Charana still in the lead in spite heavy online voting

Dialog 4G-the Sunday Times Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year 2017

With the opening of the online voting system coming into effect from February 6, a rapid improvement in the number of votes is evident.the fifth week of the Dialog 4G-the Sunday Times Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year 2017 has picked up fast.

Nevertheless, Charana Nanayakkara of Thurstan College continues to lead the All-island Schools category with a massive count of 3503 votes. His votes have come mostly through coupons and the number is 1953, same as Santhush Goonathilake of St. Peter’s College. Santhush gained 2095 in the ended week, and that takes his tally up to 3288. Mohamed Najath of Zahira College is one player who had the most contribution from online votes. His tally moves up to 3216, with an addition of 2061, mostly from online votes, which is turning out to be game-changer. Charana, Santhush and Najath remains unchanged at their slots from last week.

S.thomas’college allrounder Romesh Nallaperuma, who shoots himself from seventh to fourth place, is a good example of making maximum advantage of online voting. He collects 2005 votes, taking his total to 2206. Lasith Croospulle loses a place and moves down to fifth place despite receiving 1027 votes, solely from coupons. Major changes occurred from sixth place to down after online voting proved to be a vital decider, making the competition more interesting.

Pulitha Yasas Sri Sarathchandra, of Sri Sumangala College Panadura continues to dominate the Emerging Schools category. He too is a beneficiary of the online voting system in addition to the coupons alike.two newcomers join in the fray from this week in the category taking the total number of contenders to six.