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Afghanistan name a strong squad to face Sri Lanka next month

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The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) has banked more on spinners as they announced a full-strength squad for the upcoming ODI series against Sri Lanka.

The three-match ODI series will take place at Hambantota in Sri Lanka on June 2, 4, and 7.

Left-handed batter Hashmatullah Shahidi will lead the 15-man squad that has four reserve players in it.

All-rounder Abdul Rahman has been recalled following his strong performances in the domestic circuit, while Shahidullah Kamal, Yamin Ahmadzai, Zia Ur Rahman Akbar, and Gulbadin Naib are among the reserves.

ACB chair Mirwais Ashraf reckoned the Sri Lanka tour will be a good preparation for the 2023 ODI World Cup. As quoted by the ICC, he said:

“It’s good to have a couple of young faces for the series; the build-up for the ICC Cricket World Cup has already begun, and we are looking for every possible opportunity to build a good combination of the team and prepare them well for the event.”

Afghanistan has already qualified for the 2023 World Cup after finishing seventh position in the recently completed ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Super League. The site also has ranked within 10 in the ICC ODI bowlers rankings, with Rashid Khan (sixth), Mujib ur Rahman (eighth) and Mohammad Nabi (10th) making up a formidable attack alongside left-arm seamer Fazhalhaq Farooqi and spinner Noor Ahmad.

Noor, part of the Gujarat Titans in IPL 2023, has snared 11 scalps in eight games at 19.45 alongside an economy rate of 7.30. However, the 18-year-old has played only one ODI and as manyT20I after debuting in 2022.

Afghanistan’s squad to face Sri Lanka
Hashmatullah Shahidi (c), Rahmat Shah (vc), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Ibrahim Zadran, Riaz Hassan, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Ikram Alikhail (wk), Azmatullah Omarzai, Rashid Khan, Mujib ur Rahman, Noor Ahmad, Abdul Rahman, Fazal Haq Farooqi, and Farid Ahmad Malik.

Reserves: Gulbadin Naib, Shahidullah Kamal, Yamin Ahmadzai, and Zia ur Rahman Akbar.

ඇෆ්ගනිස්තානය ලබන මාසයේදී ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට මුහුණ දීමට ශක්තිමත් සංචිතයක් නම් කරයි

ඇෆ්ගනිස්ථාන ක්‍රිකට් පාලක මණ්ඩලය (ACB) ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට එරෙහිව එළඹෙන එක්දින තරඟාවලිය සඳහා පූර්ණ ප්‍රබල සංචිතයක් ප්‍රකාශයට පත් කිරීමත් සමඟ දඟපන්දු යවන්නන් සඳහා වැඩි අවධානයක් යොමු කර තිබේ.

තරග තුනකින් සමන්විත එක්දින තරගාවලිය ජුනි 2, 4 සහ 7 දිනවල ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ හම්බන්තොටදී පැවැත්වේ.

සංචිත ක්‍රීඩකයින් 4 දෙනෙකුගෙන් සමන්විත 15 දෙනෙකුගෙන් යුත් සංචිතයට වමත් පිතිකරු හෂ්මතුල්ලා ෂාහිඩි නායකත්වය දෙනු ඇත.

තුන් ඉරියව් ක්‍රීඩක අබ්දුල් රහ්මාන් දේශීය සංචිතයේ ඔහුගේ ප්‍රබල දස්කම් හේතුවෙන් නැවත කැඳවා ඇති අතර ෂහිදුල්ලා කමල්, යමින් අහමඩ්සායි, සියා උර් රහ්මාන් අක්බාර් සහ ගුල්බඩින් නයිබ් සංචිත අතර වේ.

ශ්‍රී ලංකා සංචාරය 2023 එක්දින ලෝක කුසලානයට හොඳ සූදානමක් වනු ඇතැයි ACB සභාපති Mirwais Ashraf ගණන් බලා ඇත. ICC විසින් උපුටා දක්වන ලද පරිදි ඔහු මෙසේ පැවසීය.

“මාලාව සඳහා තරුණ මුහුණු කිහිපයක් තිබීම සතුටක්; ICC ක්‍රිකට් ලෝක කුසලානය සඳහා ගොඩනැගීම දැනටමත් ආරම්භ වී ඇති අතර, කණ්ඩායමේ හොඳ සංයෝජනයක් ගොඩනැගීමට සහ ඔවුන්ව හොඳින් සූදානම් කිරීමට හැකි සෑම අවස්ථාවක්ම අපි සොයමින් සිටිමු. සිදුවීම.”

පසුගියදා නිමාවට පත් වූ ICC පිරිමි ක්‍රිකට් ලෝක කුසලාන සුපර් ලීග් තරඟාවලියේ හත්වන ස්ථානය ලබා ගනිමින් ඇෆ්ගනිස්ථානය දැනටමත් 2023 ලෝක කුසලාන තරඟාවලියට සුදුසුකම් ලබා ඇත. මෙම වෙබ් අඩවිය ICC ODI පන්දු යවන්නන් ශ්‍රේණිගත කිරීම්වල 10 වැනි ස්ථානයේ පසුවන අතර, රෂීඩ් ඛාන් (හයවන), මුජිබ් උර් රහ්මාන් (අටවන) සහ මොහොමඩ් නබි (10 වැනි) වමත් වේග පන්දු යවන ක්‍රීඩක ෆෂල්හක් ෆාරුකි සහ දඟ පන්දු යවන නූර් අහමඩ් සමඟින් ප්‍රබල ප්‍රහාරයක් එල්ල කරයි.

IPL 2023 හි ගුජරාට් ටයිටන්ස් හි කොටසක් වන නූර්, 7.30 ක ආර්ථික අනුපාතයක් සමඟින් 19.45 ට තරඟ අටකදී හිස් 11 ක් දවාගෙන ඇත. කෙසේ වෙතත්, 18 හැවිරිදි ඔහු ක්‍රීඩා කර ඇත්තේ 2022 දී මංගල දර්ශනයෙන් පසුව එක් එක්දින තරගයක් සහ විස්සයි20 තරඟ ගණනාවක් පමණි.

Hashmatullah Shahidi (c), Rahmat Shah (vc), Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Ibrahim Zadran, Riaz Hassan, Najibullah Zadran, Mohammad Nabi, Ikram Alikhail (wk), Azmatullah Omarzai, Rashid Khan, Mujib ur Rahman, Noor Ahmad, Abdul Rahman, Fazal Haq Farooqi, and Farid Ahmad Malik.

Reserves: Gulbadin Naib, Shahidullah Kamal, Yamin Ahmadzai, and Zia ur Rahman Akbar.

அடுத்த மாதம் இலங்கையை எதிர்கொள்ள ஆப்கானிஸ்தான் வலுவான அணியை அறிவித்துள்ளது

ஆப்கானிஸ்தான் கிரிக்கெட் வாரியம் (ஏசிபி) சுழற்பந்து வீச்சாளர்கள் மீது அதிக கவனம் செலுத்தியுள்ளது, அவர்கள் இலங்கைக்கு எதிரான ஒருநாள் தொடருக்கான முழு வலிமை கொண்ட அணியை அறிவித்துள்ளனர்.

மூன்று போட்டிகள் கொண்ட ஒருநாள் தொடர் ஜூன் 2, 4, 7 ஆகிய தேதிகளில் இலங்கையின் ஹம்பாந்தோட்டாவில் நடைபெறுகிறது.

நான்கு ரிசர்வ் வீரர்களைக் கொண்ட 15 பேர் கொண்ட அணிக்கு இடது கை பேட்டர் ஹஷ்மத்துல்லா ஷாஹிடி தலைமை தாங்குவார்.

ஆல்-ரவுண்டர் அப்துல் ரஹ்மான் உள்நாட்டு சுற்றுகளில் அவரது வலுவான செயல்திறனைத் தொடர்ந்து திரும்ப அழைக்கப்பட்டார், அதே நேரத்தில் ஷாஹிதுல்லா கமால், யாமின் அஹ்மத்சாய், ஜியா உர் ரஹ்மான் அக்பர் மற்றும் குல்பாடின் நைப் ஆகியோர் இருப்புக்களில் உள்ளனர்.

ஏசிபி தலைவர் மிர்வைஸ் அஷ்ரஃப் இலங்கை சுற்றுப்பயணம் 2023 ஒருநாள் உலகக் கோப்பைக்கு ஒரு நல்ல தயாரிப்பாக இருக்கும் என்று கருதினார். ஐசிசி மேற்கோள் காட்டி அவர் கூறியதாவது:

“இந்தத் தொடருக்கு ஓரிரு இளம் முகங்கள் இருப்பது நல்லது; ஐசிசி கிரிக்கெட் உலகக் கோப்பைக்கான உருவாக்கம் ஏற்கனவே தொடங்கிவிட்டது, மேலும் அணியின் ஒரு நல்ல கலவையை உருவாக்குவதற்கும் அவர்களை நன்கு தயார்படுத்துவதற்கும் சாத்தியமான ஒவ்வொரு வாய்ப்பையும் நாங்கள் எதிர்பார்க்கிறோம். நிகழ்வு.”

சமீபத்தில் நிறைவடைந்த ஐசிசி ஆடவர் உலகக் கோப்பை சூப்பர் லீக்கில் ஏழாவது இடத்தைப் பிடித்த ஆப்கானிஸ்தான் ஏற்கனவே 2023 உலகக் கோப்பைக்கு தகுதி பெற்றுள்ளது. ICC ODI பந்துவீச்சாளர்கள் தரவரிசையில் இந்த தளம் 10 வது இடத்தில் உள்ளது, ரஷித் கான் (ஆறாவது), முஜிப் உர் ரஹ்மான் (எட்டாவது) மற்றும் முகமது நபி (10வது) ஆகியோர் இடது கை வேகப்பந்து வீச்சாளர் ஃபசல்ஹக் ஃபரூக்கி மற்றும் சுழற்பந்து வீச்சாளர் நூர் அஹ்மத் ஆகியோருடன் இணைந்து வலிமையான தாக்குதலை உருவாக்கியுள்ளனர்.

ஐபிஎல் 2023 இல் குஜராத் டைட்டன்ஸின் ஒரு பகுதியான நூர், எட்டு ஆட்டங்களில் 19.45 மணிக்கு 11 ஸ்கால்ப்களை 7.30 என்ற எகானமி ரேட்டுடன் சேர்த்து அடித்துள்ளார். இருப்பினும், 18 வயதான அவர் 2022 இல் அறிமுகமான பிறகு ஒரே ஒரு ODI மற்றும் பல T20I ஐ மட்டுமே விளையாடியுள்ளார்.

இலங்கையை எதிர்கொள்ளும் ஆப்கானிஸ்தான் அணி
ஹஷ்மத்துல்லா ஷாஹிடி (c), ரஹ்மத் ஷா (விசி), ரஹ்மானுல்லா குர்பாஸ் (விசி), இப்ராஹிம் சத்ரான், ரியாஸ் ஹசன், நஜிபுல்லா சத்ரான், முகமது நபி, இக்ரம் அலிகைல் (வாரம்), அஸ்மத்துல்லா உமர்சாய், ரஷித் கான், முஜிப் உர் ரஹ்மான், நோர் ரஹ்மான், நோர் ரஹ்மான், ஃபசல் ஹக் ஃபரூக்கி மற்றும் ஃபரித் அகமது மாலிக்.

இருப்பு: குல்பாடின் நைப், ஷாஹிதுல்லா கமால், யாமின் அஹ்மத்சாய் மற்றும் ஜியா உர் ரஹ்மான் அக்பர்.

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A brilliant unbeaten half-century from Kamil Mishara and a destructive late cameo by Dasun Shanaka guided Sri Lanka to a convincing 37-run victory over West Indies and levelled the three match T20 series.

Sri Lanka recovered strongly after a shaky start to post an imposing 194 for 6. Pathum Nissanka fell early for seven, while captain Kusal Mendis made a quick-fire 31 off 19 balls before becoming one of three wickets claimed by Shamar Joseph. When Pavan Rathnayake was dismissed for one, Sri Lanka were struggling at 43 for 3 inside seven overs.
Mishara then steadied the innings with a mature knock, combining caution with aggression. The left-hander remained unbeaten on 61 from 40 deliveries, striking four fours and three sixes. Kamindu Mendis supported him with 24 before Shanaka launched a spectacular assault in the death overs.

The former captain hammered 58 from only 24 balls, smashing five boundaries and four sixes at a strike rate above 240. His 103-run stand with Mishara completely changed the complexion of the innings and propelled Sri Lanka close to the 200-run mark.

Chasing 195, West Indies suffered an early collapse as Brandon King and skipper Shai Hope were both trapped leg-before wicket inside the first two overs. Shimron Hetmyer (36) and Rovman Powell (43) threatened to keep the visitors in contention with an aggressive partnership, but Sri Lanka’s bowlers struck at regular intervals.

Dushmantha Chameera delivered a match-winning spell of 3 for 9, while Wanindu Hasaranga picked up three wickets despite conceding runs. Dunith Wellalage claimed two wickets and Maheesh Theekshana added one as West Indies were bowled out for 157 in 18.1 overs.

The victory ensured Sri Lanka squared the series and set up an exciting decider on Monday.

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Sri Lanka Eyes Strong Showing at Billie Jean King Cup in Kuala Lumpur

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Sri Lanka will begin its campaign at the 2026 Billie Jean King Cup by Gainbridge Asia/Oceania Group II tournament when the prestigious regional team event serves off in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on June 15.

The competition, which runs for six days at the National Tennis Centre, will bring together ten nations from across the Asia-Oceania region. Joining Sri Lanka in the battle for honours are Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong China, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, hosts Malaysia, Pacific Oceania, the Philippines, Singapore and Uzbekistan.

Teams have been drawn into two groups of five and will contest round-robin matches from June 15 to 19. The tournament will conclude with decisive play-off encounters on June 20 to determine promotion and relegation.

With two places available in the 2027 Asia/Oceania Group I competition, the stakes are high for all participating teams. Nations finishing at the bottom of the standings will face relegation to Group III.

Sri Lanka has entrusted a youthful squad with the responsibility of carrying the national flag at the tournament. The team includes Dinara De Silva (St. Bridget’s Convent), Yuhansa Peiris (Bishop’s College), Akeesha Silva (Newstead Girls’ College, Negombo), Annaya Norbet (Holy Family Convent, Bambalapitiya) and Sandithi Usgoda Arachchi (Musaeus College).

Guiding the side will be experienced coach Dineshkanthan Thangarajah, who has been appointed captain for the tournament. His role will be crucial as the young Sri Lankan players seek to make an impact against some of the region’s strongest teams.

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Vision Care Colombo Championship Set to Serve Off on 19 June

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The 111 Vision Care Colombo Championship 2026, one of Sri Lanka’s most prestigious and long-standing ‘A’ Grade tennis tournaments, will get underway on 19 June at the Sri Lanka Tennis Association (SLTA) Playing Section courts in Colombo.

Held on six iconic clay courts, this year’s championship is expected to attract a record number of entries from across the country. The tournament will also offer its largest-ever prize pool of Rs. 3 million, underlining its growing status on the local tennis calendar.

Organizers say the increased investment reflects a long-term commitment to nurturing local tennis talent and raising the standard of competition. Last year’s event featured a prize purse of Rs. 2.5 million, with the amount steadily increasing over recent years.

Tournament officials expressed their ambition of developing the championship into a future ‘Colombo Open’ capable of attracting leading players from across South Asia. They emphasized that the event is not only about tennis but also about building a strong sporting identity for Sri Lanka.

The championship will feature Men’s and Women’s Singles and Doubles events, as well as Mixed Doubles. Junior competitions will be conducted for boys and girls from Under-12 to Under-18 age categories, while senior events will cater to players in the Over-35, Over-45, Over-55 and Over-65 divisions.

Vision Care continues its longstanding support as title sponsor for the 12th consecutive year. Wilson has come on board as the Official Ball Partner.

The sponsorship handover ceremony was attended by Vision Care Managing Director Janaka Fonseka, SLTA Playing Section President Sriya Munasinghe, Captain Prasantha Dissanayake, and other officials representing both the SLTA and Vision Care.

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