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The Sri Lanka youth team lead from the first innings.
The Sri Lankan youth team, which has participated in a four-day test match with the England youth team, is in a huge situation by scoring 407 runs in its first innings. Limited to 387 runs in their first innings, the England youth team started their second innings yesterday (23) behind by 20 runs. By the end of the third day, they had scored 199 runs with the loss of 3 wickets, and the England team had taken the lead with 179 runs in the second innings.
Asitha Vanninayake, who scored 132 runs the previous day, had the opportunity to stay on the field today for only 8 more balls. Vanninayake failed to collect a single run in the innings on the third day when he was dismissed by Spinwall’s delivery straight through the stumps.
However, starting the day with Asitha, the middle-order batsman Ravinda Silva scored 62 runs and managed to fulfil the responsibility of the middle order of the innings. Due to Lahiru Dawata’s first ball dismissal, the young Sri Lankan innings were in danger of going backwards, but Vinuja Ranpul, who joined the captain, added 76 runs for the 7th wicket and took the Sri Lankan innings over England’s first innings.
Today (24) is the fourth and last day of the match.
England youth team all out for 387 in 78.3 overs – George Bell 107, Bertie Foreman (not out 58, Ross Whitefield 86, Harry Singh 27, Ben McKinney 33, Duvindu Ranatunga 100/4, Dulaj Samuditha 105/2, Vanuja Sahan 56/2)
Sri Lanka Youth 407 all out in 141.1 overs – (Asitha Vanninayake 132, Ranuda Somaratne 65, Pawan Pathiraja 32, Shevon Daniel 22, Ravin de Silva 62, Vinuja Ranpul 42, Bertie Foreman 94/4, Thomas Aspinwall 98/2, Benjamin Cliff 68/2, Eddie Jack 62/2)
Young England second innings 199 for 3 in 45 overs – (Ross Whitefield 110, Ben McKinney 56, George Bell (not out) 28, Vanuja Sahan 52/2)
ශ්රී ලංකා යොවුන් පිල පළමු ඉනිමෙන් පෙරමුණට
එංගලන්ත යොවුන් පිල හා සිව්දින ටෙස්ට් තරගයකට සහභාගී වී සිටින ශ්රී ලංකා යොවුන් පිල තම පළමු ඉනිමට ලකුණු 407 ලබා ගනිමින් ඉතා දැවැන්ත තත්වයක පසු වේ. සිය පළමු ඉනිමට ලකුණු 387කට සීමා වූ එංගලන්ත යොවුන් පිළ ඊයේ දින (23) ලකුණු 20 පිටුපසින් සිට සිය දෙවන ඉනිම ඇරබීය. තෙවන දිනය නිමා වන විට කඩුලු 3ක් දැවී ලකුණු 199 ලබා සිටි අතර එංගලන්ත පිල දෙවන ඉනිමේ ලකුණු 179 කින් පෙරමුණට පැමිණ ඇත.
පෙර දින ලකුණු 132 ක් ලබා සිටි අසිත වන්නිනායකට අද දිනයේදී පිටියේ රැඳී සිටීමට අවස්ථාව උදාවූයේ තවත් පන්දු 8 කට පමණි. ස්පින්වෝල්ගේ පන්දුවක් කෙළින්ම කඩුල්ලේ වැදීම නිසා වන්නිනායක දැවී යන විට තෙවැනි දිනයේදී එකම ලකුණක් හෝ ඉනිමට එකතු කර ගැනීමට අපොහොසත් වූවේය.
කෙසේ වෙතත් අසිත සමඟ දිනය ඇරැඹි මැද පෙළ පිතිකරු රවීන්ද සිල්වා නායකත්වයේ පිතිහරඹයක නිරත වෙමින් ලකුණු 62 ක් ලබා ගත්තේ ඉනිමේ මැද පෙළෙහි වගකීම මනාව ඉටු කිරීමට සමත් විය. ළහිරු දවටගේ පළමු පන්දුවෙන්ම දැවී යෑම නිසා ශ්රී ලංකා යොවුන් ඉනිම යම් කිසි පසුබෑමකට යෑමේ අවධානමක් පෙන්නුම් කළත් නායකයා හා එක් වුණු විනුජ රන්පුල් 7 වැනි කඩුල්ල වෙනුවෙන් ලකුණු 76 ක සම්බන්ධතාවක් එක් කරමින් එංගලන්ත පළමු ඉනිම අභිබවා ශ්රී ලංකා ඉනිම රැගෙන ගියහ.
අද (24) තරගයේ සිව්වැනි සහ අවසන් දිනයයි.
එංගලන්ත යොවුන් පිල පළමු ඉනිම පන්දුවාර 78.3 කදී සියලු දෙනා දැවී ලකුණු 387 යි – ජෝර්ජ් බෙල් 107, බර්ටී ෆෝර්මන් (නොදැවී_ 58, රොස් වයිට්ෆීල්ඩ් 86, හැරී සිං 27, බෙන් මැකිනි 33, දුවිඳු රණතුංග 100/4, දුලාජ් සමුදිත 105/2, වනුජ සහන් 56/2)
ශ්රී ලංකා යොවුන් පිල පළමු ඉනිම පන්දුවාර 141.1 කදී සියලු දෙනා දැවී ලකුණු 407 යි – (අසිත වන්නිනායක 132, රනුද සෝමරත්න 65, පවන් පතිරාජ 32, ෂෙවෝන් ඩැනියල් 22, රවීන් ද සිල්වා 62, විනුජ රන්පුල් 42, බර්ටි ෆෝර්මන් 94/4, තෝමස් අස්පින්වෝල් 98/2, බෙන්ජමින් ක්ලිෆ් 68/2, එඩී ජැක් 62/2)
එංගලන්ත යොවුන් පිල දෙවැනි ඉනිම පන්දුවාර 45 කදී කඩුලු 3 ක් දැවී ලකුණු 199 යි – (රොස් වයිට්ෆීල්ඩ් 110, බෙන් මැක්කිනේ 56, ජෝර්ජ් බෙල් (නොදැවී) 28, වනුජ සහන් 52/2)
இலங்கை இளையோர் அணி முதல் இன்னிங்சில் முன்னிலை
இங்கிலாந்து இளையோர் அணியுடன் நான்கு நாள் டெஸ்ட் போட்டியில் பங்கேற்றுள்ள இலங்கை இளையோர் அணி, தனது முதல் இன்னிங்சில் 407 ஓட்டங்களைப் பெற்று மாபெரும் நிலைமைக்கு தள்ளப்பட்டுள்ளது. தமது முதல் இன்னிங்ஸில் 387 ஓட்டங்களுக்கு மட்டுப்படுத்தப்பட்ட இங்கிலாந்து இளையோர் அணி 20 ஓட்டங்களால் பின்தங்கிய நிலையில் நேற்று (23) தமது இரண்டாவது இன்னிங்ஸை ஆரம்பித்தது. மூன்றாம் நாள் முடிவில் 3 விக்கெட் இழப்புக்கு 199 ரன்கள் எடுத்திருந்த நிலையில், இங்கிலாந்து அணி 2-வது இன்னிங்சில் 179 ரன்கள் எடுத்து முன்னிலை பெற்றது.
நேற்றுமுன்தினம் 132 ஓட்டங்களைப் பெற்றிருந்த அசித வன்னிநாயக்கவுக்கு மேலும் 8 பந்துகளுக்கு மாத்திரமே இன்று களத்தில் நிற்கும் வாய்ப்பு கிடைத்தது. மூன்றாம் நாள் இன்னிங்ஸில் வன்னிநாயக்க ஒரு ரன் கூட எடுக்கத் தவறினார், அப்போது அவர் ஸ்பின்வாலின் பந்து வீச்சில் நேராக ஸ்டம்புகளுக்குள் ஆட்டமிழந்தார்.
எவ்வாறாயினும், அசிதாவுடன் இன்றைய தினத்தை ஆரம்பித்த மத்திய வரிசை துடுப்பாட்ட வீரர் ரவிந்த சில்வா 62 ஓட்டங்களைப் பெற்று இன்னிங்ஸின் மிடில் ஆர்டரின் பொறுப்பை நிறைவேற்றினார். லஹிரு தவத்தாவின் முதல் பந்தில் ஆட்டமிழந்ததால் இலங்கையின் இளம் இன்னிங்ஸ் பின்னோக்கி செல்லும் அபாயத்தில் இருந்தது.ஆனால் கேப்டனுடன் இணைந்த வினுஜா ரன்புல் 7வது விக்கெட்டுக்கு 76 ரன்கள் சேர்த்து இலங்கை இன்னிங்சை இங்கிலாந்தின் முதல் இன்னிங்சை கைப்பற்றினார்.
இன்று (24) போட்டியின் நான்காவது மற்றும் கடைசி நாள்.
இங்கிலாந்து இளைஞர் அணி 78.3 ஓவரில் 387 ரன்களுக்கு ஆல் அவுட் – ஜார்ஜ் பெல் 107, பெர்டி ஃபோர்மேன் (58 நாட், ராஸ் வைட்ஃபீல்ட் 86, ஹாரி சிங் 27, பென் மெக்கின்னி 33, துவிந்து ரணதுங்கா 100/4, துலாஜ் சமுதிதா 105/2, வனுஜா சஹான் 56 2)
இலங்கை யூத் 141.1 ஓவர்களில் 407 ஆல் அவுட் – (அசித வன்னிநாயக்க 132, ரனுதா சோமரத்ன 65, பவன் பதிராஜா 32, ஷெவோன் டேனியல் 22, ரவின் டி சில்வா 62, வினுஜா ரன்புல் 42, பேர்டி ஃபோர்மேன் 94/4, தாமஸ் 8 ஆஸ்பின்வால், பென்ஜமின் 2 68/2, எடி ஜாக் 62/2)
இளம் இங்கிலாந்து இரண்டாவது இன்னிங்ஸ் 45 ஓவர்களில் 3 விக்கெட் இழப்புக்கு 199 – (ராஸ் வைட்ஃபீல்ட் 110, பென் மெக்கின்னி 56, ஜார்ஜ் பெல் (நாட் அவுட்) 28, வனுஜா சஹான் 52/2)
Cricket
Virat Kohli half-century and bowlers help RCB retain IPL title
Royal Challengers Bengaluru successfully defended their IPL crown with a composed five-wicket victory over Gujarat Titans in the IPL 2026 final, powered by a masterful unbeaten 75 from Virat Kohli and a disciplined bowling performance.
After being asked to bat first, Gujarat Titans struggled to build momentum against a relentless RCB attack and were restricted to 155 for 8 in their allotted 20 overs.
The Titans lost both openers early as Bhuvneshwar Kumar removed Sai Sudharsan and skipper Shubman Gill inside the first four overs. Nishant Sindhu briefly resisted with 20, but wickets fell at regular intervals as RCB tightened their grip on the contest.
Washington Sundar stood firm amid the collapse, producing a fighting unbeaten 50 off 37 deliveries that featured five boundaries. However, he received little support from the middle order. Rasikh Salam emerged as the pick of the bowlers with impressive figures of 3 for 27, while Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Josh Hazlewood claimed two wickets apiece. Krunal Pandya also chipped in with a crucial scalp as Gujarat finished below a par total.
In reply, RCB got off to a flying start through Venkatesh Iyer, who blasted 32 from just 16 balls. Although the defending champions lost a few quick wickets in the middle overs, Kohli anchored the chase with another vintage innings under pressure.
The veteran star struck nine fours and three sixes in his unbeaten 75 off 42 balls, controlling the innings with a blend of aggression and composure. Rajat Patidar contributed 15, while Tim David added a valuable 24 before falling with the target in sight.
Kohli then guided RCB home alongside wicketkeeper Jitesh Sharma, who remained unbeaten on 11, as Bengaluru reached 161 for 5 in just 18 overs.
The victory secured back-to-back IPL titles for RCB and once again highlighted Kohli’s enduring class on the biggest stage.
Brief Scores:
Gujarat Titans 155/8 in 20 overs (Washington Sundar 50; Rasikh Salam 3/27, Bhuvneshwar Kumar 2/29, Josh Hazlewood 2/37) lost to Royal Challengers Bengaluru 161/5 in 18 overs (Virat Kohli 75, Venkatesh Iyer 32, Tim David 24; Rashid Khan 2/25) by five wickets.
Athletics
Tarushi Abisheka Wins Gold for Sri Lanka at Asian Under-20 Athletics Championships
Sri Lankan athlete Tarushi Abisheka secured a gold medal in the girls’ 1500m event at the Asian Under-20 Athletics Championships currently being held in Hong Kong on Thursday (May 28).
Abisheka delivered an impressive performance to finish first with a timing of 4 minutes and 31.41 seconds, bringing glory to Sri Lanka on the international stage.
Iran’s Maryam Baluoutaki claimed the silver medal, while South Korea’s Song Dawson finished in third place to secure the bronze.
The talented Sri Lankan middle-distance runner is also competing in the 800m event at the championship.
The Asian Under-20 Athletics Championships has attracted athletes from 40 countries, competing across 46 events.
Sri Lanka has fielded a 22-member contingent for the tournament, consisting of 15 male athletes and seven female athletes.
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India Outplay Sri Lanka to Crown FIBA U-18 Asia Cup 2026 Champions
India produced a dominant performance to defeat hosts Sri Lanka 78-56 and clinch the FIBA U-18 Asia Cup 2026 title at the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium on Friday.
The Indian youngsters controlled the game from the opening whistle and displayed excellent teamwork, strong defence and accurate shooting to overpower the home side in front of a large crowd. Sri Lanka struggled to cope with India’s fast-paced attack and fell behind early in the contest.
India held a commanding 42-22 advantage at halftime after a superb first-half display. Their aggressive defence forced several Sri Lankan turnovers, while quick counterattacks allowed them to build a comfortable lead before the break.
Sri Lanka showed improved energy in the second half and attempted to reduce the deficit through determined play and better ball movement. However, India maintained composure and continued to dominate both offensively and defensively to keep the hosts at bay.
The Indian side impressed with their discipline and consistency throughout the tournament and deservedly lifted the championship trophy after remaining unbeaten. Sri Lanka, despite the defeat, earned praise for reaching the final and competing strongly against some of the region’s top youth basketball nations.
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