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Afghanistan name a strong squad to face Sri Lanka next month
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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The player registration controversy surrounding Mohamed Sahi has intensified, as newly uncovered information confirms the existence of two separate agreements signed by the player — one with New Star SC and another with Crystal Palace FC Gampola, both for the 2025/26 season.
The Timeline of Conflict
- On January 15, 2025, Mohamed Sahi received a release from his former club Eravur YSS, stating that he would be joining Crystal Palace FC.
- This release letter was shared via WhatsApp with Crystal Palace, but the original document was handed over to New Star SC, who then registered the player for the 2025/26 season based on a contract signed on January 16 for LKR 85,000.
- Later in February, Sahi went on to sign another contract — this time with Crystal Palace FC, reportedly for LKR 215,000, including two advance payments: LKR 35,000 and LKR 45,000 to his father’s account.
This sequence raises serious concerns about whether the player fully understood his obligations or whether both clubs failed to clarify the status of the original registration.
Crystal Palace Questions: Silence from New Star
Despite publicly announcing the signing of Mohamed Sahi on social media in February, New Star SC remained silent. No objections were raised until the issue surfaced during I League scrutiny.
This inaction has sparked public questions:
- Why didn’t New Star respond immediately if the player was already under contract with them?
- Was there an oversight, or did they expect the issue to resolve quietly?
I League vs Champions League Impact
While the situation has had no direct impact on the I League, given that New Star SC registered the player first and the I League is an invitational tournament not governed by the FFSL, Sahi only featured under New Star during the competition. However, the matter gains greater significance in the lead-up to the Sri Lanka Champions League, where both New Star SC and Crystal Palace FC are reported to have submitted player registrations for Mohamed Sahi, potentially triggering a registration conflict.
This raises the risk of:
- Duplicate entries under the same player ID
- Last-minute disqualifications or disputes
- Administrative confusion for tournament organizers
A Potential Settlement?
In an attempt to ease tensions, sources close to New Star SC have confirmed that Mohamed Sahi is willing to return the advance payment made by Crystal Palace FC to resolve the financial element of the issue amicably.
Final Word
While this incident is unlikely to influence the I League outcome, it exposes a flaw in inter-club communication and registration coordination. With the Champions League approaching, resolving these overlaps is essential to avoid technical complications or eligibility issues.
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Sahi Transfer Row Deepens: Crystal Palace FC Presents Contract, Files Complaint with FFSL
Conflicting agreements, advance payments, and dual registration raise serious concerns
The ongoing dispute over the registration of Mohamed Sahi for the I League 2025 has taken a new turn, as Crystal Palace FC Gampola has stepped forward with documentary evidence and a formal complaint to tournament organizers.
In an exclusive communication with Sri Lankan Sports TV, an official from Crystal Palace FC stated that:
Sahi signed a valid agreement with our club in February 2025, shortly after obtaining his release from Eravur YSS, specifically for the purpose of joining Crystal Palace FC. We were never informed about any subsequent agreement with New Star SC
Contract Details & Advance Payment
A copy of the player agreement signed between Mohamed Sahi and Crystal Palace FC reveals the following:
- Contract signed in February 2025
- Total contract value: Rs. 215,000
- Advance payment made: Rs. 75,000
- An agreement was signed in the presence of club representatives, binding the player to Crystal Palace FC for the 2025/26 season.
This challenges New Star SC’s claim that the player signed with them on January 16 for a yearly sum of Rs. 85,000, and raises questions about the player’s transparency in dealing with both clubs.
Complaint Filed with Organizers and FFSL
Crystal Palace FC has confirmed that they have submitted a written complaint to both the I League Organizing Committee and the Football Federation of Sri Lanka (FFSL). The complaint seeks an investigation into:
- Possible breach of contract
- Lack of notification from the player regarding dual signing
- Violation of the player registration protocol
They also question how the same player ID number may have been registered under two clubs — a concern that could reveal a technical or procedural flaw in the domestic player registration system.
Champions League Conflict Brewing?
While the I League 2025 may not be immediately impacted due to tournament scope and timing, both New Star SC and Crystal Palace FC have reportedly registered Mohamed Sahi for the upcoming Sri Lanka Champions League.
If both registrations are accepted under the same ID, it could escalate into a major eligibility issue, and the FFSL might be forced to intervene to resolve the conflict before the Champions League kicks off.
New Star’s Willingness to Resolve
Despite the brewing tension, New Star SC has indicated a willingness to resolve the financial dispute. A club official told Sri Lankan Sports TV:
Mohamed Sahi is prepared to return the Rs. 75,000 advance taken from Crystal Palace FC to settle the matter amicably.
Final Word
The case of Mohamed Sahi is now more than a transfer mix-up — it reflects deeper administrative and gaps in player monitoring and registrations . As Sri Lanka’s football structure aspires for professionalism, establishing a centralized, transparent player registration system is critical to avoid such dual-signing debacles.
Football
I League 2025: New Star SC Breaks Silence on Mohamed Sahi Transfer Dispute
Club Claims Legal Ownership of Player and Denies Any Tie with Crystal Palace FC Gampola
Colombo – June 16, 2025:
New Star Sports Club has issued an official clarification to Sri Lankan Sports TV in response to recent allegations raised over the eligibility of player Mohamed Sahi, who appeared for them in the ongoing I League 2025.
The controversy began when Crystal Palace FC Gampola claimed the player had been part of their club and was not officially released to play for another side. However, New Star SC has now provided a detailed counter-statement, presenting what they claim is a legitimate and documented timeline of events.
Timeline of the Transfer (According to New Star SC)
- January 15, 2025: Mohamed Sahi was officially released by his previous club Eravur YSS.
- January 16, 2025: He signed a one-year contract with New Star SC for the 2025/26 season for a fee of Rs. 85,000. annum.
- Following this, New Star SC completed the player’s registration for the I League 2025, adhering to the official player registration guidelines and transfer protocols.
Official Documents and Tournament Committee Approval
New Star SC further stated that all relevant documentation regarding Sahi’s release, contract, and registration was submitted to the I League Tournament Committee, and the player’s inclusion in the squad was formally approved before the tournament began.
The club emphasized that:
All documents were verified by the tournament organizers, and the player was approved to participate under New Star SC. There was no contractual or regulatory tie between Mohamed Sahi and Crystal Palace FC Gampola.
On Crystal Palace FC Allegations
Responding directly to the claims by Crystal Palace FC, New Star SC clarified that:
- Mohamed Sahi had only appeared in friendly and 7-a-side games for Crystal Palace, with no official registration or contract in place.
- Therefore, any claims of ownership or breach of agreement by Crystal Palace are factually incorrect and unsupported by documentation.
Regulatory Backing
As per the I League 2025 Competition Regulations (Sections 15–17), a player is deemed eligible if:
1. They are officially released by their previous club;
2. They are duly contracted and registered within the tournament’s registration window;
3. Their documentation is verified and approved by the Tournament Committee .
If these requirements were met — as New Star SC claims — then the player was legitimately registered.
What’s Next?
While this clarification from New Star SC provides a strong rebuttal to the allegations, it remains to be seen whether the I League Tournament Committee will issue a public statement or ruling to close the matter.
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