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Afghanistan is ready to face Sri Lanka in the first match of the Asia Cup
The Afghanistan team is ready to challenge Sri Lanka in the first match of the tournament.
The 2022 Asia Cup is the perfect tournament for Afghanistan to showcase their talent. The squad has been searching for a crown in the world tournaments for quite some time now and thus the Asian tournament is a good haven for them.
The Afghanistan team lacked experience in the past. However, with many of their players playing in several T20 leagues around the world, they now have the experience to go the distance. Afghanistan, which will challenge Sri Lanka in the first match of the tournament, belongs to the first group. Three days later (August 30) they are scheduled to take on the team in Bangladesh.
The Afghanistan team is still acting like a rookie. But, there are a few players who can change the complexion of the match at any given time. Bowling has always been their strength. Spinner Rashid Khan’s bowling will make it difficult for any opposition player to get into his usual range.
However, there may be times when Rashid doesn’t always deliver what the team needs. Najibullah Zadran is likely to be their next trump card. Middle-order batting is likely to be a problem as skipper Mohammad Nabi is not among the best at the moment. If the team believes strongly in their bowling and the pitches are bowler-friendly, Afghanistan can make a big splash in Asia Cup 2022.
Team Squad : Mohammad Nabi (c), Najibullah Zadran, Afsar Zazai, Azmatullah Omarzai, Farid Ahmad Malik, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Hazratullah Zazai, Ibrahim Zadran, Karim Janat, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Najibullah Zadran, Naveen ul Haq, Noor Ahmad , Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Rashid Khan, Samiullah Shinwari.
ආසියානු කුසලානයේ ශ්රී ලංකාව සමග පළමු තරගයට මුහුණ දීමට ඇෆ්ගනිස්තානට ඇති සූදානම
තරගාවලියේ පළමු තරගයේදීම ශ්රී ලංකාවට අභියෝගයක් එල්ල කරීමට ඇෆ්ගනිස්තාන කණ්ඩායම සූදානමින් සිටී.
2022 ආසියානු කුසලානය ඇෆ්ගනිස්තානයට ඔවුන්ගේ දක්ෂතා පෙන්වීමට සුදුසුම තරඟාවලියයි. සංචිතය දැන් සෑහෙන කලක සිට ලෝක තරඟාවලි වල කිරුලක් සොයමින් සිටින අතර ඒ අනුව ආසියානු තරඟාවලිය ඔවුන්ට හොද තෝතැන්නක් වේ.
ඇෆ්ගනිස්තාන කණ්ඩායමට අතීතයේ අත්දැකීම් නොතිබුණි. කෙසේ වෙතත්, ඔවුන්ගේ බොහෝ ක්රීඩකයින් ලොව පුරා T20 ලීග කිහිපයක් ක්රීඩා කිරීමත් සමඟ, ඔවුන්ට දැන් දුරක් යාමට අවශ්ය අත්දැකීම් තිබේ. තරගාවලියේ පළමු තරගයේදීම ශ්රී ලංකාවට අභියෝගයක් එල්ල කරන ඇෆ්ගනිස්තානය පළමු කාණ්ඩයට අයත් වේ. දින තුනකට පසුව (අගෝස්තු 30) ඔවුන් බංග්ලාදේශයට කණ්ඩායම හා තරග වැදීමට නියමිතය.
ඇෆ්ගනිස්තාන කණ්ඩායම තවමත් ආදුනිකයන් සේ ක්රියා කරයි. නමුත්, ඕනෑම අවස්ථාවක තරඟයේ ස්වරූපය වෙනස් කළ හැකි ක්රීඩකයින් කිහිප දෙනෙකු සිටී. පන්දු යැවීම සැමවිටම ඔවුන්ගේ ශක්තියයි. දඟ පන්දු යවන්නා වන රෂීඩ් ඛාන් ගේ පන්දු යැවීම ඕනෑම ප්රතිවාදී ක්රීඩකයෙකුට තම සුපුරුදු දක්ෂතා අතරට පිවිසීමට දුෂ්කර වනු ඇත.
කෙසේ වෙතත්, රෂීඩ්ට සෑම විටම කණ්ඩායමට අවශ්ය දේ ලබා දීමට නොහැකි අවස්ථා උදාවිය හැක. Najibullah Zadran ඔවුන්ගේ ඊලග තුරුම්පු වන බව නොවනුමානය. නායක මොහොමඩ් නබී මේ වන විට දක්ෂතා අතර නොසිටින බැවින් මැද පෙළ පිතිකරණය ගැටලුවක් වී ඇට්ග. කණ්ඩායම ඔවුන්ගේ පන්දු යැවීමට දැඩි ලෙස විශ්වාස තබන අතර තණතීරු දගපන්දු යවන්නන්ට හිතකර නම්, අෆ්ගනිස්ථාන කණ්ඩායමට ආසියා කුසලාන 2022 දී විශාල පෙරලියක් ඇති කළ හැකිය.
කණ්ඩායම් සංචිතය : Mohammad Nabi (c), Najibullah Zadran, Afsar Zazai, Azmatullah Omarzai, Farid Ahmad Malik, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Hazratullah Zazai, Ibrahim Zadran, Karim Janat, Mujeeb ur Rahman, Najibullah Zadran, Naveen ul Haq, Noor Ahmad, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Rashid Khan, Samiullah Shinwari.
ஆசிய கோப்பையின் முதல் போட்டியில் இலங்கையை எதிர்கொள்ள ஆப்கானிஸ்தான் தயாராக உள்ளது
போட்டியின் முதல் போட்டியில் இலங்கைக்கு சவால் விட ஆப்கானிஸ்தான் அணி தயாராக உள்ளது.
2022 ஆசிய கோப்பை ஆப்கானிஸ்தானுக்கு அவர்களின் திறமையை வெளிப்படுத்த சரியான போட்டியாகும். இந்த அணி உலகப் போட்டிகளில் ஒரு கிரீடத்தை சில காலமாக தேடி வருகிறது, இதனால் ஆசிய போட்டி அவர்களுக்கு நல்ல களமாக உள்ளது.
ஆப்கானிஸ்தான் அணி கடந்த காலத்தில் அனுபவம் குறைந்த அணியாக இருந்தது. இருப்பினும், அவர்களது வீரர்கள் பலர் உலகெங்கிலும் உள்ள பல டி20 லீக்களில் விளையாடுவதால், அவர்கள் இப்போது அனுபவம் பெற்றுள்ளனர். தொடரில் முதல் போட்டியில் இலங்கைக்கு சவாலாக இருக்கும் ஆப்கானிஸ்தான் முதல் குழுவில் இடம்பெற்றுள்ளது. மூன்று நாட்களுக்குப் பிறகு (ஆகஸ்ட் 30) அவர்கள் வங்கதேசத்தில் அணியுடன் மோத உள்ளனர்.
ஆப்கானிஸ்தான் அணி இன்னும் புதுமுகம் போல் செயல்படுகிறது. ஆனால், எந்த நேரத்திலும் போட்டியின் போக்கை மாற்றக்கூடிய ஒரு சில வீரர்கள் உள்ளனர். பந்துவீச்சுதான் அவர்களின் பலம். சுழற்பந்து வீச்சாளர் ரஷித் கானின் பந்துவீச்சு எந்த ஒரு எதிரணி வீரரும் தனது வழக்கமான வரம்பிற்குள் செல்வதை கடினமாக்கும்.
இருப்பினும், அணிக்குத் தேவையானதை ரஷித் வழங்காத நேரங்கள் இருந்தது. நஜிபுல்லா சத்ரான் அவர்களின் அடுத்த துருப்புச் சீட்டாக இருக்க வாய்ப்புண்டு. கேப்டன் முகமது நபி தற்போது போர்ம்இல் இல்லாததால் மிடில் ஆர்டர் பேட்டிங்கில் சிக்கல் ஏற்பட வாய்ப்புள்ளது. அணி தங்கள் பந்துவீச்சை உறுதியாக நம்பினால் மற்றும் ஆடுகளங்கள் பந்துவீச்சாளர்களுக்கு ஏற்றதாக இருந்தால், 2022 ஆசிய கோப்பையில் ஆப்கானிஸ்தான் பெரிய மாற்றத்தை ஏற்படுத்த முடியும்.
அணி அணி: முகமது நபி (கேட்ச்), நஜிபுல்லா சத்ரான், அஃப்சர் ஜசாய், அஸ்மத்துல்லா உமர்சாய், ஃபரித் அஹ்மத் மாலிக், ஃபசல்ஹக் ஃபரூக்கி, ஹஷ்மத்துல்லாஹ் ஷாஹிடி, ஹஸ்ரதுல்லாஹ் ஜசாய், இப்ராஹிம் சத்ரான், கரீம் ஜனத், முஜீப் நவ்ர்ரான், முஜீப் நவ்ரான், முஜீப் நவ்ரான், முஜீப் ஜனத். , ரஹ்மானுல்லா குர்பாஸ், ரஷித் கான், சமியுல்லா ஷின்வாரி.
Cricket
Dambulla Gears Up for Women’s ‘A’ Cricket Action in May 2026
Sri Lanka is set to host an exciting bilateral cricket series as the New Zealand Women’s A Team tours the island in May 2026. The series, featuring both One Day and T20 matches, will see the visitors compete against the Sri Lanka Women’s A Team in what promises to be a competitive showcase of emerging talent.
All matches will be held at the Rangiri Dambulla International Cricket Stadium (RDICS), with play scheduled to begin at 10:00 a.m. each day. The New Zealand side is expected to arrive in Sri Lanka on 7 May 2026, giving them several days to acclimatize before the series begins.
The tour will consist of three One Day matches followed by three T20 encounters. The One Day fixtures are scheduled for 12th, 15th, and 18th May, while the T20 series will take place on 21st, 23rd, and 25th May.
This series is seen as an important opportunity for both teams to develop their next generation of international players. With a mix of promising players and those on the cusp of senior national selection, the matches are expected to be closely contested.
Cricket
Bangladesh beat Chamari-less Sri Lanka despite late drama
Bangladesh Women edged out Sri Lanka Women in a tense finish during the first ODI of the Sri Lanka Women’s tour of Bangladesh 2026, chasing down 206 with just nine balls to spare in a match that swung dramatically in the final overs.
Put into bat, Sri Lanka Team posted a competitive 205/9 from their 50 overs, built on steady contributions rather than a single dominant innings. Imesha Dulani (52 off 77) and Hansima Karunaratne (54 off 71) anchored the innings with a crucial middle-order stand after early setbacks. Captain Hasini Perera made a brisk 27, but Sri Lanka struggled to accelerate in the final 10 overs, losing wickets at regular intervals.
Bangladesh’s bowling attack kept things tight throughout. Ritu Moni was the standout performer, claiming 3 for 36 and breaking key partnerships, while Nahida Akter and Marufa Akter maintained pressure with disciplined spells.
In reply, Bangladesh got off to a disastrous start, losing two wickets within the first two overs. However, Sharmin Akhter produced a match-defining innings, scoring a composed 86 off 127 balls to anchor the chase. She found support from Sobhana Mostary, who made 41 before retiring hurt, and later Shorna Akter, whose 35 added momentum in the middle overs.
Despite being in control for much of the chase, Bangladesh nearly stumbled at the finish. A late burst from Sri Lanka’s bowlers saw Dewmi Vihanga pick up three crucial wickets, triggering a collapse that left Bangladesh at 200/7 after being comfortably placed at 199/3.
The match briefly tilted back in Sri Lanka’s favor, but Bangladesh held their nerve. Extras proved decisive, with 21 wides significantly easing the chase. Eventually, Bangladesh crossed the target in 48.3 overs, sealing a hard-fought three-wicket victory.
Sri Lanka will rue their inability to capitalize on key moments, particularly in the death overs with both bat and ball. The absence of star player Chamari Athapaththu was evident, as they lacked the firepower to push their total beyond reach.
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Sri Lanka Announce Strong Squad for U85kg Battle vs New Zealand
Sri Lanka has reportedly finalized its squad for the upcoming U85kg rugby encounter against New Zealand, marking an exciting chapter for the nation’s emerging rugby talent. The squad, highlights a balanced mix of experienced performers and promising young players ready to represent the country on an international stage.
Leading the side is Lasindhu Karunathilake, who has been entrusted with captaincy duties. Known for his leadership and consistency, Karunathilake will play a crucial role in guiding the team through what is expected to be a highly competitive contest. The squad also features key names such as Deshan Vimukthi, Pulasthi Dassanayake, Hansitha De Silva, and Thilina Bandara, all of whom have shown strong form in recent domestic competitions.
The inclusion of players like Naveen Marasinghe, Tharindhu Chathuranga, and Lahiru Thilakarathne adds depth and versatility, while emerging talents such as Thenuka Nanayakkara, Janidu Dilshan, and Yuwan Pathirana will be eager to make their mark. The squad also welcomes Oliver Buckle, adding an interesting dimension to the lineup.
However, the team will have to cope with a few setbacks, as Gayantha Iddamalgoda, Shamika Kawshan, and Omalka Gunarathne have been listed as unavailable due to injuries. Their absence opens opportunities for others like Venura Kodhagoda, Charith Silva, and Daham Hemachandra to step up.
With strong preparation and a determined squad, Sri Lanka will look to put up a spirited performance against New Zealand in this U85kg clash.
Squad:
Deshan Vimukthi, Pulasthi Dassanayake, Hansitha De Silva, Thilina Bandara, Naveen Marasinghe, Tharindhu Chathuranga, Lahiru Thilakarathne, Lasindhu Karunathilake (C), Harsha Maduranga, Murshid Zubair, Diluksha Dange, Akash Madushanka, Thenuka Nanayakkara, Janidu Dilshan, Yuwan Pathirana, Gayantha Iddamalgoda (injury), Shamika Kawshan (injury), Venura Kodhagoda, Charith Silva, Nisal Silva, Omalka Gunarathne (injury), Daham Hemachandra, Vidhuna Amaneth, Manilka Ruberu, Jayathu Rajaratne, Oliver Buckle.
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Football12 months agoSri Lanka Announces U19 Football Squad for SAFF Championship 2025

