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Asia Cup hosting was decided after the Pakistan test series!

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Considering the current crisis political situation in Sri Lanka, it is reported that the Asian Cricket Council has a plan to move the hosting of the Asia Cup cricket tournament to be held in Sri Lanka in 2022 to another country. However, it is reported that the final decision will be taken on the success of the Pakistan tournament.

Sri Lanka is a country where cricket has become very popular. The number of cricket spectators in Sri Lanka is huge, but due to the current crisis situation, there is a decrease in the capacity of the spectators and the questionable situation regarding the safety of other players participating in the tournament has been raised.

However, the completed tour of the Australian cricket team to Sri Lanka was held without any hindrance. With these events, the Pakistani cricket authorities have agreed to hold the test matches of the Pakistan cricket team’s tour to Sri Lanka as before. The first match of the Test series will begin on the 16th in Galle. The Sri Lankan team, which won the last test match with great success, enters the match with the mentality of victory and it is reported that the pitch will decide whether the all-rounder Kamindu Mendis, who was successful in the last Australian match, will be included in Pakistan’s first test match. That is because Dhananjaya Silva has recovered from the Covid condition and has returned to the team. Also, spinners Lasith Amudeniya and Praveen Jayawickramaha have been rested in this tournament.

However, a high number of spectators is required for these two matches. Sri Lanka can get a lot of economic strength through the Asia Cup tournament. Accordingly, this Pakistan Test tournament can be crticile decision maker to hold the Asia Cup tournament. The audience should be supportive.

පකිස්ථානය රැගෙන එන ආසියානු කුසලානය

වර්තමානයේ ශ්‍රී ලංකාව තුළ පවතින අර්බුදකාරී දේශපාලනමය තත්ත්වය සැළකිල්ලට ගෙන, ආසියානු ක්‍රිකට් කවුන්සිලය විසින් 2022 දී ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේදී පැවැත්වීමට නියමිත ආසියානු කුසලාන ක්‍රිකට් තරඟාවලියේ සත්කාරකත්වය වෙනත් රටකට ගෙනයාමේ සැළසුමක් ඇති බවට වාර්තා වේ. කේසේවුවත් මෙහි අවසන් තීරණය පකිස්ථාන තරඟාවලියේ සාර්ථකත්වය මත ලබා ගන්නා බව වාර්තා වේ. ශ්‍රී ලංකාව යනු ක්‍රිකට් ක්‍රීඩාව ඉමහත් ජනප්‍රියත්වයට පත් වී ඇති රටකි. ශ්‍රී ලංකාව තුළ සිටින ක්‍රිකට් ප්‍රේක්ෂක පිරිස අති මහත්ය.නමුත් දැනට පවතින අර්බුදකාරී තත්ත්වය මත ප්‍රේක්ෂක ධාරිතාවේ අඩු වීමක් වීම සහා තරඟාවලියට සහභාගී වෙන වෙනත් ක්‍රීඩකයන්ගේ ආරක්ෂාව සම්බන්ධයෙන් ප්‍රශ්නකාරී තත්ත්වයක් ඇතිවේද යන උපකල්පන මත මේ තරඟාවලිය වෙනත් රටකට රැගෙන යාමේ කතාබහ මතු වී ඇත.

කෙසේවුවත් නිමවූ ඕස්ට්‍රේලියානු ක්‍රිකට් කණ්ඩායමේ ශ්‍රී ලංකානු සංචාරය කිසිදු බාධාවකින් තොරව පැවැත්වුණි.මේ සිදුවීම් සමඟ පකිස්ථාන ක්‍රිකට් කණ්ඩායමේ, ශ්‍රී ලංකානු සංචාරයේ ටෙස්ට් තරඟ පෙර පරිදිම පැවැත්වීමට පකිස්ථාන ක්‍රිකට් බළධාරීන් එකඟ වී ඇත. ටෙස්ට් තරඟාවලියේ ප්‍රථම තරඟය දහසය වනදා ගාල්ලේදී ආරම්භ වේ. නිමාවූ අවසන් ටෙස්ට් තරඟය විශිෂ්ට ලෙස ජයගත් ශ්‍රී ලංකානු කණ්ඩායම ජයග්‍රාහි මානසිකත්වයෙන් තරඟයට අවතීර්ණ වන අතර අවසන් ඕස්ට්‍රේලියානු තරඟයේදී සාර්ථක වූ තුන් ඉරියව් ක්‍රීඩක කමිඳු මෙන්ඩිස් පකිස්ථාන ප්‍රථම ටෙස්ට් තරඟයට එක්කරගන්නවාද යන්න තණතීරුව අනුව තීරණය කරන බව වාර්තා වේ. ඒ ධනංජය සිල්වා කොවිඩ් තත්ත්වය සුව වී නැවත කණ්ඩායමට පැමිණ ඇති බැවිනි. එසේම දඟ පන්දු යවන ක්‍රීඩකයන් වන ලසිත් ඇඹුල්දෙනියට සහා ප්‍රවීන් ජයවික්‍රමහට මෙම තරඟාවලියේ විවේකයක් ලබා දී ඇත.

කෙසේ නමුත් මෙම තරඟාවලියේ පවත්වන තරඟ දෙක සඳහා ඉහළ ප්‍රේක්ෂක සංඛ්‍යාවක් අවශ්‍ය ඇත.ආසියානු තරඟාවලිය තුළින් ශ්‍රී ලංකාව තුළට විශාල ආර්ථිකමය ශක්තියක් ලබා ගත හැක.ඒ අනුව මෙම පකිස්ථාන ටෙස්ට් තරඟාවලිය හඳුන්වාදිය හැකි වන්නේ, ආසියානු තරඟාවලිය පැවැත්වීමේ තීරණයේ අවසන් පරීක්ෂණය ලෙසිනි.එයට සියළු ශ්‍රී ලාංකේය ක්‍රිකට් ප්‍රේක්ෂකයන් සහයෝගය දැක්විය යුතුය.

ஆசிய கோப்பையை நடத்துவது பாகிஸ்தான் டெஸ்ட் தொடரில் முடிவு!

இலங்கையின் தற்போதைய நெருக்கடியான அரசியல் சூழலை கருத்திற் கொண்டு, 2022ஆம் ஆண்டு இலங்கையில் நடைபெறவுள்ள ஆசிய கிண்ண கிரிக்கெட் போட்டியை வேறு நாட்டுக்கு மாற்றுவதற்கு ஆசிய கிரிக்கட் பேரவை திட்டமிட்டுள்ளதாக தெரிவிக்கப்படுகின்றது. எவ்வாறாயினும், பாகிஸ்தான் போட்டியின் வெற்றி குறித்து இறுதி முடிவு எடுக்கப்படும் எனத் தெரிவிக்கப்படுகிறது.

கிரிக்கெட் மிகவும் பிரபலமாகியிருக்கும் நாடு இலங்கை. இலங்கையில் கிரிக்கெட் பார்வையாளர்களின் எண்ணிக்கை அதிகமாக உள்ளது, ஆனால் தற்போதைய நெருக்கடி நிலை காரணமாக பார்வையாளர்களின் திறன் குறைவதோடு, போட்டியில் பங்கேற்கும் மற்ற வீரர்களின் பாதுகாப்பு குறித்த கேள்விக்குறியான நிலையும் எழுந்துள்ளது.

எவ்வாறாயினும், இலங்கைக்கான அவுஸ்திரேலிய கிரிக்கெட் அணியின் சுற்றுப்பயணம் எவ்வித தடையுமின்றி நடைபெற்றது. இந்த நிகழ்வுகளுடன், பாகிஸ்தான் கிரிக்கெட் அணியின் இலங்கை சுற்றுப்பயணத்தின் டெஸ்ட் போட்டிகளை முன்பு போலவே நடத்த பாகிஸ்தான் கிரிக்கெட் அதிகாரிகள் ஒப்புக்கொண்டுள்ளனர் டெஸ்ட் தொடரின் முதல் போட்டி வரும் 16ம் தேதி காலியில் தொடங்குகிறது. கடந்த டெஸ்ட் போட்டியில் அபார வெற்றி பெற்ற இலங்கை அணி வெற்றி மனப்பான்மையுடன் களமிறங்குவதுடன், கடந்த அவுஸ்திரேலிய போட்டியில் சோபித்த சகலதுறை வீரர் கமிந்து மெண்டிஸ் இடம் பெறுவாரா என்பதை ஆடுகளம் தீர்மானிக்கும் என தெரிவிக்கப்படுகிறது. பாகிஸ்தானின் முதல் டெஸ்ட் போட்டியில் சேர்க்கப்படும். ஏனெனில் தனஞ்சய சில்வா கோவிட் நிலையில் இருந்து மீண்டு அணிக்கு திரும்பியுள்ளார். மேலும், சுழற்பந்து வீச்சாளர்களான லசித் அமுதேனிய மற்றும் பிரவீன் ஜெயவிக்ரமஹா ஆகியோருக்கு இந்தப் போட்டியில் ஓய்வு அளிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது.

எனினும் இப் போட்டித் தொடரில் இடம்பெறும் இரண்டு போட்டிகளுக்கும் அதிக எண்ணிக்கையிலான பார்வையாளர்கள் தேவைப்படுகின்றனர்.ஆசியப் போட்டியின் மூலம் இலங்கைக்கு பொருளாதார பலம் அதிகம் கிடைக்கும்.

அதன்படி பாகிஸ்தான் டெஸ்ட் போட்டியை நடத்துவது என்ற முடிவின் இறுதிப் போட்டியாக அறிமுகப்படுத்தலாம். ஆசிய போட்டிக்கு பார்வையாளர்கள் ஆதரவாக இருக்க வேண்டும். எனினும் இப் போட்டித் தொடரில் இடம்பெறும் இரண்டு போட்டிகளுக்கும் அதிக எண்ணிக்கையிலான பார்வையாளர்கள் தேவைப்படுகின்றனர்.ஆசியப் போட்டியின் மூலம் இலங்கைக்கு பொருளாதார பலம் அதிகம் கிடைக்கும். அதன்படி பாகிஸ்தான் டெஸ்ட் முடிவின் ஆசிய கிறிஸ்ட் கவுன்சில் முடிவு எடுப்பதாக அறிவித்துள்ளது. அதனால் இவ் டெஸ்ட் போட்டிகளுக்கு பார்வையாளர்கள் ஆதரவாக இருக்க வெண்டும்

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Hero’s Welcome for Golden Girl Wasana

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Sri Lanka celebrated in style as its lone gold medalist Nipuni Wasana at the 6th Asian Beach Games returned home to a rousing welcome, marking a proud moment for the nation.

Airwoman Nipuni Wasana stole the spotlight in Sanya, China, where she clinched gold in the Women’s 50kg Beach Wrestling event. In the final, she overcame Vietnam’s Doan Thi Kim Oanh with a composed and commanding performance, securing a historic victory for Sri Lanka.

Her achievement was met with a grand at Bandaranaike International Airport, where Air Force personnel, sports officials, and supporters gathered to honor her success. Wasana was also given the distinction of carrying the national flag at the closing ceremony, highlighting her status as the country’s top performer at the Games.

Sri Lanka wrapped up its campaign with a total of seven medals one gold, two silver, and four bronze demonstrating competitive strength across multiple disciplines.

The Women’s Beach Kabaddi team delivered an impressive performance to secure silver, while the Men’s team contributed with a bronze medal finish. In Athletics, Ishara Samanmali earned silver in the women’s long jump, and Sashikala Lankathilaka claimed bronze. The Men’s 4x60m relay team also added to the tally with a bronze-winning effort.

A contingent of 77 Sri Lankan athletes competed in eight sports at the Games. Although several disciplines did not produce medals, the team achieved a respectable 10th place overall.
Host nation China dominated the medal standings with 24 gold medals, followed by Thailand and Iran.

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Chathuranga takes charge as Tuskers seek redemption in final showdown

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Sri Lanka’s Tuskers head into their final fixture against the touring New Zealand Under-85kg side this evening with a fresh leader and a renewed sense of urgency, following a narrow defeat in the opening encounter.

In a notable pre-match development, Tharindu Chathuranga has been entrusted with the captaincy for the decisive game at Nittawela Stadium, set to kick off at 4.15 p.m. The move sees original skipper Lasindu Karunathilake relegated to the bench, as selectors opt for a different approach in their bid to overturn fortunes.

The Tuskers were competitive in the first leg but ultimately fell 27–16 at the Racecourse Grounds. With the series on the line, the team management has responded with a mix of tactical reshuffling and personnel changes aimed at sharpening both attack and defense.
Among the key adjustments, Omalka Gunarathna steps into the starting role at number eight, while Kavindu de Costa replaces Harsha Maduranga at scrum-half. An injury to winger Janidu Dilshan has forced another change, with Jayathu Rajarathna promoted from the bench to the starting XV.

Further alterations in the back division see Murshid Doray move to fullback, allowing Thenuka Nanayakkara to slot into the fly-half position to steer the attack. The bench too has been reinforced with fresh options, as selectors look to add impact in the latter stages of the contest.

Chathuranga, a seasoned campaigner and former Kingswood College leader, has earned recognition for guiding Kandy SC to a strong league season, finishing as runners-up. Known for his work rate and leadership qualities, he now shoulders the responsibility of rallying the side in a high-stakes encounter.

With pride and parity in the series at stake, the Tuskers will be aiming for a more disciplined and clinical display as they attempt to turn the tables on a resilient New Zealand outfit.

Line-up for the final match

Forwards: Deshan Vimukthi, Pulasthi Dassanayake, Hansitha De Silva, Thilina Bandara, Naveen Marasinghe, Tharindu Chathuranga (captain), Lahiru Thilakarathne, Omalka Gunarathna

Backs: Kavindu de Costa, Thenuka Nanayakkara, Dilulksha Dange, Arkash Maduranga, Manika Ruberu, Jayathu Rajarathna, Murshid Doray

Bench: Venura Kodhagoda, Charith Silva, Nisal, Lasindu Karunathilake, Denuwan Wickramaarachi, Oliver Buckle, Vidhuna Amaneth, Yuwan Pathirana

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Sri Lanka U-19 Players Face Charges Over Alleged Hotel Recording Incident

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Two players from Sri Lanka’s Under-19 cricket squad have been taken into custody allegations that they covertly recorded individuals inside a hotel in the Narahenpita area, according to police.

The arrests came after multiple complaints were lodged by female medical professionals attending a conference at the hotel. The complainants reported that they had been secretly filmed while bathing in their rooms, allegedly using mobile phones.

Authorities revealed that preliminary investigations suggest the suspects may also have captured footage involving male guests at the same premises. Police are continuing inquiries to determine whether any of the recordings were distributed through online platforms.
The suspects were presented before the Aluthkade Magistrate’s Court and subsequently released on personal bail set at Rs. 500,000 each. Further investigations are ongoing.

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