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68 runs victory in the first T20 match for the touring Indian team is a great win!!!
Starting the five-match T20 series between the touring Indian team and the West Indies, the Indian team managed to win by 68 runs in the first match held at the Brian Lara Stadium.
The Indian team, who batted first at the invitation of West Indian captain Nicholas Pooran, who won the toss, managed to score 190 runs by losing 6 wickets at the end of the twenty overs. The Indian batsmen managed to score 40 runs in the last 15 balls. Dinesh Karthik scored an unbeaten 41 off 19 balls and captain Rohit Sharma scored 64 to strengthen the Indian innings. And the Indian batsmens managed to score 50 runs by giving only one wicket in the four overs bowled by Jason Holder. In bowling, Alzarri Joseph, who got his international T20 debut in this match, managed to take two wickets.
In pursuit of a huge target of 191 runs, the West Indian batsmen, who entered the pitch, managed to score only 122 runs by losing 8 wickets at the end of the twenty overs, highlighting the brilliant batting style. Indian bowlers Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravi Bishnoi, and Arshdeep Singh, did not allow any West Indian batsman to cross the twenty-run mark and managed to take two wickets each.
Dinesh Karthik was awarded as the man of the match who scored an unbeaten 41 runs.
The second match will be played on August 1 at the Warner Park Stadium starting at 8 PM Sri Lanka time.
INDIA INNINGS 190/6 (Ov.20)
Rohit Sharma 64 (44)
Dinesh Karthik 41 (19)
Alzarri Joseph 46/2 (4)
Akeal Hosein 14/1 (4)
WEST INDIES INNINGS 122/8 (Ov. 20) (Target: 191runs from 20 overs)
Shamarh Brooks 20 (15)
Ravichandran Ashwin 22/2 (4)
Arshdeep Singh 24/2 (4)
Ravi Bishnoi 26/2 (4)
India won by 68 runs
සංචාරක ඉන්දීය කණ්ඩායමට ප්රථම T20 තරගයෙන් ලකුණු 68 විශිෂ්ඨ ජයක්!!!
සංචාරක ඉන්දීය කණ්ඩායම සහ බටහිර ඉන්දීය කොදෙව් දූපත් අතර පැවැත්වෙන තරග පහකින් සමන්විත T20 තරගවලිය ආරම්භ කරමින් Brian Lara ක්රීඩාංගණයේ පැවති ප්රථම තරගයෙන් ලකුණු 68 ක පහසු ජයක් හිමි කර ගැනීමට ඉන්දීය කණ්ඩායම සමත්වුණා.
කාසිය වාසිය ජයග්රහනය කල කොදෙව් නායක Nicholas Pooran ගේ ආරාධනයෙන් ප්රථමයෙන් පන්දුවට පහරදුන් ඉන්දීය කණ්ඩායම නියමිත පන්දුවාර විස්ස අවසානයේදි කඩුළු 6ක් දැවී ලකුණු 190 ලබා ගැනීමට සමත් විය. එහිදී ඉන්දීය පිතිකරුවන් අවසන් පන්දු 15 තුළදී ලකුණු 40ක් උදුරා ගැනීමට සමත් විය. Dinesh Karthik පන්දු 19කදී නොදැවී ලකුණු 41 සහ නායක Rohit Sharma ලකුණු 64ක් ලබා ගනිමින් ඉන්දීය ඉණිම ශක්තිමත් කරනු ලැබුවා. එමෙන්ම Jason Holder විසින් ක්රියාත්මක කළ පන්දුවාර හතර තුලදී එක් කඩුල්ලක් පමණක් ලබාදී ලකුණු 50ක් උදුරා ගැනීමට ඉන්දීය පිතිකරුවන් සමත් විය. පන්දු යැවීමේදී මෙම තරගයේදී ජාත්යන්තර T20 වරම් දිනා ගත් Alzarri Joseph කඩුළු දෙකක් දවා ගැනීමට සමත් විය.
ලකුණු 191ක දැවැන්ත ඉලක්කයක් හඹා යාමට පිටියට පිවිසි කොදෙව් පිතිකරුවන්ගේ දීයාරු පිතිකරණ විලාශය නැවතත් ඉස්මතු කරමින් පන්දුවාර විස්ස අවසානයේදි කඩුළු 8ක් දැවී ලබා ගැනීමට සමත් වුයේ ලකුණු 122ක් පමණි. කිසිදු කොදෙව් පිතිකරුවෙකුට ලකුණු විස්සේ සීමාව ඉක්මවා යැමට ඉඩ ලබා නොදුන් ඉන්දීය පන්දු යවන්නන් වන Ravichandran Ashwin, Arshdeep Singh,
Ravi Bishnoi කඩුළු දෙක බැගින් දවා ගැනීමට සමත් විය.
නොදැවී වේගවත් ලකුණු 41 ක් රැස්කළ Dinesh Karthik තරගයේ වීරයා ලෙස සම්මානය ලැබීය.
දෙවන තරගය අගෝස්තු පළවෙනිදා Warner Park ක්රීඩාංගණයේ දී ශ්රී ලංකා වේලාවෙන් රාත්රී 8ට ආරම්භ වේ.
INDIA INNINGS 190/6 (Ov.20)
Rohit Sharma 64 (44)
Dinesh Karthik 41 (19)
Alzarri Joseph 46/2 (4)
Akeal Hosein 14/1 (4)
WEST INDIES INNINGS 122/8 (Ov. 20) (Target: 191runs from 20 overs)
Shamarh Brooks 20 (15)
Ravichandran Ashwin 22/2 (4)
Arshdeep Singh 24/2 (4)
Ravi Bishnoi 26/2 (4)
India won by 68 runs
சுற்றுலா இந்திய அணிக்கு முதல் டி20 போட்டியில் 68 ரன்கள் வித்தியாசத்தில் அபார வெற்றி!!!
சுற்றுலா இந்திய அணிக்கும் மேற்கிந்திய தீவுகளுக்கும் இடையிலான 5 போட்டிகள் கொண்ட டி20 தொடரில் பிரையன் லாரா மைதானத்தில் நடைபெற்ற முதல் போட்டியில் இந்திய அணி 68 ரன்கள் வித்தியாசத்தில் வெற்றி பெற்றது.
நாணய சுழற்சியில் வெற்றி பெற்ற மேற்கிந்திய அணித்தலைவர் நிகோலஸ் பூரனின் அழைப்பின் முதலில் துடுப்பெடுத்தாடிய இந்திய அணி இருபது ஓவர்கள் முடிவில் 6 விக்கெட்டுக்களை இழந்து 190 ஓட்டங்களை பெற்றுக்கொண்டது. கடைசி 15 பந்துகளில் இந்திய வீரர்கள் 40 ரன்கள் எடுத்தனர். தினேஷ் கார்த்திக் 19 பந்துகளில் ஆட்டமிழக்காமல் 41 ரன்களும், கேப்டன் ரோகித் சர்மா 64 ரன்களும் எடுத்து இந்திய இன்னிங்ஸை பலப்படுத்தினர். மேலும் ஜேசன் ஹோல்டர் வீசிய 4 ஓவர்களில் இந்திய வீரர்கள் ஒரு விக்கெட்டை மட்டும் கொடுத்து 50 ரன்கள் எடுத்தனர். பந்துவீச்சில் இந்தப் போட்டியில் சர்வதேச T20 போட்டியில் அறிமுகமான அல்ஸாரி ஜோசப் இரண்டு விக்கெட்டுகளை வீழ்த்தினார்.
191 ரன்கள் எடுத்தால் வெற்றி என்ற அபார வெற்றி இலக்கை நோக்கி களமிறங்கிய மேற்கிந்திய துடுப்பாட்ட வீரர்கள் இருபது ஓவர்கள் முடிவில் 8 விக்கெட்டுகளை இழந்து 122 ரன்களை மட்டுமே எடுக்க முடிந்தது. இந்திய பந்துவீச்சாளர்கள் ரவிச்சந்திரன் அஷ்வின், ரவி பிஷ்னோய் மற்றும் அர்ஷ்தீப் சிங் ஆகியோர் எந்த மேற்கிந்திய வீரர்களையும் இருபது ரன்களை கடக்க அனுமதிக்கவில்லை மற்றும் தலா இரண்டு விக்கெட்டுகளை வீழ்த்தினார்.
ஆட்ட நாயகனாக ஆட்டமிழக்காமல் 41 ரன்கள் குவித்த தினேஷ் கார்த்திக் தேர்வு செய்யப்பட்டார்.
இரண்டாவது போட்டி ஆகஸ்ட் முதல் தேதி வார்னர் பார்க் கிரேட் மைதானத்தில் ஸ்ரீலங்கா நேரத்திலிருந்து இரவு 8 மணிக்கு தொடங்கும்.
INDIA INNINGS 190/6 (Ov.20)
Rohit Sharma 64 (44)
Dinesh Karthik 41 (19)
Alzarri Joseph 46/2 (4)
Akeal Hosein 14/1 (4)
WEST INDIES INNINGS 122/8 (Ov. 20) (Target: 191runs from 20 overs)
Shamarh Brooks 20 (15)
Ravichandran Ashwin 22/2 (4)
Arshdeep Singh 24/2 (4)
Ravi Bishnoi 26/2 (4)
India won by 68 runs
News by Anjana Kaluarachchi
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Strengthening Ties Through Sport: China Donates Five Dragon Boats to Sri Lanka
The People’s Republic of China has donated five dragon boats worth LKR 5 million to Sri Lanka, marking a significant step in promoting water sports across the island.

The donation was made during the China-Sri Lanka Friendship Dragon Boat Championship, organized by NACKSL – the National Association of Canoeing and Kayaking Sri Lanka, held on May 31 at the Diyawanna Rowing Center. The championship saw the participation of 25 teams from various regions of the country.
The event was graced by:
- Minister of Youth and Sports Sunil Kumara Gamagedara
- Deputy Minister of Youth Affairs Eranga Gunasekara
- Chinese Ambassador to Sri Lanka Qi Zhenhong
Trophies and certificates were awarded to the winning athletes, and the official handover of the dragon boats was completed at the same event.
A Symbol of Friendship and Cultural Exchange
Minister Gamagedara emphasized that the China-Sri Lanka Dragon Boat Championship, and the donation of dragon boats, symbolize the strong cultural, sporting, and diplomatic ties between the two nations. He extended his gratitude to the Chinese Embassy and stated that this generous gift would be instrumental in expanding and developing water sports across Sri Lanka.
“From North to South and East to West, we are committed to promoting water sports across the country,” said the Minister.
He further noted that this donation would help create pathways for Sri Lankan youth in canoeing, kayaking, and dragon boat racing, while also boosting sports tourism.
Celebrating Unity and National Inclusion
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The Deputy Minister also expressed hope that more youth with exceptional talent in water sports would be provided with sports scholarships in the future.
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Kusal Mendis Falls Short in High-Stakes IPL Eliminator Clash
Sri Lanka’s Kusal Mendis failed to rise to the occasion during a crucial IPL 2025 Eliminator as Gujarat Titans fell short in their chase against Mumbai Indians at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh Stadium in New Chandigarh.
Chasing a steep target of 229, Gujarat Titans needed early momentum. While opener Sai Sudharsan led the charge with a composed 80 off 49 deliveries, Kusal Mendis—expected to play a key supporting role—could not live up to expectations on this competitive stage.
Mendis, who had the platform to make an impact, started aggressively with two sixes in his 10-ball 20 but threw away his wicket in an uncharacteristic manner—getting out hit wicket to Mitchell Santner. In a high-pressure match where composure was vital, Mendis’s dismissal was a major setback for GT, stalling their momentum during a promising phase of the innings.
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GT eventually managed 208/6, falling short by 20 runs. With Mendis’s early exit, the middle order was left exposed to the mounting run rate, and despite brief resistance from Washington Sundar and Rahul Tewatia, the chase fizzled out.
While Mendis has shown flashes of brilliance in previous matches, this performance serves as a reminder of the demands of knockout-stage cricket. With playoffs being the toughest test of mental and technical strength, Sri Lanka’s white-ball star must tighten his game to deliver when it matters most.
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- Aruna Bandara – Secretary, Ministry of Youth and Sports
- Shemal Fernando – Director General of Sports
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