Imran Bisthamin Explained

Birth Name:Imran Bisthamin
Birth Date:1985
Birth Place:Kandy, Sri Lanka
Years1:2004-2008
Repyears1:2007-2008
Ru Sevensnationalyears1:2008

Imran Bisthamin is a rugby union footballer in Sri Lanka who played for Sri Lanka, and Kandy Sports Club.[1] [2] He is a product of St. Anthony's College, Kandy,[3] where he captained the college rugby team.

Bistamin played at Number 8 third-row-forward.[4] [5] Bisthamin represented the country at the Asian Rugby tournament in 2007.

Injury

On November 22, 2008, Bisthamin faced career-threatening injuries to the head and spinal cord when he fell from an upper floor of a restaurant at the George R de Silva Shopping Complex in Kandy.[6] [7] He was unconscious and rushed to the Kandy General Hospital and treated in the intensive-care unit[8] for Brain haemorrhage. He regained consciousness after three weeks.[9]

Controversy

On 2008, the exclusion of Bistamin from the Sri Lanka National Rugby Team ahead of Asian Five Nation Rugby Championship in Taiwan created a controversy with the second set of selectors led by Rohan Abeykoon protesting against the nepotistic move by Minister of Sports at that time, Gamini Lokuge.[10] [11]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Imran Bisthamin: A Tragedy On Several Levels | The Sunday Leader . Thesundayleader.lk . 2012-08-24.
  2. Web site: Category: Features . Courageous Imran Bisthamin– a hero rising from the ashes . www.thepapare.com . 2012-06-24 . 2012-08-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120904153829/http://www.thepapare.com/index.php/features/1828-couragous-imran-bisthamin-a-hero-rising-from-the-ashes . 2012-09-04 . dead .
  3. Web site: Archived copy . 2012-08-24 . 2016-03-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304000952/http://www.nation.lk/2009/08/16/rugby.pdf . dead .
  4. Web site: Razak . Rukshan . The Island-News . Island.lk . 2012-08-24.
  5. Web site: Sports . Nation.lk . 2012-08-28.
  6. Web site: Sri Lanka Sports News . Sundayobserver.lk . 2008-11-30 . 2012-08-24.
  7. Web site: Sri Lanka Sports News | Online edition of Daily News - Lakehouse Newspapers . Dailynews.lk . 2008-11-24 . 2012-08-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090403211640/http://www.dailynews.lk/2008/11/24/spo06.asp . 2009-04-03 . dead .
  8. Web site: Sports - Bisthamin still unconscious . Sundaytimes.lk . 2012-08-24.
  9. Web site: Sri Lanka Sports News . Sundayobserver.lk . 2008-12-14 . 2012-08-28.
  10. http://pdfs.island.lk/2008/11/25/p3.pdf
  11. Web site: The Sunday Leader . Thesundayleader.lk . 2012-08-28.

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