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Dhananjaya denies media report claiming he refused to play in First ODI

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All-rounder Dhananjaya de Silva has refuted claims that he refused to bat in the No. 07 position in the first ODI match against New Zealand.

Taking to Twitter, he said: “The story circulating in social media saying that I have refused to bat at No. 07 during tomorrow’s game is false, and I wish to state that I am a player who always stands with the team”.

Earlier on Friday, local media reported that the cricketer was dropped from the squad selected to play in the first of the three ODI’s against New Zealand because he had refused to bat at the No. 07 position in the lineup.

De Silva has been the backbone of the Sri Lanka middle order in all three formats for several years now

The 31-year-old made his Sri Lanka debut in 2016 and has since played 65 ODI matches, scoring 1393 runs at an average of 26.28 with 8 half-centuries to his name and a best score of 91.

He has also played 47 Tests amassing 3006 runs with 9 centuries, and 11 half-centuries at an average of 38.53. In 36 T20Is, he has scored 659 runs with 3 fifties

පළමු එක්දින තරගයට ක්‍රීඩා කිරීම තමන් ප්‍රතික්ෂේප කළ බවට පළ වූ මාධ්‍ය වාර්තාව ධනංජය ප්‍රතික්ෂේප කරයි

නවසීලන්තය සමග පැවති පළමු එක්දින තරගයේදී තමන් අංක 07 ස්ථානයේ පන්දුවට පහරදීම ප්‍රතික්ෂේප කළ බවට එල්ල වන ප්‍රකාශ ප්‍රතික්ෂේප කරන බව තුන් ඉරියව් ක්‍රීඩක ධනංජය ද සිල්වා පවසනවා.

ට්විටර් ගිණුමට සටහනක් තබමින් ඔහු කියා සිටියේ “හෙට තරගයේදී අංක 07 ස්ථානයේ පන්දුවට පහර දීම මා ප්‍රතික්ෂේප කළ බවට සමාජ මාධ්‍ය තුළ පැතිර යන කතාව අසත්‍ය බවත්, මම සැමවිටම කණ්ඩායම සමඟ සිටින ක්‍රීඩකයෙකු බවත් ප්‍රකාශ කිරීමට කැමැත්තෙමි” යනුවෙනි.

නවසීලන්තයට එරෙහි එක්දින තරග තුනෙන් පළමු තරගයට ක්‍රීඩා කිරීමට තෝරාගත් සංචිතයෙන් ක්‍රිකට් ක්‍රීඩකයා අංක 07 ස්ථානයේ පන්දුවට පහර දීම ප්‍රතික්ෂේප කිරීම හේතුවෙන් ඔහු ඉවත් කළ බව සිකුරාදා ඇතැම් දේශීය මාධ්‍ය වාර්තා කළේය.

ද සිල්වා මේ වන විට වසර කිහිපයක සිට ආකෘති තුනේදීම ශ්‍රී ලංකා මැදපෙළේ කොඳු නාරටිය වී ඇත

31 හැවිරිදි ඔහු 2016 වසරේ ශ්‍රී ලංකා ක්‍රිකට් තරගයට පිවිසි අතර එතැන් සිට එක්දින තරග 65 කට ක්‍රීඩා කර ඇති අතර, ඔහුගේ නමට අර්ධ ශතක 8 ක් සහ හොඳම ලකුණු 91 ක් සමඟින් ලකුණු 1393 ක් ලබාගෙන 26.28 ක සාමාන්‍යයක් ලබාගෙන ඇත.

ඔහු ටෙස්ට් තරග 47කට ක්‍රීඩා කර ඇති අතර ඔහු ශතක 9ක් සමඟින් ලකුණු 3006ක් රැස්කර ඇති අතර අර්ධ ශතක 11ක් ලබාගෙන ඇත්තේ සාමාන්‍ය 38.53ක් ලෙසිනි. විස්සයි20 තරග 36කදී ඔහු අර්ධ ශතක 3ක් සමඟින් ලකුණු 659ක් ලබාගෙන ඇත

முதல் ஒருநாள் போட்டியில் விளையாட மறுத்ததாக ஊடகங்களில் வெளியான செய்தியை தனஞ்சய மறுத்துள்ளார்

நியூசிலாந்துக்கு எதிரான முதல் ஒருநாள் போட்டியில் 07வது இடத்தில் துடுப்பெடுத்தாட மறுத்ததாக சகலதுறை வீரர் தனஞ்சய டி சில்வா மறுத்துள்ளார்.

இதுகுறித்து அவர் ட்விட்டரில் கூறியிருப்பதாவது: நாளைய ஆட்டத்தில் நான் 07-வது இடத்தில் பேட் செய்ய மறுத்துவிட்டேன் என்று சமூக வலைதளங்களில் பரவும் செய்தி தவறானது, நான் எப்போதும் அணியுடன் நிற்கும் வீரர் என்பதை தெரிவித்துக் கொள்கிறேன்.

நியூசிலாந்துக்கு எதிரான மூன்று ஒருநாள் போட்டிகளில் முதல் போட்டியில் விளையாடத் தேர்ந்தெடுக்கப்பட்ட அணியில் இருந்து துடுப்பாட்ட வீரர் நீக்கப்பட்டதாக வெள்ளிக்கிழமை சில உள்ளூர் ஊடகங்கள் தெரிவித்தன, ஏனெனில் அவர் வரிசையில் 07 வது இடத்தில் பேட்டிங் செய்ய மறுத்துவிட்டார்.

டி சில்வா பல வருடங்களாக மூன்று வடிவங்களிலும் இலங்கையின் மிடில் ஆர்டரின் முதுகெலும்பாக இருந்து வருகிறார்

31 வயதான அவர் 2016 இல் இலங்கையில் அறிமுகமானார், அதன் பின்னர் 65 ODI போட்டிகளில் விளையாடி 26.28 சராசரியில் 1393 ரன்கள் எடுத்துள்ளார், 8 அரை சதங்கள் மற்றும் 91 ரன்களின் சிறந்த ஸ்கோர்.

அவர் 47 டெஸ்ட் போட்டிகளில் விளையாடி 9 சதங்களுடன் 3006 ரன்களையும், 38.53 சராசரியில் 11 அரை சதங்களையும் குவித்துள்ளார். 36 டி20 போட்டிகளில், 3 அரைசதங்களுடன் 659 ரன்கள் எடுத்துள்ளார்

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SLC President Shammi Silva and Executive Committee Step Down Effective Today

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The President of Sri Lanka Cricket, Shammi Silva, has officially resigned from his position with immediate effect, according to an announcement released by the board today (29).

In a significant development, all office-bearers and members of the Executive Committee have also stepped down from their respective roles, signaling a complete leadership transition within the governing body.

Sri Lanka Cricket confirmed that the decision has been formally conveyed to Anura Kumara Dissanayake and the Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports, Sunil Kumara Gamage.

No further details were immediately provided regarding the reasons behind the mass resignation or the process for appointing new leadership.

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Sri Lanka Cricket Grants Rs. 10 Million to Rising Javelin Athlete Rumesh Tharanga

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Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) today provided a financial grant to rising javelin thrower Rumesh
Tharanga Pathirage.

This support was extended under the direction of the SLC President Mr. Shammi Silva and
the Executive Committee of Sri Lanka Cricket, following a request made by the Minister of
Youth Affairs and Sports, Sunil Kumara Gamage.

Rumesh Tharanga received the grant this evening at the SLC headquarters.
This initiative is part of SLC’s ongoing efforts to support and promote sports beyond cricket,
as well as to assist promising athletes in achieving success at the international level.

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Sports Ministry Yet to Confirm Reports of Leadership Change at Sri Lanka Cricket

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The Ministry of Sports has not released any official statement regarding speculation over a potential leadership change at Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), according to Sports Minister Sunil Kumara Gamage.

Addressing recent media inquiries, the minister clarified that reports suggesting SLC President Shammi Silva could step down and be succeeded by former Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) parliamentarian Eran Wickramaratne remain unverified.

“We have not issued any official statement as a ministry on this matter. These claims are currently limited to social media reports,” Gamage said.

He further noted that the ministry intends to address the situation formally in the near future.

“We are planning to hold a media briefing soon and will release an official statement. Further discussion can take place after that,” he added.

The remarks come amid growing public attention over the administration of Sri Lanka’s cricket governing body, though authorities have yet to confirm any changes at the top.

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