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Gujarat Titans roped in SL skipper Dasun Shanaka in place of Injured Kane Williamson
IPL 2023
Sri Lankan white ball skipper and all-rounder Dasun Shanaka has been roped in by 2022 title winners Gujarat Titans’ for the ongoing 16th edition of the Indian Premier League after aNew Zealand skipper Kane Williamson sustained a serious knee injury while fielding during Titans’ campaign opener against Chennai Super Kings.
While attempting to stop the ball from going over the fence during the first innings against CSK in the tournament’s curtain-raiser, Williamson had a terrible fall as his body pressure came onto his knees when he landed back on the ground after a jump, leading to a serious injury. The veteran Kiwi batter was taken off the field in pain and was eventually ruled out of the remainder of the tournament.
Williamson returned back home to New Zealand and was seen walking using crutches as he is set to undergo treatment for the injury.
This will be the Sri Lankan skipper’s first appearance in the IPL after being signed by the defending champions for his base price of INR 50 lakh. He has done fairly well on Indian soil in recent past tournaments and it is believed the reason behind his inclusion in the Gujarat Titans squad. Shanaka was in top form while leading Sri Lanka against the Men in Blue during the T20I series which concluded in January 2023, as he finished with a total of 124 runs to his name at a strike rate of 187.87.
The 31-year-old is currently in New Zealand, leading his side in the three-match T20I series against the hosts.
Gujarat Titans, after facing Delhi Capitals on April 4, will be travelling back home to host the Kolkata Knight Riders for their next contest, which is set to be played on April 9 at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. They will then travel to Mohali, Chandigarh, to face the Punjab Kings in their fourth game of the league stage on April 13. Shanaka might as well feature in Gujarat’s playing combination in the game against Punjab kings
තුවාල ලැබූ කේන් විලියම්සන් වෙනුවට ගුජරාට් ටයිටන්ස් පිලට ශ්රී ලංකා නායක දසුන් ශානක කැඳවා තිබේ.
IPL 2023
ශ්රී ලංකා සුදු පන්දු නායක සහ තුන් ඉරියව් ක්රීඩක දසුන් ශානක 2022 වසරේ ශූරතාව දිනාගත් ගුජරාට් ටයිටන්ස් කණ්ඩායම විසින් 16 වන ඉන්දීය ප්රිමියර් ලීග් තරඟාවලිය සඳහා බඳවා ගනු ලැබුවේ නවසීලන්ත නායක කේන් විලියම්සන් ටයිටන්ස් ප්රචාරක ආරම්භක තරඟයේදී පන්දු රැකීමේදී දණහිසේ බරපතල ආබාධයකට ලක්වීම හේතුවෙන්. ඒ චෙන්නායි සුපර් කිංග්ස් කණ්ඩායමට එරෙහිවයි.
තරඟාවලියේ තිර රෙසවුම් තරඟයේදී CSK කණ්ඩායමට එරෙහිව පළමු ඉනිමේදී පන්දුව වැටට උඩින් යාම වැළැක්වීමට උත්සාහ කිරීමේදී, විලියම්සන් පැනීමකින් පසු නැවත බිමට පතිත වූ විට ඔහුගේ සිරුරේ පීඩනය ඔහුගේ දණහිසට පැමිණීම නිසා දරුණු වැටීමකට ලක් විය. බරපතල තුවාලයක්. ප්රවීණ කිවී පිතිකරු වේදනාවෙන් පිටියෙන් ඉවත් වූ අතර අවසානයේ ඔහුට තරඟාවලියේ ඉතිරි තරඟ වලින් ඉවත් විය.
විලියම්සන් නවසීලන්තයට ආපසු නිවසට පැමිණි අතර තුවාලයට ප්රතිකාර ගැනීමට සූදානම්ව සිටින බැවින් කිහිලිකරු භාවිතා කරමින් ඇවිදිමින් සිටිනු දක්නට ලැබිණි.
මෙය ශ්රී ලංකා නායකයා IPL තරඟාවලියට සහභාගී වන පළමු අවස්ථාව වනුයේ වත්මන් ශූරයන් විසින් ඔහුගේ මූලික මිල වන ඉන්දීය රුපියල් ලක්ෂ 50 සඳහා අත්සන් කිරීමෙන් පසුවය. ඔහු පසුගිය තරගාවලිවලදී ඉන්දීය භූමියේ තරමක් හොඳින් දස්කම් දක්වා ඇති අතර ඔහු ගුජරාට් ටයිටන්ස් කණ්ඩායමට ඇතුළත් කිරීමට හේතුව එය බව විශ්වාස කෙරේ. 2023 ජනවාරි මාසයේදී අවසන් වූ විස්සයි20 තරඟාවලියේදී ශානක ශ්රී ලංකා කණ්ඩායමට එරෙහිව ශ්රී ලංකා කණ්ඩායමට නායකත්වය දෙමින් ඉහළම මට්ටමේ සිටියේය.
31 හැවිරිදි ඔහු මේ වන විට නවසීලන්තයේ සිටින අතර සත්කාරකයින්ට එරෙහිව තරඟ තුනකින් යුත් T20I තරඟාවලියේ ඔහුගේ කණ්ඩායමට නායකත්වය දෙයි.
ගුජරාට් ටයිටන්ස්, අප්රේල් 4 දා දිල්ලි කැපිටල්ස් පිලට මුහුණ දීමෙන් පසු, ඔවුන්ගේ මීළඟ තරගය සඳහා කොල්කටා නයිට් රයිඩර්ස් සත්කාරකත්වය දැක්වීම සඳහා ආපසු නිවස බලා යන අතර, එය අපේ්රල් 9 වැනිදා අහමදාබාද්හි නරේන්ද්ර මෝඩි කී්රඩාංගණයේදී පැවැත්වීමට නියමිතය. ඉන් අනතුරුව ඔවුන් අප්රේල් 13 වැනිදා පැවැත්වෙන ලීග් අදියරේ ඔවුන්ගේ සිව්වැනි තරගයේදී පන්ජාබ් කිංග්ස් සමග මුහුන දීමට චන්දිගාර්හි මොහාලි වෙත ගමන් කරනු ඇත. පන්ජාබ් කිංග්ස් ට එරෙහි තරගයේදී ශානක ගුජරාටයේ ක්රීඩා සංයෝජනයට ද ඇතුළත් විය හැකිය.
காயம் அடைந்த கேன் வில்லியம்சனுக்குப் பதிலாக, குஜராத் டைட்டன்ஸ் அணி, இலங்கை கேப்டன் தசுன் ஷனகாவை அணியில் சேர்த்துள்ளது.
ஐபிஎல் 2023
நியூசிலாந்து கேப்டன் கேன் வில்லியம்சன், டைட்டன்ஸ் அணியின் தொடக்க ஆட்டத்தில் பீல்டிங் செய்யும் போது முழங்காலில் பலத்த காயம் அடைந்ததை அடுத்து, இந்தியன் பிரீமியர் லீக் தொடரின் 16வது சீசனில், 2022-ம் ஆண்டு சாம்பியன் பட்டம் வென்ற குஜராத் டைட்டன்ஸ் அணியில் இலங்கை வெள்ளை பந்து கேப்டனும், ஆல்-ரவுண்டருமான தசுன் ஷனகா சேர்க்கப்பட்டுள்ளார். சென்னை சூப்பர் கிங்ஸ் அணிக்கு எதிராக.
போட்டியின் திரைச்சீலை உயர்த்தியதில் CSK க்கு எதிரான முதல் இன்னிங்ஸின் போது பந்தை வேலிக்கு மேல் செல்வதைத் தடுக்க முயன்றபோது, வில்லியம்சன் ஒரு பயங்கரமான வீழ்ச்சிக்கு ஆளானார், ஏனெனில் அவர் ஒரு குதித்த பிறகு தரையில் மீண்டும் தரையிறங்கியபோது அவரது உடல் அழுத்தம் முழங்கால்களில் வந்தது. ஒரு கடுமையான காயம். அனுபவமிக்க கிவி பேட்டர் வலியால் களத்தில் இருந்து வெளியேற்றப்பட்டார், இறுதியில் அவர் போட்டியின் எஞ்சிய போட்டிகளில் இருந்து வெளியேற்றப்பட்டார்.
வில்லியம்சன் நியூசிலாந்திற்குத் திரும்பினார், காயத்திற்கு சிகிச்சை பெறுவதற்காக ஊன்றுகோல்களைப் பயன்படுத்தி நடப்பதைக் காண முடிந்தது.
50 லட்ச ரூபாய் அடிப்படை விலைக்கு நடப்பு சாம்பியன் ஒப்பந்தம் செய்யப்பட்ட பிறகு, இலங்கை கேப்டன் ஐபிஎல்-ல் விளையாடும் முதல் போட்டி இதுவாகும். அவர் சமீபத்திய கடந்த போட்டிகளில் இந்திய மண்ணில் மிகச் சிறப்பாக செயல்பட்டார், மேலும் குஜராத் டைட்டன்ஸ் அணியில் அவர் சேர்க்கப்பட்டதற்கு இதுவே காரணம் என்று நம்பப்படுகிறது. ஜனவரி 2023 இல் முடிவடைந்த T20I தொடரின் போது, 187.87 ஸ்ட்ரைக் ரேட்டில் மொத்தம் 124 ரன்கள் எடுத்ததன் மூலம், ஷனகா, மென் இன் ப்ளூ அணிக்கு எதிராக இலங்கையை வழிநடத்தும் போது, சிறந்த ஃபார்மில் இருந்தார்.
31 வயதான அவர் தற்போது நியூசிலாந்தில் உள்ளார், புரவலர்களுக்கு எதிரான மூன்று போட்டிகள் கொண்ட T20I தொடரில் தனது அணியை வழிநடத்துகிறார்.
குஜராத் டைட்டன்ஸ், ஏப்ரல் 4 ஆம் தேதி டெல்லி கேப்பிட்டல்ஸை எதிர்கொண்ட பிறகு, கொல்கத்தா நைட் ரைடர்ஸ் அடுத்த போட்டிக்காக தாயகம் திரும்பும், இது ஏப்ரல் 9 ஆம் தேதி அகமதாபாத்தில் உள்ள நரேந்திர மோடி ஸ்டேடியத்தில் நடைபெற உள்ளது. ஏப்ரல் 13 ஆம் தேதி லீக் கட்டத்தின் நான்காவது ஆட்டத்தில் பஞ்சாப் கிங்ஸை எதிர்கொள்வதற்காக அவர்கள் மொஹாலி, சண்டிகருக்குச் செல்வார்கள். பஞ்சாப் கிங்ஸுக்கு எதிரான ஆட்டத்தில் குஜராத்தின் ஆட்டத்தில் ஷனகாவும் இடம்பெறலாம்.
Athletics
Pathirage Rewrites Record Books with Historic 92.62m Throw in Rome
Sri Lankan javelin sensation Rumesh Pathirage produced the performance of a lifetime at the Rome Diamond League, launching the spear an astonishing 92.62 metres to become the second-best javelin thrower in Asian history and move to eighth place on the world all-time rankings.
The 23-year-old delivered the remarkable throw with his second attempt in the men’s javelin competition, sending shockwaves through the athletics world and cementing his place among the sport’s elite.
Pathirage’s record-breaking effort not only shattered his previous personal best but also established a new Sri Lankan national record and the world-leading mark for the 2026 season.
Adding to the significance of the achievement, the Sri Lankan star eclipsed the long-standing Rome Diamond League meet record of 90.34 metres, which had stood for two decades and was set by Olympic champion Andreas Thorkildsen.
The historic throw marks a major milestone for Sri Lankan athletics, with Pathirage becoming the first athlete from the island nation to surpass the coveted 90-metre barrier in international competition.
His performance places him among the greatest javelin throwers of all time and further strengthens his credentials as a leading contender for major global championships in the years ahead.
Cricket
All-round Sri Lanka overwhelm West Indies
Sri Lanka produced a clinical display with both bat and ball to defeat West Indies by 41 runs in the first match of the three match ODI series worked off at Kingston on Wednesday.
After being asked to bat, Sri Lanka posted a challenging 303 for 7 from their allotted 50 overs, thanks largely to impressive contributions from Pathum Nissanka and captain Kusal Mendis. Nissanka played the anchor role with a composed 79 off 103 deliveries, striking nine boundaries and a six, while Kusal accelerated the scoring with a fluent 72 from 62 balls, featuring four fours and four sixes.
The pair guided Sri Lanka out of early trouble after Kamindu Mendis fell cheaply. Pavan Rathnayake contributed 24, while Charith Asalanka added a useful 45 to keep the innings on track. Janith Liyanage then provided the finishing touches with a brisk unbeaten 44 from 29 balls as the visitors crossed the 300-run mark. Roston Chase, Matthew Forde and Jayden Seales claimed two wickets each for the hosts.
West Indies made a promising start to their chase, reaching 73 for 2 inside the first 10 overs. Justin Greaves struck 45 and skipper Shai Hope battled for 56, but Sri Lanka’s bowlers repeatedly struck at crucial moments to halt the momentum.
The turning point came through Dushmantha Chameera, whose pace and accuracy troubled the West Indian middle order. The fast bowler claimed four wickets, including the prized scalp of Hope, to finish with 4 for 67. Spinner Maheesh Theekshana played an equally important role, conceding just 26 runs in his ten overs while taking two wickets.
Wanindu Hasaranga dismissed Sherfane Rutherford at a key stage, while Asitha Fernando and Charith Asalanka also entered the wicket column. Despite late resistance from Shamar Joseph, West Indies were bowled out for 262 in 49.2 overs.
Cricket
Sri Lanka Set for Full-Scale New Zealand Tour in Early 2027
Sri Lanka’s National Men’s Cricket Team will undertake a demanding all-format tour of New Zealand in January and February 2027, featuring three One-Day Internationals (ODIs), three Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is), and two Test matches.
The tour will provide Sri Lanka with a valuable opportunity to compete in New Zealand’s challenging conditions against one of the world’s leading cricketing nations. Matches will be played across several renowned venues throughout the country.
The ODI series will open at McLean Park in Napier on January 16 before moving to Wellington for the second match on January 19. The third and final ODI will be played in Dunedin on January 22.
The teams will then contest a three-match T20I series, beginning in Christchurch on January 26. The remaining two matches will be played in Nelson on January 29 and January 31.
The Test series will commence at Bay Oval in Tauranga from February 4 to 8, with the second and final Test scheduled at Seddon Park in Hamilton from February 12 to 16.
Tour Schedule
• January 16, 2027 – First ODI at McLean Park, Napier (04:30)
• January 19, 2027 – Second ODI at Basin Reserve, Wellington (04:30)
• January 22, 2027 – Third ODI at University of Otago Oval, Dunedin (04:30)
• January 26, 2027 – First T20I at Hagley Oval, Christchurch (11:30)
• January 29, 2027 – Second T20I at Saxton Oval, Nelson (09:30)
• January 31, 2027 – Third T20I at Saxton Oval, Nelson (06:30)
• February 4–8, 2027 – First Test at Bay Oval, Tauranga (04:30)
• February 12–16, 2027 – Second Test at Seddon Park, Hamilton (04:30)
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