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Dimuth, Kusal Tons sees Sri Lanka take upper hand Vs Ireland

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Dimuth Karunaratne and Kusal Mendis put on a top performance with the bat to help Sri Lanka finished Day 1 with their score at 386 for the loss of four wickets in 88 overs in the first test against Ireland.

Karunaratne and Mendis put on 281 for the second wicket to keep the Irish bowlers at bay. The Sri Lankan skipper raced his way to a hundred off 139 balls, but would be a tad disappointed after getting out at the fag end of the day’s play.

Karunaratne departed in the 85th over after Mark Adair found his outside edge. The southpaw scored 179 off 235 balls with the help of 15 fours. Mendis, on the other hand, lent support to his captain by scoring 140 off 193 with 18 fours and one six.

George Dockrell dismissed the right-handed batter in the 74th over and also broke the ominous-looking partnership between Mendis and Karunaratne. Angelo Mathews would be gutted after he failed to open his account. Nishan Madushka promised after scoring 29 off 48 with four fours before Curtis Campher accounted for his wicket.

Dinesh Chandimal and night-watchman Prabath Jayasuriya are unbeaten on 18 and 12 respectively at Stumps on the first day.

Adair, Campher, Dockrell and Ben White picked up one wicket apiece for Ireland. Andy McBrine, who picked up a six-wicket haul against Bangladesh at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur, couldn’t make a single breakthrough.

දිමුත් සහ කුසල් ශතක හමුවේ අයර්ලන්තයට එරෙහිව ශ්‍රී ලංකාව ඉදිරියෙන් සිටියි

දිමුත් කරුණාරත්න සහ කුසල් මෙන්ඩිස් පිත්තෙන් දස්කම් දැක්වූ ශ්‍රී ලංකා කණ්ඩායම පළමු දිනය නිමා කළේ අයර්ලන්තයට එරෙහි පළමු ටෙස්ට් තරගයේ දී ඕවර 88කදී කඩුලු 4ක් දැවී ලකුණු 386ක් ලබා සිටියදීය.

කරුණාරත්න සහ මෙන්ඩිස් දෙවැනි කඩුල්ල සඳහා ලකුණු 281ක සබඳතාවක් ගොඩනැගූ අතර අයර්ලන්ත පන්දු යවන්නන් දැවී ගියේය. ශ්‍රී ලංකා නායකයා පන්දු 139 කදී සිය ශතකය කරා දිව ගිය නමුත් දවසේ තරගය අවසානයේ දැවී යාමෙන් පසු ඔහු තරමක් බලාපොරොත්තු සුන් වනු ඇත.

85 වැනි ඕවරයේදී මාර්ක් ඇඩෙයාර්ගේ පිටත දාරය සොයා ගැනීමෙන් පසු කරුණාරත්න නික්ම ගියේය. සවුත්පියා පන්දු 235කදී හතරේ පහර 15ක් සමඟින් ලකුණු 179ක් රැස් කළේය.

අනෙක් අතට මෙන්ඩිස් සිය නායකයාට සහය ලබා දෙමින් ලකුණු 193 කදී හතරේ පහර 18 ක් සහ එක් හයේ පහරක් සමඟින් ලකුණු 140 ක් රැස් කළේය.

ජෝර්ජ් ඩොක්‍රෙල් 74 වැනි ඕවරයේදී දකුණත් පිතිකරුවා දැවී ගිය අතර මෙන්ඩිස් සහ කරුණාරත්න අතර අශුභවාදී සබඳතාවයක් ද බිඳ දැමීය. ඇන්ජලෝ මැතිව්ස් සිය ගිණුම විවෘත කිරීමට අපොහොසත් වීමෙන් දැවී යනු ඇත.

නිශාන් මධුෂ්ක කර්ටිස් කැම්පර්ගේ කඩුල්ල ලෙස දැවී යාමට පෙර ලකුණු 48 කින් හතරේ පහර 4 ක් සමඟ ලකුණු 29 ක් රැස් කිරීමෙන් පසුව පොරොන්දු විය.

දිනේෂ් චන්දිමාල් සහ රාත්‍රී මුරකරු ප්‍රභාත් ජයසූරිය පිළිවෙළින් නොදැවී ලකුණු 18ක් සහ 12ක් ලබා පළමු දිනයේ කඩුල්ලට පිවිස සිටිති.

අයර්ලන්තය වෙනුවෙන් ඇඩෙයාර්, කැම්පර්, ඩොක්‍රෙල් සහ බෙන් වයිට් එක් කඩුල්ල බැගින් දවා ගත්හ. මීර්පූර්හි ෂර්-ඊ-බංගලා ජාතික ක්‍රීඩාංගණයේදී බංග්ලාදේශයට එරෙහිව කඩුලු 6ක් දවාගත් ඇන්ඩි මැක්බ්‍රීන්ට එකදු පෙරළියක් හෝ කිරීමට නොහැකි විය.

திமுத், குசால் சதங்கள் அயர்லாந்துக்கு எதிராக இலங்கை முன்னிலை பெற்றுள்ளது

அயர்லாந்துக்கு எதிரான முதல் டெஸ்ட் போட்டியில் திமுத் கருணாரத்னே மற்றும் குசல் மெண்டிஸ் ஆகியோர் சிறப்பான ஆட்டத்தை வெளிப்படுத்த, இலங்கை அணி 88 ஓவர்களில் 4 விக்கெட் இழப்புக்கு 386 ரன்கள் எடுத்த நிலையில், முதல் நாள் ஆட்டத்தை நிறைவு செய்ய உதவியது.

கருணாரத்னே மற்றும் மெண்டிஸ் ஜோடி இரண்டாவது விக்கெட்டுக்கு 281 ரன்கள் குவித்து அயர்லாந்து பந்துவீச்சாளர்களைத் தடுத்தது. இலங்கை அணித்தலைவர் 139 பந்துகளில் சதமடித்தார்.

கருணாரத்னே 85வது ஓவரில் மார்க் அடயர் தனது வெளிப்புற விளிம்பைக் கண்டுபிடித்த பிறகு வெளியேறினார். சவுத்பா 235 பந்துகளில் 15 பவுண்டரிகளுடன் 179 ரன்கள் எடுத்தார்.

மறுபுறம், மெண்டிஸ் 193 பந்துகளில் 18 பவுண்டரிகள் மற்றும் ஒரு சிக்சருடன் 140 ரன்கள் எடுத்து தனது கேப்டனுக்கு ஆதரவாக இருந்தார். ஜார்ஜ் டோக்ரெல் 74வது ஓவரில் வலது கை பேட்டரை அவுட்டாக்கினார், மேலும் மெண்டிஸ் மற்றும் கருணாரத்னே இடையேயான அசுரத்தனமான பார்ட்னர்ஷிப்பை உடைத்தார்.

ஏஞ்சலோ மேத்யூஸ் தனது கணக்கைத் திறக்கத் தவறியதை அடுத்து அவர் களமிறங்கினார்.

நிஷான் மதுஷ்கா 48 பந்தில் 4 பவுண்டரிகளுடன் 29 ரன்கள் எடுத்திருந்த நிலையில், கர்டிஸ் கேம்பர் தனது விக்கெட்டைப் பறிகொடுத்தார். முதல் நாளில் ஸ்டம்பில் தினேஷ் சண்டிமால் மற்றும் இரவு நேர கண்காணிப்பாளர் பிரபாத் ஜெயசூர்யா முறையே 18 மற்றும் 12 ரன்களுடன் ஆட்டமிழக்காமல் உள்ளனர். அயர்லாந்து தரப்பில் அடேர், கேம்பர், டோக்ரெல், பென் ஒயிட் ஆகியோர் தலா ஒரு விக்கெட் வீழ்த்தினர். மிர்பூரில் உள்ள ஷேர்-இ-பங்களா தேசிய ஸ்டேடியத்தில் வங்கதேசத்துக்கு எதிராக 6 விக்கெட்டுகளை வீழ்த்திய ஆண்டி மெக்பிரைன், ஒரு சாதனை கூட செய்ய முடியவில்லை.

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Kusal Mendis Falls Short in High-Stakes IPL Eliminator Clash

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Sri Lanka’s Kusal Mendis failed to rise to the occasion during a crucial IPL 2025 Eliminator as Gujarat Titans fell short in their chase against Mumbai Indians at the Maharaja Yadavindra Singh Stadium in New Chandigarh.

Chasing a steep target of 229, Gujarat Titans needed early momentum. While opener Sai Sudharsan led the charge with a composed 80 off 49 deliveries, Kusal Mendis—expected to play a key supporting role—could not live up to expectations on this competitive stage.

Mendis, who had the platform to make an impact, started aggressively with two sixes in his 10-ball 20 but threw away his wicket in an uncharacteristic manner—getting out hit wicket to Mitchell Santner. In a high-pressure match where composure was vital, Mendis’s dismissal was a major setback for GT, stalling their momentum during a promising phase of the innings.

This was an opportunity for Mendis to demonstrate consistency and reliability at the highest level of franchise cricket, especially with the eyes of selectors and fans fixed on performances under pressure. However, the lack of game awareness and a reckless approach led to a soft exit at a crucial moment.

GT eventually managed 208/6, falling short by 20 runs. With Mendis’s early exit, the middle order was left exposed to the mounting run rate, and despite brief resistance from Washington Sundar and Rahul Tewatia, the chase fizzled out.

While Mendis has shown flashes of brilliance in previous matches, this performance serves as a reminder of the demands of knockout-stage cricket. With playoffs being the toughest test of mental and technical strength, Sri Lanka’s white-ball star must tighten his game to deliver when it matters most.

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Awareness Media Briefing on New Sports Regulations

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A special media briefing on the new regulations under the Sports Act was held on May 30, 2025, at the Department of Government Information, with the aim of raising public awareness on the upcoming changes to Sri Lanka’s sports governance framework.

The event featured key officials from the Ministry of Youth and Sports, including:

  • Sunil Kumara Gamagedara – Minister of Youth and Sports
  • Sugath Thilakaratne – Deputy Minister of Sports
  • Aruna Bandara – Secretary, Ministry of Youth and Sports
  • Shemal Fernando – Director General of Sports
  • Priyantha Ekanayake – Chairman, National Sports Council

These leaders addressed the media on the impact, scope, and enforcement of the new regulations, highlighting their importance in ensuring transparency, accountability, and modernization in Sri Lanka’s sports sector.

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Nuwan Thushara Shines as RCB Storms into IPL 2025 Final

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Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) booked their place in the grand finale of IPL 2025 with an emphatic 8-wicket victory over Punjab Kings (PBKS) in Qualifier 2, chasing down 102 runs in just 10 overs. The match, held in Ahmedabad, saw RCB continue their dominant form in the playoffs, with Sri Lanka’s very own Nuwan Thushara making his presence felt on the biggest T20 franchise stage.

Thushara, who has been a consistent figure in RCB’s bowling attack, picked up a crucial wicket in the Qualifier 1 against Lucknow Super Giants and has steadily built a reputation as a reliable powerplay bowler. His unique slingy action and accuracy have made him a fan favourite in Bengaluru and among Sri Lankan cricket fans. Although he took just 1 wicket in the latest game, his economical spells have contributed significantly to RCB’s campaign.

RCB’s victory against PBKS came on the back of a brilliant bowling effort, bundling Punjab out for a mere 101. RCB’s top order made light work of the target, finishing the chase with 60 balls to spare – the most dominant playoff win in IPL history in terms of balls remaining.

Sri Lanka’s IPL participation this year has been headlined by Nuwan Thushara, whose breakthrough season is setting the tone for more Lankan stars to shine in the league. His performance is also a testament to the growing impact of Sri Lankan pace bowlers in franchise cricket worldwide.

RCB will now face either Gujarat Titans or Mumbai Indians in the IPL 2025 Final on June 3rd at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. Thushara is expected to play a key role as RCB aims to secure their maiden IPL title.

As the cricketing world gears up for a blockbuster final, Sri Lankan fans will be cheering on Thushara, hoping he brings IPL glory back to Bengaluru – and pride to Sri Lanka.

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