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“I never wanted to play for Pakistan” – Sikandar Raza
The 36-year-old Zimbabwean cricketer Sikandar Raza, who was born in Pakistan, said in a recent interview that he had no intention of playing for the Pakistani national cricket team when he was living in Pakistan and that he wanted to become a fighter pilot.
And while he was studying to become a pilot, his family came to Zimbabwe and he got an opportunity to play first-class matches in Zimbabwe. With that, his international cricket journey started.
Sikandar Raza was also able to win the man of the match award in the first and second matches of the one-day series against Bangladesh by scoring two consecutive centuries unbeaten. Sikandar Raza has managed to attract the attention of all cricket fans due to his all-around performance in that match. Also, due to the skills of the Zimbabwe team, the Zimbabwe team has managed to win the ODI series against Bangladesh with one more match remaining.
From Cricket Pakistan
“මට කවදාවත් පකිස්තානයට සෙල්ලම් කරන්න ඕන වුණේ නැහැ” – Sikandar Raza
පකිස්තානයේ උපත ලද 36 හැවිරිදි සිම්බාබ්වේ සුපිරි ක්රිකට් ක්රීඩක Sikandar Raza තමා හට පකිස්තානය තුළ ජීවත් වූ කාලයේ දී පකිස්ථානු ජාතික ක්රිකට් කණ්ඩායමට ක්රීඩා කිරීමට අදහසක් නොතිබූ බවත් ඔහුට අවශ්ය වූයේ ප්රහාරක ගුවන් යානා නියමුවෙක් වීමට බවත් පසුගියදා පැවැති සම්මුඛ සාකච්ඡාවකට එක් වෙමින් පවසා සිටියේය.
එමෙන්ම ඔහු ගුවන් නියමුවෙක් වීමට අවශ්ය අධ්යන කටයුතු සිදු කරමින් සිටි අතරවාරයේ සිය පවුල සිම්බාබ්වේ රාජ්යයට පැමිණිමත් සමඟ ඔහුට සිම්බාබ්වේ පළමු පෙළ තරග ක්රීඩා කිරීමට අවස්ථාවක් ලැබී ඇත. ඒ සමගින් ඔහුගේ ජාත්යන්තර ක්රිකට් ගමන ආරම්භ වී ඇත.
බංග්ලාදේශය සමග පැවැත් වෙන එක්දින තරගාවලියේ ප්රථම සහ දෙවන තරගයේදී නොදැවී පිට පිට ශතක දෙකක් රැස් කර ගනිමින් එම තරග ද්විත්වයේදිම තරගයේ වීරයා සම්මානය දිනාගැනිමටද Sikandar Raza සමත් විය. එම තරග දීත්වයේදිම ඔහු දැක්වු තුන් ඉරියව් දස්කම් නිසා වෙන් සියළුම ක්රිකට් ප්රේක්ෂකයන්ගේ අවධානය තමා වෙත යොමු කර ගැනීමට Sikandar Raza සමත් වී ඇත. එමෙන්ම සිම්බාබ්වේ කණ්ඩායමේ දක්ෂතා නිසාවෙන් තවත් එක් තරගයක් ඉතිරිව තිබියදීම බංග්ලාදේශයට එරෙහිව එක්දින තරගාවලිය ජයග්රහණය කිරීමට සිම්බාබ්වේ කණ්ඩායම සමත්ව ඇත.
Cricket Pakistan ඇසුරෙන්
“நான் ஒருபோதும் பாகிஸ்தானுக்காக விளையாட விரும்பவில்லை” – சிக்கந்தர் ராசா
பாகிஸ்தானில் பிறந்த 36 வயதான ஜிம்பாப்வே கிரிக்கெட் வீரர் சிக்கந்தர் ராசா, பாகிஸ்தானில் வசிக்கும் போது பாகிஸ்தான் தேசிய கிரிக்கெட் அணியில் விளையாடும் எண்ணம் இல்லை என்றும், போர் விமானியாக வேண்டும் என்று தான் விரும்புவதாகவும் சமீபத்தில் பேட்டியளித்தார். .
மேலும் அவர் பைலட் ஆக படிக்கும் போது, அவரது குடும்பத்தினர் ஜிம்பாப்வேக்கு வந்தனர், மேலும் ஜிம்பாப்வேயில் முதல் தர போட்டிகளில் விளையாட அவருக்கு வாய்ப்பு கிடைத்தது. அதன் மூலம் அவரது சர்வதேச கிரிக்கெட் பயணம் தொடங்கியுள்ளது.
வங்கதேசத்துக்கு எதிரான ஒரு நாள் தொடரின் முதல் மற்றும் இரண்டாவது போட்டிகளில் ஆட்டமிழக்காமல் தொடர்ந்து இரண்டு சதங்கள் அடித்து ஆட்டநாயகன் விருதையும் சிக்கந்தர் ராசா பெற்றார். அந்த போட்டியில் தனது ஆல்ரவுண்ட் ஆட்டத்தால் அனைத்து கிரிக்கெட் ரசிகர்களின் கவனத்தையும் சிக்கந்தர் ராசா ஈர்க்க முடிந்தது. மேலும், ஜிம்பாப்வே அணியின் திறமையால் பங்களாதேஷ் அணிக்கு எதிரான ஒருநாள் தொடரை இன்னும் ஒரு போட்டி எஞ்சியிருக்கும் நிலையில் ஜிம்பாப்வே அணி கைப்பற்றியுள்ளது.
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SLC President Shammi Silva and Executive Committee Step Down Effective Today
The President of Sri Lanka Cricket, Shammi Silva, has officially resigned from his position with immediate effect, according to an announcement released by the board today (29).
In a significant development, all office-bearers and members of the Executive Committee have also stepped down from their respective roles, signaling a complete leadership transition within the governing body.

Sri Lanka Cricket confirmed that the decision has been formally conveyed to Anura Kumara Dissanayake and the Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports, Sunil Kumara Gamage.
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Cricket
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Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) today provided a financial grant to rising javelin thrower Rumesh
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the Executive Committee of Sri Lanka Cricket, following a request made by the Minister of
Youth Affairs and Sports, Sunil Kumara Gamage.
Rumesh Tharanga received the grant this evening at the SLC headquarters.
This initiative is part of SLC’s ongoing efforts to support and promote sports beyond cricket,
as well as to assist promising athletes in achieving success at the international level.
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Addressing recent media inquiries, the minister clarified that reports suggesting SLC President Shammi Silva could step down and be succeeded by former Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) parliamentarian Eran Wickramaratne remain unverified.
“We have not issued any official statement as a ministry on this matter. These claims are currently limited to social media reports,” Gamage said.
He further noted that the ministry intends to address the situation formally in the near future.
“We are planning to hold a media briefing soon and will release an official statement. Further discussion can take place after that,” he added.
The remarks come amid growing public attention over the administration of Sri Lanka’s cricket governing body, though authorities have yet to confirm any changes at the top.
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