Charith Asalanka (31887) of Richmond College, Galle took over a slender lead of 394 votes over last week’s winner Lakshina Rodrigo (31493) of St.Peter’s as the tussle for the first place in the Platinum segment for division one schools is becoming anyone’s guess at the end of 15th week counting in the Sunday Observer/ Mobitel Most Popular Schoolboy Cricketer Of The year Contest 2015.

Asalanka and Rodrigo have been performing well for their schools this season and helped them win many matches. Raveen Sayer of Trinity at third place is also a prolific performer this season. Sayer has been in the fray on previous occasions in the contest.

In the Gold category for division two schools Randev Pathirana of Royal College, Colombo has maintained his top spot by polling 20026 votes to Ramindu Nikeshala (15,586) of Devapathiraja College, Ratgama.