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Uthura Rudras

cricket team

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 22, 2026
Entity authorityQ7902748 ↗
Source-derived summary

The Uthura Rudras was a franchise cricket team that took part in Sri Lanka Premier League, representing Northern Province. Rudra Sports Private Limited purchased the team for $3.4 million in 2012. They were owned for seven years, after which a new agreement may be negotiated.

History

This Team was previously known as Uthura Oryxes and was captained

by Daniel Vettori.

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The public source identifies “Uthura Rudras” as cricket team. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Uthura, Rudras and cricket.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2012—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2012-01-01. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Uthura, Rudras and cricket providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “Uthura Rudras” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.