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Dimuth to reconsider the decision to quit Test captaincy?
Dimuth Karunaratne has reportedly agreed to reconsider his decision to step down from captaincy following a request from cricket selectors.
After Sri Lanka was whitewashed in the recent two-match Test series in New Zealand, the southpaw announced his decision to step down at the conclusion of the two-match home series against Ireland.
Earlier Dimuth dropped a bombshell after the New Zealand series as he announced that he will step down from the test captaincy after the Ireland series.
Under Dimuth the islanders have done fairly well and they also ended in third spot in the World Test Championship 2022-23 cycle.
Despite taking over the captaincy duties in a turbulent period, when Sri Lanka was changing captains almost on a monthly basis, Karunaratne added stability to the set-up. Under him, Sri Lanka registered 10 wins, 10 losses, and six draws – one of the most successful Sri Lankan captains to have secured that results.
Karunaratne had a long injury layoff and played some grade cricket in Australia before making a comeback to the Sri Lankan set-up to lead the side for the New Zealand series. Sri Lanka lost the two-match series 2-0 but the skipper managed three fifties in four innings to prove that he still has it in him to dominate Test cricket.
ටෙස්ට් නායකත්වයෙන් ඉවත්වීමේ තීරණය දිමුත් යළි සලකා බලයිද?
ක්රිකට් තේරීම් කමිටුවේ ඉල්ලීමකට අනුව නායකත්වයෙන් ඉවත්වීමට ගත් තීරණය යළි සලකා බැලීමට දිමුත් කරුණාරත්න එකඟ වී ඇතැයි වාර්තා වේ.
පසුගියදා නවසීලන්තයේ පැවති තරඟ දෙකකින් සමන්විත ටෙස්ට් තරඟාවලියේදී ශ්රී ලංකාව සුදු හුනු ගෑමෙන් පසුව, අයර්ලන්තයට එරෙහි තරඟ දෙකකින් යුත් මව්බිම තරඟාවලිය අවසානයේ සවුත්පාව් ඉවත් වීමට තීරණය කළේය.
නවසීලන්ත තරගාවලියෙන් පසුව අයර්ලන්ත තරගාවලියෙන් පසු ටෙස්ට් නායකත්වයෙන් ඉවත් වන බව දිමුත් ප්රකාශ කිරීමත් සමඟ මීට පෙර බෝම්බ ප්රහාරයක් එල්ල කළේය.
2022-23 ලෝක ටෙස්ට් ශූරතා චක්රයේ තුන්වන ස්ථානය ද අවසන් කළ දිමුත් යටතේ දූපත්වාසීන් තරමක් හොඳින් ක්රීඩා කර ඇත.
කැළඹිලි සහිත කාලපරිච්ඡේදයක නායකත්ව රාජකාරි භාර ගත්තද, ශ්රී ලංකාව මාසිකව පාහේ නායකයන් වෙනස් කරමින් සිටියදී, කරුණාරත්න මෙම කට්ටලයට ස්ථාවරත්වයක් එක් කළේය. ඔහු යටතේ ශ්රී ලංකාව ජයග්රහණ 10ක්, පරාජයන් 10ක් සහ දිනුම් ඇදීම් 6ක් වාර්තා කළේය – එම ප්රතිඵල ලබා ගත් සාර්ථකම ශ්රී ලංකා නායකයන්ගෙන් කෙනෙකි.
කරුණාරත්න දිගු ආබාධයකින් ඉවත්ව සිටි අතර නවසීලන්ත තරඟාවලිය සඳහා නායකත්වය සඳහා ශ්රී ලංකා කණ්ඩායමට නැවත පැමිණීමට පෙර ඕස්ට්රේලියාවේ යම් ශ්රේණියේ ක්රිකට් ක්රීඩා කළේය. ශ්රී ලංකාව තරග දෙකකින් සමන්විත තරගාවලිය 2-0ක් ලෙස පරාජයට පත් වූ නමුත් ටෙස්ට් ක්රිකට් ක්රීඩාවේ ආධිපත්යය දැරීමට තවමත් තමා තුළ ඇති බව ඔප්පු කිරීමට නායකයා ඉනිම හතරකදී අර්ධ ශතක තුනක් ලබා ගැනීමට සමත් විය.
டெஸ்ட் கேப்டன் பதவியில் இருந்து விலகும் முடிவை மறுபரிசீலனை செய்வாரா திமுத்?
கிரிக்கெட் தேர்வுக்குழுவினரின் கோரிக்கையை அடுத்து, கேப்டன் பதவியில் இருந்து விலகுவதற்கான தனது முடிவை மறுபரிசீலனை செய்ய திமுத் கருணாரத்ன ஒப்புக்கொண்டதாக கூறப்படுகிறது.
நியூசிலாந்தில் சமீபத்தில் நடந்த இரண்டு போட்டிகள் கொண்ட டெஸ்ட் தொடரில் இலங்கை ஒயிட்வாஷ் செய்யப்பட்ட பிறகு, அயர்லாந்துக்கு எதிரான இரண்டு போட்டிகள் கொண்ட சொந்த தொடரின் முடிவில் விலகுவதற்கான தனது முடிவை சவுத்பா அறிவித்தார்.
முன்னதாக நியூசிலாந்து தொடருக்குப் பிறகு அயர்லாந்து தொடருக்குப் பிறகு டெஸ்ட் கேப்டன் பதவியில் இருந்து விலகப் போவதாக திமுத் அறிவித்தார்.
டிமுத்தின் கீழ் தீவுவாசிகள் மிகவும் சிறப்பாக செயல்பட்டனர், அங்கு அவர்கள் உலக டெஸ்ட் சாம்பியன்ஷிப் 2022-23 சுழற்சியில் மூன்றாவது இடத்தையும் முடித்தனர்.
ஒரு கொந்தளிப்பான காலகட்டத்தில் அணித்தலைவர் பொறுப்புகளை ஏற்றுக்கொண்ட போதிலும், இலங்கை அணி மாதாந்திர அடிப்படையில் அணித்தலைவர்களை மாற்றும் போது, கருணாரத்ன இந்த அமைப்பில் ஸ்திரத்தன்மையை சேர்த்தார். அவரது கீழ், இலங்கை 10 வெற்றிகள், 10 தோல்விகள் மற்றும் ஆறு டிராக்களை பதிவு செய்தது – அந்த முடிவுகளைப் பெற்ற வெற்றிகரமான இலங்கை கேப்டன்களில் ஒருவர்.
கருணாரத்னே நீண்ட காயத்தில் இருந்து நீக்கப்பட்டார் மற்றும் நியூசிலாந்து தொடருக்கான அணியை வழிநடத்த இலங்கை அணிக்கு மீண்டும் வருவதற்கு முன்பு ஆஸ்திரேலியாவில் சில கிரேடு கிரிக்கெட்டை விளையாடினார். இலங்கை இரண்டு போட்டிகள் கொண்ட தொடரை 2-0 என்ற கணக்கில் இழந்தது, ஆனால் கேப்டன் நான்கு இன்னிங்ஸ்களில் மூன்று அரைசதங்களை விளாசினார், டெஸ்ட் கிரிக்கெட்டில் ஆதிக்கம் செலுத்தும் சக்தி தன்னிடம் இன்னும் இருக்கிறது என்பதை நிரூபித்தார்.
Cricket
Dinesh Chandimal Joins Quetta Gladiators as Replacement for Bevon Jacobs in PSL Boost
Sri Lankan wicketkeeper-batter Dinesh Chandimal is set to join the Quetta Gladiators, stepping in as a replacement for Bevon Jacobs, who has departed the squad to fulfill national team commitments. The experienced cricketer brings valuable international exposure and stability to the Gladiators as they prepare for the next phase of the Pakistan Super League.
Chandimal is scheduled to arrive in Pakistan shortly, with expectations high that he will integrate quickly into the team environment. His inclusion comes at a crucial time in the tournament, where consistency and depth in the batting lineup can make a significant difference.
Known for his composure under pressure and ability to anchor innings, Chandimal is likely to strengthen both the batting order and the wicketkeeping department. The Gladiators will be hoping his presence adds balance to the squad as they aim to improve their standing in the competition and push for a strong finish in the league.
Cricket
Benedictines retain the Luke Shield for the fifth consecutive year
St.Benedict’s College maintained stranglehold on the prestigeousLUKE SHIELD beating Wesley College by four wickets at the Singhalese Sports Club grounds recently.
This limited over encounter between 2 of the Oldest and Prestigeous Christian Schools in the country has been vigorously fought over , since it’s inception in 2022 and the Benedictines have won it each time , indicating it’s clear superiority over Wesley in this format of the game.
The match winner for St.Benedict’s was undoubtedly their opening batsman Tehan Bitar, who played a brilliant chanceless innings of 111 not out and steered his team to victory in the penultimate over of the game.He deservedly won the Best Batsman’s Award and coveted Player of the Match Award , which included a handsome cash prize.Batting first , Wesley were restricted to 193 runs, thanks mainly to a tight and accurate spell of 3 wickets for 25 runs in 10 overs by left arm spinner Vihanga Ratnayake .This effort earned him the Best Bowlers Award.
The fielding of Benedictines was neat, with wicket keeper Mario Fernando being exceptional.Wesley captain Rashmika Ameraratne top scored for Wesley , with a fighting knock of 43 not out , unfortunately missing out on a well deserved half century.The Best Fielder’s Award was won by S.Thilakasan of Wesley College and the Best Emerging Player Award went to R.Pieris of St.Benedict’s College.
The Benedictines were captained by 5th year ColoursmanMevan Dissanaike and coached by former Benedictine Opener S.K.Perera and guided by energetic Master in Charge Mr.AsankaWanninayake.This annual encounter is being played in true spirit of sportsmanship and enjoyed by students, staff and old boys of both Schools.This eagerly awaited event each year has become a meeting point and a place of celebration, revelry and cameraderie for Old Boys of both Schools with hundreds turning up from all parts of the world , specially for this friendly encounter.Annual Bens Wesley are also staged in many cities like Melbourne, Sydney , Auckland , London , Toronto and in the United Arab Emirates .
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Nadeesha Gayanthi Shines Internationally with Double Medal Triumph in England
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Competing at the 108th edition of the All England Senior Badminton Championship, Gayanthi stood out among a highly competitive field that featured nearly 400 players from 25 countries. The tournament, held in London from April 10 to 12, attracted seasoned athletes from across the globe, making her achievement even more remarkable.
Gayanthi dominated the over-40 women’s singles category, securing the gold medal with a series of strong performances. She further showcased her versatility by advancing to the finals in the mixed doubles event, where she claimed the silver medal, completing a successful campaign on the international stage.
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