Jayantha dharmadasa school

It was at the 14th floor at Nawaloka Hospital where I met my former boss, he stood still for a moment before he greeted me as was his custom, ebony in colour, clad in his customary cream he just looked magnetic He was none other than Jayantha Dharmadasa the owner of Nawaloka Hospitals.

The leading private hospital, despite owning the plum hospital in the Island he has 14 other companies under his belt which is a unique achievement. In spite of all his business accomplishments there was something else that ran in his blood ‘cricket’ and he also mentioned to me that “his love for cricket was pristine with no strings attached.” As a matter of fact this affinity to cricket has also taken root with Upali Dharmadasa, his brother another past big wig in the cricketing circles of Sri Lanka.

Jayantha was of the view that Sri Lanka should be capable of producing world class cricketers which occurred in the recent past but as of now there