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Dasun Shanaka’s century saves Sri Lanka from humiliation loss.

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The Indian team won by 67 runs in the first ODI held yesterday (10).

With the outstanding performance of Virat Kohli, captain Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill, the Indian team managed to win the first ODI against Sri Lanka. Taking the lead 1-0 in the ODI series consisting of 3 matches.

Sri Lanka won the toss and gave India the opportunity to bat first. Accordingly, the Indian team entered the field and managed to score 373 runs by losing 7 wickets at the end of 50 overs.

Virat Kohli managed to score a century for the Indian team, which is his 45th century. The loss of two catches by Virat Kohli in the hands of the Sri Lankan bowlers was the main reason for the Indian team to reach such a score, and an easy catch that gave 54 runs was lost in the hands of wicketkeeper Kusal Mendis. This can be called the decisive moment of the match.

The bowling of the Sri Lankan team was very far-fetched and the Indian batsmen did not allow any bowler to succeed. At the end of the 10 overs bowled by Wanidu Hasaranga, the world’s number one T20 bowler, he scored 67 runs and failed to take any wickets. The Indian batsmen managed to maintain a team scoring rate of 6.0 overall for Sri Lankan bowlers.

At the end of the 50 overs, the Sri Lankan team, which entered the field to play the reply innings, could score only 306 runs with the loss of 8 wickets. The opening batting pair of the Sri Lankan team changed and this time Pathum Nissanka and Aviska Fernando entered the field as the opening batting pair. Mohammad Siraj managed to send the opening wicket tie to 19 runs to Avishka Stadium.

Kusal Mendis, who was a successful opening batsman in this year’s Twenty20 series, entered the field as the number one batsman and he had to leave the field without scoring a run. It is surprising that he changed his position when he was successful as an opening batsman.

This time too, the middle-order batting of the Sri Lankan team failed, and when Sri Lanka lost 8 wickets for 206 runs, Kasun Rajitha managed to score a record 100 runs together with the captain Dasun Shanaka, and Dasun Shanaka managed to score a precious 100 runs. With that century, the Sri Lankan team managed to cross the 300-run mark, which saved Sri Lanka from humiliation.

Scoreboard – India

Virat Kohli – 113 (87)
Rohit Sharma – 83 (63)
Shubman Gill – 70 (60)

Bowling

Kasun Rajitha – 10-0-88-3
Dilshan Madhusanka – 6-0-43-1

Scoreboard – Sri Lanka

Dasun Shanaka – 108 not out
Pathum Nissanka – 72 (80)
Dhananjayada Silva – 47(40)

Bowling
Umran Malik – 8-0-57-3
Mohammad Siraj – 7-1-30-2

දසුන් ශානකගේ ශතකයෙන් ශ්‍රී ලංකාව අවමානයෙන් ගැලවේ.

ඊයේ (10) පැවති පළමු එක්දින තරගෙන් ලකුණු 67ක් ජයක් ලබා ගැනීමට ඉන්දීය කණ්ඩායම සමත් විය.

විරාත් කෝලි, නායක රෝහිත් ෂර්මා හා ශුබ්මන් ගිල්ගේ කැපී පෙනෙන දක්ෂතාවය නිසා ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට එරෙහිව පැවැත්වූ පළමු එක්දින තරගයෙන් ජය ලබා ගැනීමට ඉන්දීය කණ්ඩායම සමත් විය. ඒ තරග 3කින් සමන්විත එක්දින තරගාවලියේ තරග 1-0 ක් ලෙස පෙරමුණ ගනිමිනි.

කාසියේ වාසිය ශ්‍රී ලංකා කණ්ඩායම ලබා ගනිමින් පළමුව පන්දුවට පහර දීමේ අවස්ථාව ඉන්දියාවට ලබා දුන්නේය. ඒ අනුව පිටියට පිවිසි ඉන්දියානු කණ්ඩායම පන්දුවාර 50 අවසානයේ කඩුලු 7ක් දැවී ලකුණු 373ක් ලබා ගනීමට සමත් විය.

ඉන්දියානු කණ්ඩායම වෙනුවෙන් විරාත් කෝලි ශතකයක් රැස් කිරීමට සමත් වූ අතර එය ඔහුගේ 45 වන ශතකය වේ. විරාත් කෝලි ලබා දුන් උඩපන්දු දෙකක් ශ්‍රී ලංකා පන්දු යවන්නන් අතින් ගිලිහීම මෙවැනි ලකුණු සංඛ්‍යාවක් කරා ඉන්දීය කණ්ඩායම යාමට ප්‍රධානතම හේතුව වූ අතර, ලකුණු 54 ලබාදුන් පහසු උඩ පන්දුවක් කඩුලු රකින ක්‍රීඩක කුසල් මෙන්ඩිස් අතින් ගිලුහුණි. මෙය තරගයේ තීරණාත්මක අවස්ථාව ලෙස හැදිවිය හැකිය.

ශ්‍රී ලංකා කණ්ඩායමේ පන්දු යවීම ඉතා දුරවල මට්ටමක පැවති අතර, කිසිදු පන්දු යවන්නෙකුට සාර්ථක වීමට ඉන්දීය පිතිකරුවන් ඉඩ ලබා දුන්නේ නැත. ලොව අංක එකේ විස්සයි විස්ස පන්දු යවන්නා වන වනිදු හසරංග යැවූ පන්දුවාර 10 අවසානයේ ඔහුට ලකුණු 67ක් ලබා ගත් අතර කිසිදු කඩුල්ලක් ලබා ගැනීමට නොහැකි විය. ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ සියලුම පන්දුයවන්න හට 6.0 වඩා ලකුණු ලබා ගැනීමේ දල වේගයක් රදවා ගැනීමට ඉන්දීය පිතිකරුවන් සමත් විය.

පිළිතුරු ඉනිම ක්‍රීඩා කිරීමට පිටියට පිවිසි ශ්‍රී ලංකා කන්ඩායමට පන්දුවාර 50 අවසානයේ කඩුලු 8ක් දැවී ලබා ගත හැකි වූයේ ලකුණු 306ක් පමණි. ශ්‍රී ලංකා කණ්ඩායමේ ආරම්භක පිතිකරණ යුගලය වෙනස් වූ අතර මෙවර ආරම්භක පිතිකරණ යුගලය ලෙස පිටියට පිවිසියේ පැතුම් නිස්සංක හා අවිශ්ක ප්‍රනාන්දුය. ආරම්භක කඩුල්ලේ සබදතාවය ලකුණු 19 වන විට අවිශ්ක ක්‍රීඩාගාරය වෙත යැවීමට මොහොමඩ් සිරාජ් සමත් විය.

මෙවර විස්සයි විස්ස තරගාවලියේ සාර්ථක ආරම්භක පිතිකරුවෙකු වූ කුසල් මෙන්ඩිස් නොම්බර එක පිතිකරුවා ලෙස පිටියට පිවිසි අතර ඔහුට ලකුණු නොලාබාම පිටියෙන් ඉවත් වීමට සිදු විය. ඔහු ආරම්භක පිතිකරුවෙකු ලෙස සාර්ථක වී සිටියදී ඔහුගේ ස්ථානය වෙනස් කිරීම විමතියට කරුණකි.

මෙවරද ශ්‍රී ලංකා කණ්ඩායමේ මැද පෙල පිතිකරණය අසාර්ථක වූ අතර, ශ්‍රී ලංකාව ලකුණු 206කට කඩුලු 8ක් දැවී සිටියදී නායක දසුන් ශානක හා එක්ව කසුන් රාජිත වාර්ථගත ලකුණු 100ක සභදතාවයක් පැවැත්වීමට සමත් වූ අතර, දසුන් ශානක අගනා ලකුණු 100ක් ලබා ගැනීමට සමත් විය. ඒ ශතකයත් සමගින් ශ්‍රී ලංකා කණ්ඩායම ලකුණු 300 සීමාව පසු කිරීමට සමත් වූ අතර, එය ශ්‍රී ලංකාව අවමානයෙන් ගලවා ගැනීමට සමත් විය.

ලකුණු පුවරුව – ඉන්දියාව

විරාත් කෝලි – 113 (87)
රෝහිත් ශර්මා – 83 (63)
ශුබ්මන් ගිල් – 70 (60)

පන්දු යැවීම

කසුන් රාජිත – 10-0-88-3
දිල්ෂාන් මධුසංක – 6-0-43-1

ලකුණු පුවරුව – ශ්‍රී ලංකාව

දසුන් ශානක – නොදැවී 108
පැතුම් නිස්සංක – 72 (80)
ධනංජයද සිල්වා – 47(40)

පන්දු යැවීම
උම්‍රාන් මලික් – 8-0-57-3
මොහොමඩ් සිරාජ් – 7-1-30-2

தசுன் ஷனகவின் சதம் இலங்கையை அவமானத்திலிருந்து காப்பாற்றியது.

நேற்று (10) நடைபெற்ற முதலாவது ஒருநாள் போட்டியில் இந்திய அணி 67 ஓட்டங்களால் வெற்றி பெற்றது.

விராட் கோலி, கேப்டன் ரோகித் சர்மா, ஷுப்மான் கில் ஆகியோரின் சிறப்பான ஆட்டத்தால், இலங்கைக்கு எதிரான முதல் ஒருநாள் போட்டியில் இந்திய அணி வெற்றி பெற்றது. 3 போட்டிகள் கொண்ட ஒருநாள் தொடரில் 1-0 என முன்னிலை பெற்றுள்ளது.

டாஸ் வென்ற இலங்கை, இந்தியாவுக்கு முதலில் பேட்டிங் செய்ய வாய்ப்பளித்தது. அதன்படி களம் இறங்கிய இந்திய அணி 50 ஓவர்கள் முடிவில் 7 விக்கெட்டுகளை இழந்து 373 ரன்கள் எடுத்தது.

இந்திய அணிக்காக விராட் கோலி சதம் அடித்தார், இது அவரது 45வது சதமாகும். இலங்கை பந்துவீச்சாளர்களின் கைகளில் விராட் கோலியின் இரண்டு கேட்ச்களை இழந்ததே இந்திய அணி இவ்வளவு ஸ்கோரை எட்ட முக்கிய காரணமாக அமைந்தது, மேலும் 54 ரன்கள் கொடுத்த எளிதான கேட்சை விக்கெட் கீப்பர் குசல் மெண்டிஸ் கையில் இழந்தார். இதை போட்டியின் தீர்க்கமான தருணம் என்று சொல்லலாம்.

இலங்கை அணியின் பந்துவீச்சு மிகவும் அசாத்தியமானது மற்றும் இந்திய பேட்ஸ்மேன்கள் எந்தவொரு பந்து வீச்சாளரையும் வெற்றிபெற அனுமதிக்கவில்லை. உலகின் நம்பர் ஒன் டி20 பந்து வீச்சாளரான வனிது ஹசரங்க வீசிய 10 ஓவர்கள் முடிவில் 67 ரன்கள் குவித்து விக்கெட்டுகளை வீழ்த்த முடியாமல் திணறினர். இந்திய பேட்ஸ்மேன்கள் அனைத்து இலங்கை பந்துவீச்சாளர்களையும் விட 6.0 என்ற அணியின் ஸ்கோர் விகிதத்தை பராமரிக்க முடிந்தது.

பதில் இன்னிங்ஸை ஆட களம் இறங்கிய இலங்கை அணி 50 ஓவர்கள் முடிவில் 8 விக்கெட் இழப்புக்கு 306 ரன்கள் மட்டுமே எடுக்க முடிந்தது. இலங்கை அணியின் ஆரம்ப துடுப்பாட்ட ஜோடி மாறி இம்முறை ஆரம்ப துடுப்பாட்ட ஜோடியாக பாத்தும் நிஸ்ஸங்க மற்றும் அவிஸ்கா பெர்னாண்டோ களம் இறங்கினார்கள். மொஹமட் சிராஜ் தொடக்க விக்கெட்டை 19 ரன்களுக்கு அவிஷ்கா மைதானத்திற்கு அனுப்பினார்.

இந்த வருட இருபதுக்கு 20 தொடரில் வெற்றிகரமான ஆரம்ப துடுப்பாட்ட வீரராக களமிறங்கிய குசால் மெண்டிஸ் நம்பர் ஒன் துடுப்பாட்ட வீரராக களம் இறங்கியதால் அவர் ரன் ஏதும் எடுக்காமல் களத்தை விட்டு வெளியேறினார். தொடக்க பேட்ஸ்மேனாக வெற்றி பெற்ற போது தனது நிலையை மாற்றிக் கொண்டது ஆச்சரியமாக உள்ளது.

இம்முறையும் இலங்கை அணியின் மிடில் ஆர்டர் துடுப்பாட்டம் தோல்வியடைந்ததுடன், இலங்கை 206 ஓட்டங்களுக்கு 8 விக்கெட்டுகளை இழந்திருந்த போது, ​​கசுன் ராஜித, அணித்தலைவர் தசுன் ஷனக்கவுடன் இணைந்து 100 ஓட்டங்களைப் பெற்று சாதனை படைத்தார். 100 ரன்கள். அந்த சதத்தின் மூலம் இலங்கை அணி 300 ரன்களை கடக்க, இலங்கை அணியை அவமானத்தில் இருந்து காப்பாற்றியது.

ஸ்கோர்போர்டு – இந்தியா

விராட் கோலி – 113 (87)
ரோஹித் சர்மா – 83 (63)
சுப்மன் கில் – 70 (60)

பந்துவீச்சு

கசுன் ராஜித – 10-0-88-3
தில்ஷான் மதுசங்க – 6-0-43-1

ஸ்கோர்போர்டு – இலங்கை

தசுன் ஷனக – 108 நாட் அவுட்
பாத்தும் நிஸ்ஸங்க – 72 (80)
தனஞ்சயத சில்வா – 47(40)

பந்துவீச்சு
உம்ரான் மாலிக் – 8-0-57-3
முகமது சிராஜ் – 7-1-30-2

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Sri Lanka Women too strong for Bangladesh in second T20I

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Sri Lanka Women produced a polished all-round performance to defeat Bangladesh Women by 21 runs in the second T20I, sealing the series with a game to spare.

After being put into bat, the visitors posted a competitive 154 for 4 in their 20 overs, built on key contributions from skipper Chamari Athapaththu and Harshitha Samarawickrama. The innings began cautiously, with Hasini Perera falling early, but Athapaththu steadied the innings with a fluent 42 off 37 balls, striking six boundaries.

The momentum shifted significantly during the latter half as Samarawickrama played an aggressive knock of 49 off just 29 deliveries, including two sixes. She found good support from Imeesha Dulani (27) and Nilakshika Silva, who remained unbeaten on 22, ensuring Sri Lanka finished strongly at a healthy run rate of 7.70. Bangladesh’s bowlers shared the wickets, with Fariha Trisna, Sultana Khatun, Nahida Akter, and Ritu Moni picking up one apiece.

Chasing 155, Bangladesh made a steady start through Dilara Akter and Juairiya Ferdous, who added 46 for the opening wicket. However, regular breakthroughs and sharp fielding dented their progress. Ferdous scored a brisk 29, while Sharmin Akhter anchored the innings with an unbeaten 44, but lacked sufficient support from the middle order.

Sri Lanka’s discipline in the field proved decisive, effecting three crucial run-outs. Kavisha Dilhari was the standout with the ball, claiming 2 for 15 in her four overs, while Sugandika Kumari maintained excellent control, conceding just 14 runs.
Bangladesh eventually finished on 133 for 5, falling short despite a late push.

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CMB expects more foreign participants for Ceylon Masters International Badminton 2026

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The organisers of the high profile Ceylon Masters International Badminton Championship, Ceylon Masters Badminton (CMB), expects more foreign shuttlers to compete at their sixth edition, which is slotted to be played between June 25th and 29th in Colombo. The President of CMB, Rohan de Silva, speaking to reporters in Colombo to brief about the 2026 edition, stressed on the growth of the Ceylon Masters International Badminton Championship during the previous five seasons has indicated a great interest among well-known foreign masters players.


“The CMB has had impressive number of inquiries about the Ceylon Masters International Badminton Championship 2026, notably from interested foreign participants. This shows how the competition has grown during the five years adhering to quality and international standards. The Ceylon Masters International Badminton Championship has now become an important tournament in the international masters’ badminton calendar and CMB is proud to have taken this competition to this level,” Rohan de Silva noted.


With a galaxy of master’s badminton players, both local and international, due to participate at the Ceylon Masters International Badminton Championship 2026, CMB are expecting to have no stone unturned to make the sixth edition a huge success. All arrangements are now underway to provide all participants the facilities required to conveniently access the venue and use the many amenities on site as they prepare to compete vigorously for honours and attractive prize money of USD 15,000.

“The Ceylon Masters International Badminton Championship is beyond just a competition. It assures Sri Lanka of extra tourist arrivals as players taking part during the weeklong competition usually come down with their families with the intention of spending extra time travelling around the country after the completion of the tournament. This is one aspect Sri Lanka could further develop with the government’s support,” Sumudu Kumarasinghe, the Secretary of CMB stated.

CMB stated that foreign entrants will be offered easy transport connections from the Bandaranaike International Airport to hotels in Colombo and other accommodation, as well as a shuttle service to the venue and back during the match days. This is a specialty that makes Colombo Masters International Badminton Championship one of the world’s leading masters competitions.

“There is another advantage, notably to the local masters players, who are unable to fulfil the desire to compete at international tournaments held elsewhere in the world. Sri Lanka has around over 1000 active masters shuttlers and the CMB competition is a great platform for them to gain international experience against high profile players from around the world,” explained Nishantha Jayamanne, a member of the organising committee as well as the CMB.

The Ceylon Masters International Badminton Championship 2026 will have the corporate backing from leading local entities such as McLarens Group and Prime Lands with Li-Ning, an international sports brand, continuing their commitment this season as well. CMB has made arrangements with Jetwing Travels to coordinate with logistical concerns for inbound travelling for foreign participants who stay beyond the competition and explore the country.

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“Restoring Pride and Skill”: Wickramaratne Sets Vision for Sri Lanka Cricket

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Former Member of Parliament Eran Wickramaratne has announced that he has accepted the role of Chairman of the newly established Sri Lanka Cricket Transformation Committee, following an invitation from President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and Minister of Sports Sunil Kumara Gamage.

In an official statement, Wickramaratne said the decision came after extensive discussions with former cricketers and key stakeholders in the sport. He confirmed that he assumed duties with effect from April 29.

He emphasized that the committee’s primary objective is to revive Sri Lanka’s cricketing legacy by restoring both pride and performance standards. Describing the appointment as an honour, Wickramaratne noted that he would be leading a team of nine individuals known for their integrity and professional experience.

The committee comprises a diverse group of experts, including former international cricketers and professionals from management and legal backgrounds. Members include Roshan Mahanama, Kumar Sangakkara, Thushira Radella, Sidath Wettimuny, Avanthi Colombage, Prakash Schaffter, Upul Kumarapperuma, and Dinal Philips.

Outlining the committee’s reform agenda, Wickramaratne identified two key focus areas. The first is the establishment of sound governance within Sri Lanka Cricket. This includes a complete overhaul of the existing governance framework, the introduction of a new constitution aligned with International Cricket Council (ICC) standards, and the implementation of strong transparency and anti-corruption measures aimed at rebuilding public trust.

The second pillar focuses on achieving excellence on the field. Plans include strengthening national teams through improved structural systems, upgrading facilities to world-class standards, and introducing performance-based incentives to help players consistently compete at the highest international level.

Wickramaratne also highlighted his longstanding connection to the sport, noting his involvement in cricket from school to club level. He described the role as both a privilege and a significant responsibility, adding that the committee is committed to delivering sustainable progress with the support and constructive feedback of cricket fans across the country.

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