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A three-nil series win for the touring Indian team…

According to Duckworth–Lewis–Stern method, the Indian team won the match easily by 119 runs in the match held yesterday (27) at the Queen’s park oval as the last and third match of the three-match ODI series between the touring Indian team and the West Indies. In the Caribbean, India entered the record books with the highest margin of victory against the West Indies.
Indian captain Shikhar Dhawan, who won the toss, decided to bat first and in the 24th over was underway when the match was stopped due to rain, India lost one wicket and scored 115 runs and was in a strong position. Again in the 36th over match stopped due to rain, the umpires decided to end the Indian innings and at that time the Indian team had scored 225 runs with the loss of 3 wickets. Indian opening batsmen Shubman Gill made 98 not out and Shikhar Dhawan strengthened the Indian innings by scoring 58 runs and in bowling Hayden Walsh managed to take two wickets for 57 runs.
According to the Duckworth-Lewis method, West Indies needed to score 257 runs in 35 overs to win the match.
Mohammed Siraj started his spell very well by dismissing the first two wickets of the West Indians before scoring any runs, who entered the field chasing a target of 257 runs. The Indian team’s bowling unit, which did not stop, demolished the West Indian batting lineup and managed to restrict all the batters for 137 runs in 25 overs. Yuzvendra Chahal took four wickets and Mohammed Siraj and Shardul Thakur took two wickets each. Although Nicholas Pooran and Brandon King scored 42 runs each, it was not enough for the victory.
Shubman Gill, who scored 205 runs with two half-centuries, was awarded the man of the match and tournament.
சுற்றுலா இந்தியா அணிக்கு மூன்றுக்கு பூச்சியம் என்ற வகையில் தொடர் வெற்றி…
சுற்றுலா இந்திய அணிக்கும் மேற்கிந்திய தீவுகள் அணிக்கும் இடையிலான 3 போட்டிகள் கொண்ட ஒருநாள் தொடரின் கடைசி மற்றும் மூன்றாவது போட்டியாக நேற்று (27) குயின்ஸ் பார்க் ஓவலில் நடைபெற்ற ஆட்டத்தில் டக்வொர்த்–லூயிஸ்–ஸ்டெர்ன் முறைப்படி இந்திய அணி 119 ரன்கள் வித்தியாசத்தில் எளிதாக வெற்றி பெற்றது. மேற்கிந்தியத் தீவுகளுக்கு எதிராக இந்தியா அதிக வித்தியாசத்தில் வெற்றி பெற்று சாதனைப் புத்தகத்தில் நுழைந்தது.
டாஸ் வென்ற இந்திய கேப்டன் ஷிகர் தவான் முதலில் பேட் செய்ய முடிவு செய்தார், மழையால் ஆட்டம் நிறுத்தப்பட 24-வது ஓவரில் இந்தியா ஒரு விக்கெட்டை இழந்து 115 ரன்கள் எடுத்து வலுவான நிலையில் இருந்தது. மீண்டும் 36வது ஓவர் ஆட்டம் மழையால் நிறுத்தப்பட்டதையடுத்து, இந்திய இன்னிங்ஸை முடிக்க நடுவர்கள் முடிவு செய்தனர், அப்போது இந்திய அணி 3 விக்கெட் இழப்புக்கு 225 ரன்கள் எடுத்திருந்தது. இந்திய தொடக்க ஆட்டக்காரர்களான ஷுப்மான் கில் ஆட்டமிழக்காமல் 98 ரன்கள் எடுத்தார் மற்றும் ஷிகர் தவான் 58 ரன்கள் எடுத்து இந்திய இன்னிங்ஸை வலுப்படுத்தினார்.
டக்வொர்த் லூயிஸ் முறைப்படி மேற்கிந்திய தீவுகள் அணி வெற்றி பெற 35 ஓவர்களில் 257 ரன்கள் எடுக்க வேண்டியிருந்தது.
257 ரன்கள் என்ற இலக்கை துரத்தி களம் இறங்கிய மேற்கிந்திய அணியின் முதல் இரண்டு விக்கெட்டுகளை ரன் ஏதும் எடுக்காமல் முகமது சிராஜ் சிறப்பாக ஆட்டமிழக்கத் தொடங்கினார். வெஸ்ட் இண்டிய பேட்டிங் வரிசையை நிலைகுலையச் செய்த இந்திய அணியின் பந்துவீச்சு பிரிவு, 25 ஓவர்களில் 137 ரன்களுக்கு அனைத்து வீரர்களையும் கட்டுப்படுத்த முடிந்தது. யுஸ்வேந்திர சாஹல் 4 விக்கெட்டுகளையும், முகமது சிராஜ், ஷர்துல் தாக்கூர் ஆகியோர் தலா 2 விக்கெட்டுகளையும் வீழ்த்தினர். நிக்கோலஸ் பூரன் மற்றும் பிராண்டன் கிங் ஆகியோர் தலா 42 ரன்கள் எடுத்தாலும், வெற்றிக்கு அது போதுமானதாக இல்லை.
இரண்டு அரை சதங்களுடன் 205 ரன்கள் குவித்த ஷுப்மான் கில் ஆட்டநாயகனாகவும் போட்டியின் ஆட்ட நாயகனாகவும் தேர்ந்தெடுக்கப்பட்டார்.
සංචාරක ඉන්දීය කණ්ඩායමට තුනට බිංදුවක තරගාවලි ජයක්…
සංචාරක ඉන්දීය කණ්ඩායම සහ බටහිර ඉන්දීය කොදෙව් දූපත් අතර පැවැත්වෙන තරග තුනකින් සමන්විත එක්දින තරගවලියේ අවසන් සහ තුන්වන තරගය ලෙස Queen’s park oval පිටියේ ඊයේ (27) පැවති තරගයෙන් ඩක්වර්ත් ලුවිස් නිය්යාට අනුව ලකුණු 119 ක පහසු ජයක් හිමි කර ගැනීමට ඉන්දීය කණ්ඩායම සමත්වුණා. කැරිබියන් දූපත්වල ඉන්දියාව කොදෙව්වන්ට එරෙහිව ලබාගත් ඉහලම ලකුණු පරතරය සහිත ජයග්රහණය ලෙස වාර්තා පොත් අතරට එක් විය.
කාසිය වාසිය ජයග්රහනය කල ඉන්දීය නායක Shikhar Dhawan ප්රථමයෙන් පන්දුවට පහරදීමට තීරණය කල අතර 24 වන පන්දු වාරය ක්රියාත්මක වන අතර වාරයේ වර්ෂාව ඇදවැටීම හේතුවෙන් තරගය නතර කරන විට එක් කඩුල්ලක් බිද වැටී ලකුණු 115 ක් ලබා ගෙන ප්රබල තත්වයක පසු විය. නැවතත් 36වන පන්දු වාරයේදී වර්ෂාව ඇදවැටීම හේතුවන් ඉන්දීය ඉණිම නිමා කීරිමට විනිසුරුවන් තීරණය කල අතර ඒ වන විට ඉන්දීය කණ්ඩායම කඩුලු 3ක් දැවී ලකුණු 225ක් රැස් කරගෙන සිටියා. ඉන්දීය ආරම්භක පිතිකරුවන් වන Shubman Gill නොදැවී ලකුණු අනුව 98 ක්දShikhar Dhawan ලකුණු 58 ක් ද රැස්කරමින් ඉන්දීය ඉනිම ශක්තිමත් කළ අතර පන්දු යැවීමේදී කොදෙව්වන් වෙනුවෙන් Hayden Walsh ලකුණු 57කට කඩුලු දෙකක් දවාගැනීමට සමත්වුණා.
ඩක්වර්ත් ලුවිස් න්යායට අනුව බටහිර ඉන්දීය කොදෙව් කණ්ඩායමට තරඟයේ ජයග්රහණය සඳහා පන්දුවාර 35 කදී ලකුණු 257ක රැස් කරගත යුතු විය.
ලකුණු 257ක ජයග්රහි ඉලක්කයක් හඹා යාමට පිටියට පිවිසි කොදෙව් පිතිකරුවන්ගේ ප්රථම කඩුලු 2ක කිසිදු ලකුණක් ලබා ගැනීමට පෙර දෙවන පන්දුවාරයේදී දවාගැනීමට Mohammed Siraj සමත්විය. ඉන් නොනැවතුණු ඉන්දීය කණ්ඩායමේ පන්දු යැවීමේ බලඇණිය කොදෙව් පිතිකරුවන් මෙල්ල කරමින් පන්දුවාර 25 ක් තුළදී ලකුණු 137 කට සියලු ක්රීඩකයන් දවා ගැනීමට සමත් වුණා. Yuzvendra Chahal කඩුළු හතරක්ද Mohammed Siraj සහ Shardul Thakur කඩුලු 2 බැගින් දවා ගැනීමට සමත් වුණා. කොදෙව් කණ්ඩායමේ nicholas pooran සහ Brandon King ලකුණු 42 බැගින් රැස් කළද එය ජයග්රහණය සඳහා කිසිසේත් ප්රමාණවත් නොවීය.
තරගාවලිය පුරා පිත්තෙන් දස්කම් දක්වමින් අර්ධ ශතක දෙකක් සමගියෙන් ලකුණු 205 ක් රැස්කළ Shubman Gill තරඟයේ සහ තරගාවලියේ වීරයා ලෙස සම්මාන ලැබීය.
තරග පහකින් සමන්විත T20 තරගාවලිය ලබන 29 දා ආරම්භ වේ.
INDIA INNINGS 225/3 (Ov.36)
Shubman Gill 98* (98)
Shikhar Dhawan 58 (74)
Shreayas Iyer 44 (34)
Hayden Walsh 57/2 (8)
WEST INDIES INNINGS 137/10 (Ov. 26) (Target: 257 runs from 35 overs)
Nicholas Pooran 42 (32)
Brandon King 42 (37)
Yuzvendra Chahal 17/4 (4)
Mohammed Siraj 14/2 (3)
Shardul Thakur 17/2 (5)
India won by 119 runs (DLS)
News by Anjana Kaluarachchi
Athletics
Three Sri Lankan Athletes Qualify for World Athletics Indoor Championships 2025
Colombo: In a historic achievement for Sri Lankan athletics, three national athletes have officially qualified for the World Athletics Indoor Championships 2025, set to take place from May 21 to 23 in Nanjing, China. This marks Sri Lanka’s largest representation at the prestigious event in over two decades.
Sri Lankan Athletes Heading to Nanjing 2025
The three Sri Lankan athletes who secured their spots based on performances and world rankings are:
- Chamod Yodasinghe – 60m Sprint
- Kalinga Kumarage – 400m
- Kaveesha Bandara – 60m Hurdles
Their qualification comes after impressive performances at the inaugural National Short Course Championship, highlighting Sri Lanka’s growing potential in indoor athletics.
A Historic Moment for Sri Lanka
The last time Sri Lanka sent a team to the World Athletics Indoor Championships was in 2001 (Lisbon), where four athletes represented the nation. This latest qualification marks the largest contingent in over 20 years, showcasing significant progress despite limited indoor competition opportunities in Sri Lanka.
With preparations underway, these athletes will aim to make an impact on the global stage and elevate Sri Lanka’s presence in international athletics.
Stay tuned for more updates on Sri Lanka’s journey to Nanjing 2025!
News
Chinese Government Pledges Support for Sri Lanka’s Sports and Youth Development
Colombo: In a significant move towards strengthening sports and youth development in Sri Lanka, Chinese Ambassador Qi Zhenhong met with Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports, Sunil Kumar Gamage, and Deputy Minister Eranga Gunasekara today (26) at the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports.
During the meeting, Ambassador Qi Zhenhong congratulated the newly appointed ministers and reaffirmed China’s commitment to supporting Sri Lanka’s sports and youth programs. Discussions centered on enhancing bilateral cooperation and exploring actionable initiatives to uplift sports development in the country.
A key highlight of the discussions was China’s willingness to promote sports such as Tai Chi and Dragon Boat Racing in Sri Lanka. This initiative aligns with the broader vision of fostering international sports collaboration and expanding the sporting culture within the country.
This renewed partnership marks an important step in Sri Lanka’s sports development, paving the way for future investments and technical support to enhance local sporting infrastructure and training programs.
Stay tuned for more updates on this collaboration and its impact on Sri Lankan sports!
Football
Sri Lanka to Host the Prestigious 2025 SAFF Championship After 17 Years
Colombo: Sri Lanka has officially been granted the hosting rights for the 2025 South Asian Football Federation (SAFF) Championship, set to take place in June 2025. The decision marks a historic moment for Sri Lankan football, as the nation last hosted the tournament in 2008 alongside the Maldives.
The SAFF Championship is widely regarded as the “World Cup of South Asia,” bringing together the best footballing nations from the region. The 2025 edition will feature seven teams:
- India (Defending champions and most successful team)
- Pakistan
- Bangladesh
- Bhutan
- Maldives
- Nepal
- Sri Lanka (Host nation)
With the backing of home supporters, Sri Lanka will look to capitalize on this opportunity and aim for a deep run in the competition.
SAFF Championship: A Look at Past Editions and Winners
The SAFF Championship, first held in 1993, has seen 14 editions so far. India has been the most dominant team in the tournament’s history, winning a record 9 titles. The Maldives and Bangladesh have each won the tournament twice, while Sri Lanka claimed their only title in 1995, when they hosted the event in Colombo.
Here is a look at the past winners:
- India – 9 titles (1993, 1997, 1999, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2021, 2023)
- Maldives – 2 titles (2008, 2018)
- Bangladesh – 2 titles (2003, 2023)
- Sri Lanka – 1 title (1995)
Sri Lanka’s return as the host nation in 2025 gives them a golden opportunity to reclaim the championship after 30 years.
If executed well, the 2025 SAFF Championship could mark the beginning of a new era for Sri Lankan football, helping the nation rise again in South Asian football.
Can Sri Lanka make the most of this historic opportunity? The countdown to SAFF 2025 begins!
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