Sri Lanka to felicitate cricketers with commemorative coins

Sri Lanka plans to issue commemorative coins to felicitate cricketers, who emerged runners-up in the recently concluded World Cup held in the Caribbean, officials said.

"Things are still at a planning stage. We have not worked out the designs yet. Obviously it will have a cricket element," the head of Central Bank's currency department A Jeewandara said.

Rajapakse's office said the president had also expressed interest in giving duty free vehicle permit to the cricketers, who lost the final to Australia in Barbados.

In March, Sri Lanka issued two commemorative World Cup stamps in a bid to boost its cricketers before the tournament began.

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