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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
Cricket
Afghanistan’s White-ball Series against Sri Lanka officially postponed
The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) announces that the Afghanistan vs Sri Lanka bilateral series, originally scheduled to commence on 13 March in the United Arab Emirates, has been rescheduled to the last quarter of 2026 due to logistical challenges, including flight constraints arising from the ongoing regional situation.
The series, which was to mark the first occasion of Afghanistan hosting Sri Lanka, was scheduled to feature six white-ball matches. The three T20 International matches were planned to be staged at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium on 13, 15, and 17 March, followed by three One Day Internationals at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on 20, 22, and 25 March.
Following the receipt of the required sanction from the Emirates Cricket Board (ECB), preparations had been finalized for hosting the matches across the two venues. However, in early March, unforeseen developments created logistical constraints that affected travel arrangements and operational planning for the series.
To address the situation, the Afghanistan Cricket Board held a series of consultations with key stakeholders, including the Emirates Cricket Board (ECB), Sharjah Cricket Stadium (SCS), and Dubai International Cricket Stadium (DICS). A joint meeting convened by the ACB on 4 March resulted in a recommendation to monitor the situation and reassess by 6 March, in the hope that conditions would improve. A subsequent follow-up meeting on 7 March recommended waiting until 9 March before making a final determination.
Despite the collective efforts of all parties to proceed with the event as planned, the logistical challenges remained beyond operational control, leading to the decision to postpone the series and explore rescheduling options.
Throughout this process, the Sri Lanka Cricket Board (SLC) was kept fully informed, and the decision to postpone the series was made in consultation and with the consent of Sri Lanka Cricket.
The preferred venue for the rescheduled series remains the United Arab Emirates, and the new dates will be announced in due course following further coordination between the respective boards and stakeholders.
Cricket
Gary Kirsten Appointed as Head Coach of Sri Lanka National Men’s Team
Sri Lanka Cricket has officially announced the appointment of Gary Kirsten as the new head coach of the national men’s team, effective from 15 April 2026. His tenure will run for two years, concluding on 14 April 2028.
Kirsten, a former South African international cricketer, brings with him a wealth of coaching experience and a distinguished playing career. Between 2008 and 2011, he served as head coach of the India men’s national team, guiding them to victory in the 2011 ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup. He later took charge of the South Africa men’s national team from 2011 to 2013, during which South Africa rose to become the number one ranked team across all formats.
Most recently, Kirsten worked as a consultant with Cricket Namibia during the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026, further expanding his global coaching footprint.
As a player, Kirsten represented South Africa from 1993 to 2004, amassing 14,087 international runs across Tests and ODIs. His record includes 21 Test centuries and 13 ODI centuries, cementing his reputation as one of South Africa’s most reliable batsmen.
Sri Lanka Cricket has emphasized that Kirsten’s appointment is part of a broader initiative to revamp the National High Performance Center. His primary responsibility will be to prepare and lead the Sri Lanka National Men’s Team in their campaign for the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2027, which will be jointly hosted by South Africa, Namibia, and Zimbabwe.
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Sri Lanka–Afghanistan Series Postponed Amid Regional Tensions
Sri Lanka Cricket has decided to postpone the upcoming limited-overs series against Afghanistan in the United Arab Emirates due to the current situation in the Middle East, sources confirmed.
The series, which was scheduled to run from March 13 to 25, included three T20 internationals in Sharjah and three ODIs in Dubai. However, growing security concerns following reports of Iranian strikes across parts of the region have forced officials to reconsider travel and hosting arrangements.
Both cricket boards are understood to be in discussions to reschedule the fixtures once conditions improve. The decision comes at a time when Sri Lanka is also focusing on strengthening its domestic fitness programme, with selectors emphasizing that physical readiness will be a key factor in future squad selections.
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