Sri Lankan leg-spinner Ruwantha Kellapotha has signed with the Melbourne Renegades for BBL|12, capping a remarkable rise through Victorian cricket ranks.
The 31-year-old is the team’s first overseas replacement player signing for this season.
Kellapotha has experience playing in Sri Lanka’s first-class competition, where he last played in 2013.
Over the past decade has played club cricket in Melbourne – primarily in the Dandenong District Cricket Association.