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Gujarat Titans roped in SL skipper Dasun Shanaka in place of Injured Kane Williamson

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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.

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Pakistan Cricketer Salman Mirza Issues Legal Notice Over Kandy Hotel Allegations

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Pakistan fast bowler Salman Mirza has served a legal notice to broadcaster ARY Communications and journalist Shahid Hashmi, accusing them of spreading false and defamatory claims about his conduct during the team’s recent stay in Sri Lanka.

The notice, dated March 12, refers to a report aired on March 5 by ARY News which alleged that Mirza had misbehaved with a female staff member at the team hotel in Kandy and that the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) had fined him over the incident.

Mirza has strongly denied the allegations, with his legal team describing the broadcast as baseless and damaging to his reputation. The PCB also rejected the claims through its official X account, calling the report “agenda-driven fake news” and stressing that no disciplinary action had been taken against the player.

In the legal notice, Mirza’s lawyers demanded that ARY News and Hashmi retract the report from all platforms, issue an unconditional public apology, and pay damages of 100 million Pakistani rupees for the harm caused to his reputation and goodwill. The notice further warns that court proceedings will be initiated if these demands are not met within seven days.

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Gary Kirsten Sets Ambitious Plans for Sri Lanka Cricket

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Sri Lanka’s newly appointed head coach, Gary Kirsten, has outlined his vision for the national team, emphasizing consistency, depth, and adaptability as key pillars for success. Speaking to Wisden Cricket, Kirsten shared his thoughts on the challenges ahead and the roadmap he hopes to build with the players.

“Our goal is to move significantly up the rankings. Everyone wants to be part of a winning team, and that means we must focus on achieving victories more consistently,” Kirsten said.

He highlighted the unique challenge faced by subcontinental teams: performing well outside their home conditions. With the ICC World Cup approaching, Kirsten stressed the importance of preparing for South African conditions.

“It’s vital that we adapt to those environments, especially with a major tournament around the corner,” he noted.

Kirsten’s primary ambition is to establish stability within the system while also identifying the squad’s depth.

“How many players are competing for the same position? As an international coach, creating competition within the team is crucial. Relying on just two or three individuals for wins is a risky strategy,” he explained.

Looking ahead, Sri Lanka will play several bilateral series, which Kirsten sees as an opportunity to strengthen the foundation of the team.

“My focus in the coming months is to build a strong background that supports long-term success,” he added.

Earlier Sri Lanka Cricket confirmed the appointment of Gary Kirsten as the new head coach, succeeding Sanath Jayasuriya, who stepped down following the recently concluded T20 World Cup

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Afghanistan’s White-ball Series against Sri Lanka officially postponed

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The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) announces that the Afghanistan vs Sri Lanka bilateral series, originally scheduled to commence on 13 March in the United Arab Emirates, has been rescheduled to the last quarter of 2026 due to logistical challenges, including flight constraints arising from the ongoing regional situation.

The series, which was to mark the first occasion of Afghanistan hosting Sri Lanka, was scheduled to feature six white-ball matches. The three T20 International matches were planned to be staged at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium on 13, 15, and 17 March, followed by three One Day Internationals at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on 20, 22, and 25 March.

Following the receipt of the required sanction from the Emirates Cricket Board (ECB), preparations had been finalized for hosting the matches across the two venues. However, in early March, unforeseen developments created logistical constraints that affected travel arrangements and operational planning for the series.

To address the situation, the Afghanistan Cricket Board held a series of consultations with key stakeholders, including the Emirates Cricket Board (ECB), Sharjah Cricket Stadium (SCS), and Dubai International Cricket Stadium (DICS). A joint meeting convened by the ACB on 4 March resulted in a recommendation to monitor the situation and reassess by 6 March, in the hope that conditions would improve. A subsequent follow-up meeting on 7 March recommended waiting until 9 March before making a final determination.

Despite the collective efforts of all parties to proceed with the event as planned, the logistical challenges remained beyond operational control, leading to the decision to postpone the series and explore rescheduling options.

Throughout this process, the Sri Lanka Cricket Board (SLC) was kept fully informed, and the decision to postpone the series was made in consultation and with the consent of Sri Lanka Cricket.

The preferred venue for the rescheduled series remains the United Arab Emirates, and the new dates will be announced in due course following further coordination between the respective boards and stakeholders.

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