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Combative first innings from the Sri Lankan youth team in the second four-day match!!!

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The second four-day match between the England youth team and the Sri Lanka youth team started on the 28th. At the end of the first day’s match, the England team, playing its first innings, scored 268 runs for the loss of 4 wickets and was in a strong position.

However, yesterday (29), which was the second day of the match, the Sri Lanka youth team entered the match again, and the England team lost all out and scored 381 runs in the first innings. Duwidu Ranatunga and Sahan Mihira, who played excellent bowling for the Sri Lankan team, managed to take two wickets each.

Entering the field to play the reply innings, the Sri Lankan team could not get off to a successful start. The England bowlers managed to remove the opening batsman Asita Vanninayake from the field for 4 runs.

After that, Abhishek Liyanarachchi and Shevon Daniel, who entered the field, managed to hold a precious 116-run partnership for the second wicket.

By the end of the day, the Sri Lankan youth team has scored 203 runs with the loss of 2 wickets and is off to a successful start. Shevon Daniel remains unbeaten on 92 runs for the Sri Lankan team.

England Youth 381 all out in 122.2 overs – (Matthew Hurst 116, Harry Singh 104, Ben McKenney 22, James Sales 52, Stanley McAllendon 20, Duvindu Ranatunga 58/2, Sahan Mihira 58/2, Vanuja Sahan 67/2 , Ravin de Silva 56/2)

The Sri Lanka Youth team scored 203 for 2 in 55 overs in the first innings – (Shevon Daniyal 92 not out, Abhishek Liyanarachchi 49, Pawan Pathiraja 37 not out)

දෙවන සිව්දින තරගයේ ශ්‍රී ලංකා යොවුන් පිළෙන් සටන්කාමී පළමු ඉනිමක්

එංගලන්ත යොවුන් පිල හා ශ්‍රී ලංකා යොවුන් පිල අතර දෙවන සිව්දින තරගය ඉකුත් 28 දින ආරම්භ විය. පලමු දින තරගය නිමාවට පත්වන විට සිය පළමු ඉනිම ක්‍රීඩා කරමින් සිටි එංගලන්ත පිළ කඩුලු 4ක් දැවී ලකුණු 268 ලබා ප්‍රබල ස්ථානයක පසු විය.

කෙසේ වෙතත් තරගයේ දෙවන දිනය වූ ඊයේ දින (29) ශ්‍රී ලංකා යොවුන් පිල නැවතත් තරගයට අවතීර්ණය වූ අතර, එංගලන්ත පිල සියලු දෙනා දැවී පලමු ඉනිමට ලබා ගත හැකි වූයේ ලකුණු 381කි. ශ්‍රී ලංකා කණ්ඩායම වෙනුවෙන් විශිෂ්ට පන්දු යැවීමක නිරත වූ දුවිදු රණතුංග හා සහන් මිහිර කඩුලු දෙක බැගින් බිද හෙලීමට සමත් විය.

පිළිතුරු ඉනිම ක්‍රීඩා කිරීමට පිටියට පිවිසි ශ්‍රී ලංකා පිලට සාර්ථක ආරම්භයක් ලබා ගැනීමට නොහැකි විය. ආරම්භක පිතිකරු අසිත වන්නිනායක ලකුණු 4කට පිටියෙන් ඉවත් කිරීමට එංගලන්ත පන්දු යවන්නන් සමත් විය.

ඉන්පසු පිටියට පිවිසි අභිෂේක් ලියනාරච්චි හා ශෙවෝන් ඩැනියල් දෙවන කඩුල්ල වෙනුවෙන් අගනා ලකුණු 116 සබදතාවක් පැවැත්වීමට සමත් විය.

දිනය නිමා වන විට ශ්‍රී ලංකා යොවුන් පිළ කඩුලු 2ක් දැවී ලකුණු 203 ලබා සාර්ථක ආරම්භයල් ලබා සිටී. ශ්‍රී ලංකා පිළ වෙනුවෙන් ශෙවෝන් ඩැනියල් ලකුණු 92ක් ලබා නොදැවී කඩුල්ලේ රැදී සිටී.

එංගලන්ත යොවුන් පිල පන්දුවාර 122.2 කදී සියලු දෙනා දැවී ලකුණු 381 – (මැතිව් හර්ස්ට් 116, හැරී සිං 104, බෙන් මැක්කෙනි 22, ජේම්ස් සේල්ස් 52, ස්ටැන්ලි මැක්ඇල්න්ඩන් 20, දුවිඳු රණතුංග 58/2, සහන් මිහිර 58/2, වනුජ සහන් 67/2, රවීන් ද සිල්වා 56/2)

ශ්‍රී ලංකා යොවුන් පිල පළමු ඉනිම පන්දුවාර 55 කදී කඩුලු 2 ට නකුණු 203 යි – (ෂෙවෝන් ඩැනිනයල් නොදැවී 92, අබිෂේක් ලියනාරච්චි 49, පවන් පතිරාජ නොදැවී 37)

இரண்டாவது நான்கு நாள் ஆட்டத்தில் இலங்கை இளையோர் அணியிடமிருந்து போர் மிக்க முதல் இன்னிங்ஸ்

இங்கிலாந்து இளையோர் அணிக்கும் இலங்கை இளையோர் அணிக்கும் இடையிலான இரண்டாவது நான்கு நாள் ஆட்டம் கடந்த 28ஆம் திகதி ஆரம்பமானது. முதல் நாள் ஆட்ட நேர முடிவில் இங்கிலாந்து அணி தனது முதல் இன்னிங்சை விளையாடி 4 விக்கெட் இழப்புக்கு 268 ரன்கள் எடுத்து வலுவான நிலையில் இருந்தது.

எவ்வாறாயினும், போட்டியின் இரண்டாம் நாளான நேற்று (29) இலங்கை இளையோர் அணி மீண்டும் போட்டிக்குள் பிரவேசித்ததுடன், இங்கிலாந்து அணி முதல் இன்னிங்ஸில் சகல விக்கெட்டுகளையும் இழந்து 381 ஓட்டங்களைப் பெற்றுள்ளது. இலங்கை அணி சார்பாக சிறப்பாக பந்துவீசிய துவிது ரணதுங்க மற்றும் சஹான் மிஹிர ஆகியோர் தலா இரண்டு விக்கெட்டுகளை வீழ்த்தினர்.

பதில் இன்னிங்ஸை ஆட களம் இறங்கிய இலங்கை அணியால் வெற்றிகரமான தொடக்கத்தை பெற முடியவில்லை. ஆரம்ப துடுப்பாட்ட வீரர் அசித்த வன்னிநாயக்கவை 4 ஓட்டங்களுக்கு இங்கிலாந்து பந்துவீச்சாளர்கள் களத்தில் இருந்து வெளியேற்றினர்.

அதனையடுத்து களம் இறங்கிய அபிஷேக் லியனாராச்சி மற்றும் ஷெவோன் டேனியல் ஜோடி இரண்டாவது விக்கெட்டுக்கு 116 ஓட்டங்களின் பெறுமதிமிக்க இணைப்பாட்டத்தைப் பேண முடிந்தது.

நாள் முடிவில் இலங்கை இளையோர் அணி 2 விக்கெட் இழப்புக்கு 203 ரன்கள் எடுத்து வெற்றிகரமான தொடக்கத்தில் உள்ளது. இலங்கை அணி சார்பில் ஷெவோன் டேனியல் 92 ரன்களுடன் ஆட்டமிழக்காமல் இருந்தார்.

இங்கிலாந்து யூத் 122.2 ஓவர்களில் 381 ஆல் அவுட் – (மேத்யூ ஹர்ஸ்ட் 116, ஹாரி சிங் 104, பென் மெக்கென்னி 22, ஜேம்ஸ் சேல்ஸ் 52, ஸ்டான்லி மெக்அலெண்டன் 20, துவிந்து ரணதுங்க 58/2, சஹான் மிஹிரா 58/2, வனுஜா 67/2 சில்வா 56/2)

இலங்கை இளையோர் அணி முதல் இன்னிங்சில் 55 ஓவர்களில் 2 விக்கெட் இழப்புக்கு 203 ரன்கள் எடுத்தது – (ஷெவோன் டானியல் ஆட்டமிழக்காமல் 92, அபிஷேக் லியனாராச்சி 49, பவன் பதிராஜா ஆட்டமிழக்க 37)

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KSCA Officials Resign Over Chinnaswamy Stampede; RCB Faces FIR in Tragic Victory Celebration Fallout

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In a tragic turn of events following Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s (RCB) historic IPL 2025 title win, a deadly stampede at the celebratory event held at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium claimed 11 lives and injured several others. The aftermath has sparked controversy and accountability issues, leading to major resignations and legal action.

Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) secretary A Shankar and treasurer ES Jairam resigned on Friday, citing “moral responsibility” for the incident. Their resignations were submitted to KSCA president Raghuram Bhat, as questions mount over mismanagement and negligence at the overcrowded venue.

The Bengaluru Police have filed an FIR listing RCB, DNA Entertainment (event partner), and KSCA as accused parties. Police confirmed that the event had not been granted official permission. In a swift move, Nikhil Sosale, RCB’s head of marketing and revenue, was arrested—raising further scrutiny over organizational lapses.

KSCA has filed a writ petition calling the FIR a “knee-jerk” reaction under political pressure. They argued that crowd control and gate management were the responsibilities of RCB and the event organizers, not KSCA.

RCB has announced INR 10 lakh compensation for each victim and committed to covering all medical expenses of the injured. However, the franchise has yet to make a comprehensive public statement.

This incident raises serious concerns about sports event management and safety standards, casting a shadow over what was supposed to be a moment of celebration in Indian cricket

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Asia Leads the Charge as 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers Begin to Take Shape

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The road to the historic 2026 FIFA World Cup is gaining momentum, and Asia is already making its mark on football’s grandest stage. With an expanded format featuring 48 teams and co-hosted by the United States, Canada, and Mexico, this edition promises to be the most inclusive and diverse yet — and Asia is stepping up early.

🇯🇵 Japan Sets the Benchmark for Asia

Japan was the first nation worldwide to book their ticket to the 2026 FIFA World Cup, underscoring their dominance in Asian football. Unbeaten in their qualifying campaign with six wins and one draw, the Samurai Blue continue to be the standard-bearers for the continent.

🇮🇷 Iran Continues Consistent Form

Iran soon followed Japan, securing their seventh overall World Cup appearance and fourth consecutive berth. The team remained undefeated in their group, showcasing the experience and tactical depth that has made them a fixture on the world stage.

🇺🇿 Uzbekistan Makes Historic Debut

In one of the most emotional stories of the qualifiers so far, Uzbekistan qualified for their first-ever FIFA World Cup. A gritty 0-0 draw against the UAE was enough for the Central Asian side to clinch a spot, sparking nationwide celebrations. Their rise highlights the growing strength of second-tier Asian nations on the global stage.

Asia’s Presence Grows in 2026 Format

Asia is guaranteed eight slots in the 2026 World Cup — a significant jump from previous editions — allowing the region to showcase more talent, depth, and emerging football powerhouses. With teams like South Korea, Saudi Arabia, and Australia still in the hunt, the continent could make a serious impact come 2026.

Global Context

The tournament’s expanded format and host countries in North America mark a new era for international football. With 104 matches, 16 host cities, and an increased number of participants, it will be a celebration of global diversity — and Asian nations are ready to shine.

Countries Qualified So Far

  • Asia: 🇯🇵 Japan, 🇮🇷 Iran, 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan
  • Oceania: 🇳🇿 New Zealand
  • South America: 🇦🇷 Argentina

(Additional qualifiers from other confederations are ongoing.)

As the countdown to 2026 begins, all eyes are on Asia’s rising stars — ready to challenge the world and redefine the future of football.

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Sachithra Senanayake Indicted in Landmark Match-Fixing Case Under Sri Lanka’s Anti-Corruption Law

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Former Sri Lankan cricketer Sachithra Senanayake has been formally indicted before the Hambantota High Court, marking a historic first in Sri Lanka’s efforts to criminalize corruption in sports. The charges stem from an alleged match-fixing attempt during the 2020 Lanka Premier League (LPL), making Senanayake the first player to face prosecution under Sri Lanka’s Prevention of Offences Related to Sports Act No. 24 of 2019.

Senanayake, currently out on bail, is accused of attempting to influence Colombo Kings player Tharindu Ratnayake to underperform during the tournament. The incident reportedly occurred via a WhatsApp message, which was later flagged by a local anti-corruption officer, prompting an official investigation in 2020.

The case falls under the landmark legislation introduced in 2019 by then Sports Minister Harin Fernando, which criminalizes match-fixing and related offenses in the country. If convicted, Senanayake could face a prison term of up to 10 years, a fine reaching Rs. 100 million, or both.

The indictment signals a serious shift in Sri Lanka’s approach to tackling corruption in sports. Authorities hope this high-profile case will serve as a strong deterrent against similar offenses in the future.

Senanayake, once a celebrated off-spinner and a member of Sri Lanka’s victorious 2014 ICC T20 World Cup squad, now faces the grim prospect of being remembered not for his achievements on the field, but for his role in one of Sri Lanka’s most significant match-fixing scandals.

As the case unfolds, it casts a spotlight on the broader issue of corruption in sports and reinforces the urgent need for integrity, vigilance, and transparent governance across all levels of competition in Sri Lanka

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