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Dasun Shanaka’s century saves Sri Lanka from humiliation loss.
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
Cricket
SL Women Set for West Indies Tour with ODI and T20I Series in Early 2026
Sri Lanka Women are set to tour the West Indies for a white-ball series comprising One Day Internationals and T20 Internationals during February and March 2026, as part of their international calendar leading into a crucial World Cup year.
The tour will feature three ODIs and three T20Is, all of which will be played at the Grenada National Stadium, with matches scheduled from February 20 to March 3.
The ODI leg of the series will get underway on February 20, followed by the second and third matches on February 22 and February 25 respectively. The focus will then shift to the shorter format, with the T20I series commencing on February 28, before concluding with matches on March 1 and March 3.
The T20I series holds particular importance for both teams as they continue preparations for the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026, set to be held in the United Kingdom. Sri Lanka and West Indies have been placed in Group 2, alongside hosts England, New Zealand, and two teams yet to qualify.
Sri Lanka Women will be aiming to end a prolonged T20I series drought, having not won a bilateral T20I series since lifting the Women’s Asia Cup in 2024. The Caribbean tour presents a valuable opportunity for the side to rebuild confidence and momentum in the format ahead of the global tournament.
West Indies, meanwhile, will take confidence from recent home performances, having won their last two home T20I series against Bangladesh and South Africa. Playing all matches at a single venue is expected to test Sri Lanka’s adaptability to conditions over an extended period.
The two sides last faced each other in the Caribbean in 2024, where Sri Lanka enjoyed success in the ODI format with a 3–0 series sweep, while West Indies responded strongly to claim the T20I series 2–1.
With both teams eyeing World Cup readiness, the upcoming tour is expected to provide a competitive and revealing contest across formats.
Tour Schedule – Sri Lanka Women in West Indies 2026
• 20 February – 1st ODI, Grenada National Stadium
• 22 February – 2nd ODI, Grenada National Stadium
• 25 February – 3rd ODI, Grenada National Stadium
• 28 February – 1st T20I, Grenada National Stadium
• 1 March – 2nd T20I, Grenada National Stadium
• 3 March – 3rd T20I, Grenada National Stadium
Cricket
Asalanka Defends Colombo Pitch After England’s Criticism
Sri Lanka captain Charith Asalanka has played down criticism of the pitch used for the second One-Day International against England in Colombo, insisting that the surface was suitable for ODI cricket despite concerns raised by visiting players.
England levelled the three-match series with a comfortable victory at the R. Premadasa Stadium, chasing down a target of 220 with more than three overs to spare. Following the match, several England players expressed dissatisfaction with the playing surface, suggesting it was not ideal for one-day internationals.
Speaking after the match, Asalanka acknowledged that opinions on pitch conditions can differ but pointed to the overall scoring as evidence that the surface was not excessively poor.
“Everyone is entitled to their opinion,” Asalanka said. “But when you look at the match as a whole, the two teams scored around 440 runs. That doesn’t really suggest an unplayable wicket.”
The Sri Lanka skipper also drew comparisons with previous encounters between the two sides, noting that similar scrutiny had not been applied on other occasions when conditions were challenging.
“In the World Cup game in Bengaluru, England were bowled out for around 160, and there wasn’t much discussion about the pitch then,” he added. “So I don’t fully understand why the reaction is so strong this time.”
While defending the Colombo surface against heavy criticism, Asalanka conceded that it did not play as expected, particularly when compared to the first ODI of the series, which offered better conditions for batting.
“I didn’t expect the second pitch to behave that way,” he said. “In the first match, scores of around 270 or 280 were achievable. As a batting side, you always want to give your bowlers more runs to work with. The pitch definitely played differently, but even then, I don’t think it was a 220-run wicket. I was personally aiming for something closer to 250 or 260.”
With the series now level, attention turns to the decider, where pitch conditions and adaptability are once again likely to play a significant role. Both teams will be eager to adjust quickly as they seek to claim the series in Colombo.
Cricket
Wellalage Dedicates Player of the Match Award to Late Father After Sri Lanka’s ODI Win
Sri Lanka all-rounder Dunith Wellalage produced a match-winning performance in the opening One-Day International against England in Colombo, guiding his side to a 19-run victory and earning the Player of the Match award, which he emotionally dedicated to his late father.

Speaking at the post-match press conference, Wellalage revealed that disciplined execution was the key to Sri Lanka’s success.
“The skipper’s advice was to bowl in good line and length and keep the overs tight. Our plan was to build pressure with disciplined bowling, and by sticking to that plan, we were able to finish on the winning side,” he said.
After winning the toss, Sri Lanka posted a competitive 271 for 6. Openers Pathum Nissanka and Kamil Mishara laid a solid foundation with a 50-run stand before England struck back with early wickets. The innings was then stabilised by Kusal Mendis and Janith Liyanage, whose crucial 88-run partnership helped regain momentum.
Wellalage credited Kusal Mendis for anchoring the innings.
“Much of the credit should go to Kusal. Thanks to his knock we were able to post a competitive total. My role was to support him and stay till the end. The plan was to score between 260 and 270, and thankfully we achieved that,” he explained.
Wellalage added late impetus with an unbeaten 25 off 12 balls, pushing Sri Lanka to a challenging total. England spinner Adil Rashid was the standout bowler for the visitors, finishing with figures of 3 for 44.
In reply, England lost Zak Crawley early, but a strong 117-run partnership between Joe Root and Ben Duckett brought them firmly back into contention. As the pitch slowed in the latter stages, Sri Lanka’s bowlers adjusted smartly and tightened their grip on the game.
“The wicket became a little slow towards the end, so the plan was to reduce pace and bowl good line and lengths,” Wellalage noted.
The strategy paid off as Pramod Madushan led the attack with three wickets, while Wellalage and Jeffrey Vandersay claimed two each, bowling England out for 252.
Reflecting on the emotional significance of the performance, Wellalage paid tribute to his father.
“The last few months have been very hard for me after my father’s death. His wish was to see me represent my country, and I dedicate this Man of the Match award to him,” he said.
Sri Lanka now take early momentum into the remainder of the ODI series as they continue their preparations during England’s 2026 tour.
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