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Don’t make excuses after defeat – Harsha Bhogle

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Controversies are not uncommon in cricket matches between India and Bangladesh. Bangladesh wicketkeeper-batsman Nurul Hasan accused India’s Virat Kohli of ‘false fielding’ after the two sides clashed in Group B of the T20 World Cup 2022 on Wednesday. The allegation sparked a huge conversation on social media, with fans of both teams arguing their case.

Even veteran cricket commentator Harsha Bogle has expressed his opinion on the topic, suggesting Bangladesh fans not to ‘make excuses’ after their defeat.

Speaking to the media after the match against India, Hasan cited the ‘false fielding’ episode as one of the reasons for his team’s defeat. A number of fans have commented on this through social media, highlighting this incident and suggesting that Bangladesh should be awarded 5 points due to Kohli’s performance.

Seeing the controversy intensify, Bhogle explained that in order to award India a five-run penalty, the umpires had to take it into account, evaluate it and then decide whether to reprimand the bowling team.

“As for the fake fielding incident, the truth is that no one saw it. The umpires didn’t see it, the batsmen didn’t see it, and neither did we. He further commented that Law 41.5 provides for a penalty for fake fielding (the umpire still has to interpret it) but no one saw it.

පරාජයෙන් පසු නිදහසට කරුණු සෙවීම එපා – හර්ෂ බෝග්ලේ-

ඉන්දියාව සහ බංග්ලාදේශය අතර පැවැත්වූ ක්‍රිකට් තරඟ මතභේද ඇති වීම සාමාන්‍ය දෙයක් නොවේ. බදාදා පැවති T20 ලෝක කුසලාන 2022 කාණ්ඩයේ 2 තරගයේදී දෙපාර්ශවය තරග වැදීමෙන් පසුව, බංග්ලාදේශ කඩුලු රකින පිතිකරු නුරුල් හසන් ඉන්දියාවේ විරාත් කෝලිට ‘ව්‍යාජ පන්දු රැකීම’ සම්බන්ධයෙන් චෝදනා කළේය. මෙම චෝදනාව සමාජ මාධ්‍ය තුළ විශාල සංවාදයක් ඇති කළ අතර කණ්ඩායම් දෙකේම රසිකයන් ඔවුන්ගේ නඩුව තර්ක කළහ.

ප්‍රවීණ ක්‍රිකට් විස්තර විචාරකයෙකු වන හර්ෂ බෝග්ලේ පවා මෙම මාතෘකාව පිළිබඳව සිය මතය ප්‍රකාශ කර ඇති අතර, ඔවුන්ගේ පරාජයෙන් පසු ‘නිදහසට කරුණු සෙවීමට’ එපා යැයි බංග්ලාදේශ ක්‍රීඩා ලෝලීන්ට යෝජනා කර ඇත.

ඉන්දියාවට එරෙහි තරගය අවසන් වීමෙන් පසු මාධ්‍ය වෙත අදහස් දක්වමින් හසන්, ‘ව්‍යාජ පන්දු රැකීමේ’ කථාංගය තම කණ්ඩායමේ පරාජයට එක් හේතුවක් ලෙස සඳහන් කළේය. කෝලිගේ ක්‍රියාකලාපය නිසා බංග්ලාදේශයට ලකුණු 5ක් ලබා දිය යුතු බවට යෝජනා කරමින් මෙම සිදුවීම ඉස්මතු කරමින් රසිකයින් ගණනාවක් සමාජ මාධ්‍ය හරහා මේ පිලිබද අදහස් ඵල කොට ඇත.

මතභේදය තීව්‍ර වන ආකාරය දුටු භෝග්ලේ පැහැදිලි කළේ ඉන්දියාවට ලකුණු 5ක දඬුවමක් ලබා දීමට නම් විනිසුරුවන් එය සැලකිල්ලට ගෙන, ඇගයීමට ලක් කර පසුව පන්දු යවන කණ්ඩායමට තරවටු කළ යුතුද යන්න තීරණය කළ යුතු බවයි.

“ව්‍යාජ පන්දු රැකීමේ සිද්ධිය සම්බන්ධයෙන්, සත්‍යය නම් එය කිසිවකු නොදුටු බවයි. විනිසුරුවන් දුටුවෙ නැහැ, පිතිකරුවන් දුටුවෙ නැහැ, අපිත් නැහැ. නීතිය 41.5 ව්‍යාජ පන්දු රැකීම සඳහා දඬුවම් කිරීමට ප්‍රතිපාදන සලසා ඇත (තීරකවරයා තවමත් එය අර්ථකථනය කළ යුතුය) නමුත් කිසිවෙකු එය දුටුවේ නැත යනුවෙන් ඔහු තවදුරතත් අදහස් දැක්වීය.

தோல்விக்குப் பிறகு சாக்குப்போக்கு சொல்லாதீர்கள் – ஹர்ஷா போகல்

இந்தியா – வங்கதேசம் இடையிலான கிரிக்கெட் போட்டிகளில் சர்ச்சைகள் ஏற்படுவது சகஜம். 2022 டி 20 உலகக் கோப்பையின் குரூப் 2 இல் இரு அணிகளும் புதன்கிழமை மோதிய பின்னர், வங்காளதேச விக்கெட் கீப்பர்-பேட்ஸ்மேன் நூருல் ஹசன் இந்தியாவின் விராட் கோலி ‘தவறான பீல்டிங்’ என்று குற்றம் சாட்டினார். இந்த குற்றச்சாட்டு சமூக ஊடகங்களில் பெரும் உரையாடலைத் தூண்டியது, இரு அணிகளின் ரசிகர்களும் தங்கள் வழக்கை வாதிட்டனர்.

மூத்த கிரிக்கெட் வர்ணனையாளர் ஹர்ஷா போக்லே கூட இந்த தலைப்பில் தனது கருத்தை வெளிப்படுத்தினார், வங்காளதேச ரசிகர்கள் தங்கள் தோல்விக்குப் பிறகு ‘சாக்கு சொல்ல வேண்டாம்’ என்று பரிந்துரைத்தார்.

இந்தியாவுக்கு எதிரான போட்டிக்குப் பிறகு ஊடகங்களிடம் பேசிய ஹசன், தனது அணியின் தோல்விக்கு ‘தவறான பீல்டிங்’ எபிசோட் ஒரு காரணம் என்று கூறினார். இது குறித்து ஏராளமான ரசிகர்கள் சமூக வலைதளங்கள் மூலம் கருத்து தெரிவித்து, இந்த சம்பவத்தை முன்னிலைப்படுத்தி கோஹ்லியின் ஆட்டத்தால் வங்கதேசத்துக்கு 5 புள்ளிகள் வழங்கப்பட வேண்டும் என கருத்து தெரிவித்து வருகின்றனர்.

சர்ச்சை தீவிரமடைந்ததைக் கண்ட போக்லே, இந்தியாவுக்கு ஐந்து ரன் பெனால்டி வழங்க, நடுவர்கள் அதைக் கணக்கில் எடுத்து, அதை மதிப்பீடு செய்து, பந்துவீச்சு அணியைக் கண்டிக்கலாமா என்று முடிவு செய்ய வேண்டும் என்று விளக்கினார்.

“போலி பீல்டிங் சம்பவத்தைப் பொறுத்தவரை, அதை யாரும் கண்டுகொள்ளவில்லை என்பதுதான் உண்மை. நடுவர்களும் பார்க்கவில்லை, பேட்ஸ்மேன்களும் பார்க்கவில்லை, நாங்களும் பார்க்கவில்லை. அவர் மேலும் கருத்து தெரிவிக்கையில், 41.5 போலி பீல்டிங்கிற்கு அபராதம் விதிக்கிறது (இன்னும் நடுவர் அதை விளக்க வேண்டும்) ஆனால் யாரும் அதைப் பார்க்கவில்லை.

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Kamindu Mendis Shines as Sunrisers Hyderabad Break Chepauk Curse, Crush CSK’s Playoff Hopes | IPL 2025

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Sri Lankan all-rounder Kamindu Mendis delivered under pressure, helping Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) script a historic first-ever win over Chennai Super Kings (CSK) at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium during the IPL 2025 season.

Chasing a tricky target of 155, Mendis played a composed and crucial unbeaten knock of 32 off 22 balls, stitching an unbroken 49-run partnership with Nitish Kumar to seal a five-wicket victory with eight balls to spare. His calm presence at the crease when the game was delicately poised underlined his growing stature in T20 cricket.

Earlier, the Chennai Super Kings, once invincible at home, continued their disastrous 2025 campaign — suffering a fourth consecutive home defeat. Batting first, CSK stumbled despite a promising start, collapsing to 154 all out. Dewald Brevis impressed briefly on debut with a quickfire 42 runs, but it was Harshal Patel’s brilliant spell (4 wickets for 28 runs) that broke CSK’s backbone.

For CSK, promising youngster Ayush Mhatre shone early, but a middle-order collapse proved costly. Even skipper M.S. Dhoni’s tactical gamble of giving Sam Curran two overs backfired, as SRH batters capitalized to turn the game.

In the SRH chase, despite early hiccups — losing Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head quickly — Ishan Kishan’s fluent 44 and Kamindu Mendis’ finishing touch ensured Hyderabad stayed alive in the playoff race.

Meanwhile, in the updated IPL 2025 points table, Sunrisers Hyderabad now sits 8th with 6 points, while CSK languishes at the bottom with just 4 points from 9 games, effectively ending their playoff dreams.

Mendis’ all-round contribution, including a key wicket earlier, and his coolness in the chase were pivotal. While Harshal Patel deservedly took the Player of the Match award, Sri Lanka can proudly celebrate Kamindu’s evolving prowess on the IPL stage.


Points Table Update (After SRH vs CSK Match):

  • GT, DC, and RCB are leading the race with 12 points each.
  • PBKS and MI are close behind with 11 and 10 points.
  • CSK and RR are at the bottom with just 4 points, all but knocked out of the playoffs.
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Kaya Daluwatte and Reshan Algama Shine at 16th Faldo Series Asia Grand Final in Vietnam

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Sri Lanka’s promising golf talents Kaya Daluwatte and Reshan Algama showcased their growing international class with stellar performances at the prestigious 16th Faldo Series Asia Grand Final, held at the stunning Laguna Golf Lang Co in Vietnam.

Facing off against the finest junior golfers from the Asia-Pacific region—including representatives from Australia, England, Japan, India, and Wales—both Kaya and Reshan rose to the occasion, underlining Sri Lanka’s emerging strength in the sport.

Kaya Daluwatte delivered one of her career-best performances, finishing as the runner-up in the Girls’ Under-16 category. After three composed rounds, she posted a remarkable final score of even-par 216, highlighted by an impressive 2-under-par finish in the final round. Despite Japan’s Al Goto clinching the title with a score of 213, Kaya’s climb up the leaderboard captured widespread admiration. Her poise, precision, and birdies during the crucial back-nine holes showcased a maturity well beyond her years.

This runner-up finish at one of Asia’s top junior championships marks a historic achievement for Sri Lankan golf, signaling that the nation’s junior golfers are ready to challenge the region’s traditional powerhouses.

In the Boys’ Under-16 category, Reshan Algama also left his mark by securing a strong fourth-place finish with a gross score of 218. Although his final round did not match the brilliance of his earlier efforts, Reshan displayed commendable composure against a highly competitive international field. His consistency across top-level tournaments reflects his rapid development into a serious contender on the global junior golf circuit.

Vietnam’s Tuan Anh Nguyen dominated the Boys’ division, leading from start to finish to claim the title with a superb score of 205. India’s Arshvant Srivastava and Kanav Chauhan finished second and third, with scores of 214 and 216 respectively.

Kaya and Reshan’s performances not only bring pride to Sri Lanka but also signal a bright future for the country’s junior golfing scene on the Asian stage.

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SAFF Championship Postponement Exposes Deeper Issues Within FFSL

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The much-anticipated SAFF Championship, originally scheduled to take place in Sri Lanka in July 2025, has now been officially postponed to 2026—a move that has raised serious concerns over the competence and credibility of the Football Federation of Sri Lanka (FFSL).

According to the SAFF Executive Committee, the decision to delay the tournament stemmed largely from pressure exerted by its marketing partner, Sportfive, which advocated for a home-and-away format to increase commercial value. Furthermore, it is reported that Sportfive preferred the event be hosted in Bangladesh or India, citing better sponsor access and commercial feasibility in those countries if the tournament were to follow a centralized model.

However, beyond external pressure, this development highlights a troubling reality: the FFSL’s inability to effectively organize and defend Sri Lanka’s hosting rights on the international stage. This isn’t merely a scheduling issue—it reflects a deeper pattern of administrative shortcomings, lack of vision, and prioritization of media narratives over tangible development.

As previously reported by Sri Lankan Sports TV, the FFSL continues to focus more on optics and media stunts rather than on the foundational work required to uplift football in the country. The failure to safeguard Sri Lanka’s opportunity to host a major regional tournament not only affects the sport’s growth domestically but also damages the nation’s reputation within South Asian football.

For a federation that has long promised reform and transparency, this latest setback exposes how little progress has actually been made. When commercial partners have more sway than the national football body itself, it’s a clear indication that local football governance is being undermined by weak leadership and poor planning.

This should be a wake-up call—not just for the FFSL, but for every stakeholder invested in the future of Sri Lankan football. The time for slogans and staged announcements is over. Sri Lanka needs action, accountability, and genuine commitment to building a sustainable footballing culture. Until then, headlines like this will only continue to reflect a sport lost in mismanagement.

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