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Afghanistan is ready to face Sri Lanka in the first match of the Asia Cup

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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.

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Chamari Athapaththu Named to WCA Advisory Board

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Sri Lanka has earned a proud moment on the global cricketing stage as national women’s captain Chamari Athapaththu has been appointed to the Player Advisory Board of the World Cricketers’ Association (WCA).

The latest reshuffle of the board brings together some of the most influential voices in international cricket. Athapaththu joins a distinguished lineup that includes Pat Cummins, Jason Holder, Heather Knight, Aiden Markram, Scott Edwards, and Laura Wolvaardt.

She also joins newly inducted members such as Rashid Khan, Wayne Madsen, Daryl Mitchell, and Maddy Green. The new appointments come as former board members Tim Southee and Sophie Devine step down from their roles.

Speaking about her appointment, Athapaththu described the opportunity as both a personal honour and a milestone for Sri Lankan cricket as a whole. She emphasized that her inclusion reflects growing recognition for players from Asia on the global stage.

The experienced all-rounder expressed her eagerness to bring her international insights to the table, highlighting the importance of ensuring that players from all regions have a meaningful voice in shaping the future of the sport. She particularly stressed the need for stronger representation from Asian cricketing nations in global decision-making.

Athapaththu also reaffirmed her commitment to collaborating with fellow board members to enhance player welfare, support the development of the game, and contribute to a more balanced and inclusive global cricket structure.

According to the WCA, the refreshed Player Advisory Board comes at a crucial time for international cricket. The body aims to strengthen player representation and ensure that athletes play a central role in guiding the long-term direction and sustainability of the game.

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LSG Rope in George Linde After Hasaranga Injury Blow

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Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) have signed South African allrounder George Linde as a replacement for injured Sri Lanka spinner Wanindu Hasaranga in IPL 2026.

Hasaranga, bought for INR 2 crore, was ruled out after suffering a hamstring injury during Sri Lanka’s T20 World Cup opener in February and never joined the LSG squad. His absence left LSG short of spin options early in the season.

Linde joins the franchise at his base price of INR 1 crore. The 33-year-old left-arm spinner is set for his first IPL stint, but arrives with extensive global T20 experience, having featured in leagues such as SA20, The Hundred, PSL and Major League Cricket over the past year.

Across 250 T20 matches, Linde has taken 218 wickets at an economy of 7.42 and scored 2,746 runs at a strike rate of 136.68, adding depth as a bowling allrounder.

LSG, who began IPL 2026 with a loss to Delhi Capitals, have since bounced back with two narrow wins to climb to fifth place on the points table. The addition of Linde is expected to further strengthen their balance ahead of a key phase in the tournament.

LSG next face Gujarat Titans on Sunday in Lucknow, where Linde could be in line for his debut.

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Thushara Seeks Reconciliation with Sri Lanka Cricket, Offers to Drop Legal Case

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Sri Lanka fast bowler Nuwan Thushara has moved to ease tensions with Sri Lanka Cricket by issuing a formal apology and indicating his readiness to withdraw legal proceedings over the denial of a No Objection Certificate (NOC).

In a communication addressed to CEO Ashley de Silva, with copies sent to President Shammi Silva and other officials, Thushara clarified that legal action was never intended to undermine the board or create conflict. Instead, he emphasized that his actions were driven by a desire to address what he believed was unfair treatment.

The pacer acknowledged that the situation may have caused concern within the governing body and expressed regret over any inconvenience or misunderstanding. He reaffirmed his respect for Sri Lanka Cricket and its leadership, stressing his commitment to resolving the matter constructively.

Significantly, Thushara stated he is now willing to abandon court action in favor of a mutually agreeable solution. He expressed optimism that both parties could move forward positively through dialogue.

The dispute arose after Sri Lanka Cricket declined to grant Thushara the required NOC to participate in overseas franchise tournaments, including the Indian Premier League. The board cited the player’s failure to meet newly introduced fitness benchmarks as the reason for its decision.

In response, Thushara had filed a petition before the Colombo District Court seeking legal intervention to secure clearance for participation in international leagues.

During recent proceedings, Sri Lanka Cricket informed the court that it would submit formal objections. The case is scheduled to be heard again on April 23, though Thushara’s latest statement signals a possible out-of-court resolution.

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