{"id":55010,"date":"2020-12-26T05:11:05","date_gmt":"2020-12-26T05:11:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=55010"},"modified":"2020-12-26T05:11:05","modified_gmt":"2020-12-26T05:11:05","slug":"cricket-fraternity-mourns-gentleman-shashi-ganesan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/cricket-fraternity-mourns-gentleman-shashi-ganesan\/","title":{"rendered":"Cricket fraternity mourns gentleman Shashi Ganesan"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"mvp-post-title left entry-title\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #333399;\">Cricket fraternity mourns gentleman Shashi Ganesan<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-55011 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/shahi.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"314\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #800000;\">Source:<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 20px;\" href=\"https:\/\/island.lk\/cricket-fraternity-mourns-gentleman-shashi-ganesan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Island<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Sri Lankan cricketing fraternity woke up on Saturday for the shocking news of the death of former S. Thomas\u2019 cricketer Shashi Ganesan. His funeral took place yesterday. He was 64.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Ganesan was a brilliant thinker of the game. He captained S. Thomas\u2019 College, Mount Lavinia in 1976. The team was unbeaten that year and won eight of their ten games. S. Thomas\u2019 were declared the best team that year. His brother Ajit was vice-captain of the side. The brilliant 1976 team of S. Thomas\u2019 had other accomplished cricketers like Guy de Alwis, Saliya Ahangama and Ishak Shahabdeen<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Apart from his sporting achievements, Shashi also went onto become the Head Prefect of S. Thomas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">Shashi joined Singapore Airlines after leaving school and when he retired, he had risen to the rank of Director at Aitken Spence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">The integrity with which he functioned in his profession has been praised by many in cricket and corporate circles.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">May his soul rest in peace.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cricket fraternity mourns gentleman Shashi Ganesan Source:Island Sri Lankan cricketing fraternity woke up on Saturday for the shocking news of the death of former S. Thomas\u2019 cricketer Shashi Ganesan. His funeral took place yesterday. He was 64. Ganesan was a brilliant thinker of the game. He captained S. 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