, Bombay, which stars Arvind Swamy and Manisha Koirala. His other favorite movies are- Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India, Monsoon Wedding, Water. Sangakkara likes these films because they carry a message.

Aamir Khan, Salman Khan and Sahrukh Khan are the favorite Bollywood actors of Sangakkara. He also likes Om Puri and Naseeruddin Shah. He also likes Bollywood actresses. Sangakkara would like to see Aishwarya Rai Bachchan perform in IIFA 2010.

The IIFA Awards 2010 will take place in Colombo starting fromJune 3, 2010 to June 5, 2010. In between, there will be a friendly cricket match between Indian celebrities and Sri Lankan cricketers. The money collected will be used in rehabilitating former LTTE child soldiers. A village for 100 families will be built. The children will be re-educated, rehabilitated.

Sanath Jayasuriya, another Sri Lankan all-rounder cricketer, said, “It's a big opportunity to promote Sri Lanka among the film fraternity here. Sri Lankans are very big fans of Bollywood and the film industry is very popular in Sri Lanka,……Sri Lankans are looking forward to this big event. It's nice for our country and good for the relations between the two countries.”

Jayasuriya saw few Shahrukh Khan movies on local channels. He likes Shahrukh Khan very much and never misses his movies.