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Dimuth to reconsider the decision to quit Test captaincy?

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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.

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Ajith De Silva Elected MHA President at 70th AGM

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The Mercantile Hockey Association successfully held its 70th Annual General Meeting on March 28, 2026, at the Burgher Recreation Club.

Veteran sportsman Dennis de Rosayro presided over the meeting, where Ajith De Silva of Brown & Company PLC was elected as President for the 2026–2027 term.

He succeeds outgoing President Vengadasalam Balagobi of Deloitte Sri Lanka, who completed three successful terms.

🔹 Office Bearers – 2026/2027

Patron:
Rohitha Silva (IDAC Pvt Ltd)

Vice Patrons:
Deva Ellepola, Ramesh Schaffter, Tharaka Ranwala, Manjula Wijemanne, Iqram Cuttilan, Kumar De Silva, Juragen Majid, Vengadasalam Balagobi

Trustee:
Deva Ellepola

President:
Ajith De Silva (Brown & Company PLC)

Vice Presidents:
Sumith Jayasena, Chandana Weragama, Sadique M. Hanas, Charitha Senanayake

Honorary Secretary:
Yogendren Suganthan

Assistant Secretary:
Vishwa Prabhath

Honorary Treasurer:
Sameera Ushantha

Assistant Treasurer:
Deepika Kariyawasam

🔹 Executive Committee

M.J.M. Irshad, Thilina Perera, G. Jayaprakash, Priyan Senevirathna, Laknath Guruge, Inthiqhab Majid, Roger Vijayakumar, Janitha Jayawardana, Gihan Peiris, Marlon De Alwis

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Tragedy Halts 66th Battle of the Babes in Kandy

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The 66th edition of the “Battle of the Babes” big match between St. Sylvester’s College and Vidyartha College was abruptly called off on Wednesday after a tragic road accident claimed the lives of two St. Sylvester’s students.

The incident occurred as the students were on their way to witness the much-anticipated encounter at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium. According to police, the motorcycle they were travelling on collided head-on with a bus.

One of the victims, Sachith Karunaratne, died at the scene. The other student, Nethula Nimdinu, was rushed to the Kandy National Hospital but later succumbed to his injuries.
The shocking news cast a shadow over the annual fixture, prompting authorities to take swift action. Central Province Governor Sarath Abeykoon reportedly suggested halting the match, after which the principals of both schools jointly agreed to call off the game midway.

St. Sylvester’s College confirmed the untimely deaths, paying tribute to the two students as committed and valued members of their school community.

Meanwhile, Kandy Police have launched an investigation to determine the circumstances surrounding the fatal accident.

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Sri Lanka Women’s U19 Squad Named for Australia Tri-Series Tour

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Sri Lanka Cricket has announced a 15-member Women’s Under-19 squad for the upcoming Tri-Series tour of Australia, which will also feature England. The tour is set to provide valuable international exposure for the young Sri Lankan side as they prepare to face two strong cricketing nations in both One Day and T20 formats.

The team, led by captain Chamodi Praboda of Pagnagnanda MV, Monaragala, includes a promising mix of talent drawn from leading schools across the island. Several players from Devapathiraja College, Rathgama including Sanjana Kavindi, Nethagi Isuranjali, and Shashini Gimhani have earned selections, reflecting the school’s continued contribution to women’s cricket development.

Other notable inclusions are Vimoksha Balasuriya from Sinhala MV, Trincomalee, Umayangana Peiris of Princess of Wales College, Moratuwa, and Nethmi Upeksha from Maliyadeva Balika, Kurunegala. The squad also features players such as Aseni Thalagune (Mahamaya Girls School, Kandy), Chamodi Herath (Anura College, Matara), and Daria Dissanayake of Ladies College, Colombo, showcasing a diverse representation of emerging talent.

The team will play a total of six matches during the tour, including two One Day Internationals and four T20 games, scheduled on April 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, and 18. The squad is set to depart for Australia on April 3, 2026.

This tour is expected to play a key role in shaping the future of Sri Lanka’s women’s cricket, offering these young players a platform to gain crucial international experience.

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