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India won the first match after a thrilling match
Sri Lanka was determined to win the opening match, but the bowling of Indian all-rounders and young debutant Shivam Mavi blocked the path to victory for the Sri Lankan team.
Deepak Hooda, Axar Patel and Mavi were the pioneers in taking the Indian team to victory.
Sri Lanka captain Dasun Shanaka, who won the toss, invited the Indian team to bat first. Opener Ishan Kishan scored a total of 17 runs in the first over, including 2 fours, and gave the Indian side a great start. Mahesh Thiekshana managed to take the wicket of the other debutant, Shubman Gill, ending the rivalry of the opening pair of Kishan and Shubman Gill.
From then on, the Sri Lankan players took control of the match for a moment, but the Indian batsmen did not allow them to take it to the end. There, Deepak Hooda managed to score 41 runs unbeaten. At the end of twenty overs, the Indian scoreboard was 162/5.
The Sri Lankan team, which entered the field to play the reply innings, could not get a successful start, and Shivam Mavi managed to send Pathum to the stadium calmly, limiting the opening batting deficit to 12 runs.
The Indian batsmen did not allow the middle-order batsmen to enter the runs, and this time too, a failed middle-order batting pattern was seen. Captain Shanaka and Vanidu Hasaranga were able to swing the game back towards Sri Lanka, which was in India’s grasp, but they failed to carry it to victory. Chamika Karunaratne, who did not give up the victory until the last over of the match, played an excellent batting, but that was not enough for the victory.
In the end, the Sri Lanka scoreboard showed 160 runs with all the players out at the end of the twenty overs. Captain Dasun Shanaka scored 45 points for the Sri Lankan team. At the end of the match, the Indian team won by 2 points.

ඉතා තියුණු තරගයකින් පසු පළමු තරගයේ ජය ඉන්දියාවට
ශ්රී ලංකාව ආරම්භක තරගය ජයග්රහණය කිරීමට දැඩි අධිෂ්ඨානයෙන් පසුවූ නමුත් ඉන්දීය තුන් ඉරියව් ක්රීඩකයන්ගේ සහ තරුණ මංගල ක්රීඩක ශිවම් මාවිගේ පන්දු යැවීම හමුවේ ශ්රී ලංකා කණ්ඩායමට ජයග්රහණයේ මාවත අවහිර විය.
දීපක් හූඩා, අක්සාර් පටෙල් සහ මාවි ඉන්දීය කණ්ඩායම ජයග්රහණයේ මාවත වෙත රැගෙන යාමේ පුරෝගාමීන් වූහ.
කාසියේ වාසිය දිනූ ශ්රී ලංකා නායක දසුන් ශානක ප්රථමයෙන් පන්දුවට පහර දීමට ඉන්දීය කණ්ඩායමට ආරාධනා කළේය. ආරම්භක පිතිකරු ඉෂාන් කිෂාන් පළමු ඕවරයේ දී හතරේ පහර 2ක් ඇතුළුව මුලු ලකුණු 17ක් ලබා ගත් අතර, ඉන්දියන් කණ්ඩායමට විශිෂ්ට ආරම්භයක් ලබා දුන්නේය. කිෂාන් සහ ශුබ්මන් ගිල්ගේ ආරම්භක පිතිකරු යුගලයේ සභදතාවය අවසන් කරමින්, මහේෂ් තීක්ෂණ අනෙක් මංගල ක්රීඩකයා වූ ශුබ්මන් ගිල්ගේ කඩුල්ල දවා ගැනීමට සමත් විය.
එතැන් පටන් තරගයට අවතීරණය වූ ශ්රී ලංකා ක්රීඩකයන් තරගයේ පාලනය මොහොතකට ලබා ගත් නමුත් ඔවුන්ට එය අවසානය තෙක් රැගෙන යාමට ඉන්දීය පිතිකරුවන් ඉඩ ලබා දුන්නේ නැත. එහිදී දීපක් හූඩා නොදැවී ලකුණු 41 රැස් කිරීමට සමත් විය. පන්දුවාර විස්ස අවසානයේ ඉන්දීය ලකුණු පුවරුව 162/5 ලෙස දැක්විය.
පිළිතුරු ඉනිම ක්රීඩා කිරීමට පිටියට පිවිසි ශ්රී ලංකා පිළට සාර්ථක ආරම්භයක් ලබා ගැනීමට නොහැකි වූ අතර, ආරම්භක පිතිකරන සම්භන්ධතාවය ලකුණු 12කට සීමා කරමින් පැතුම් නිස්සංකව ක්රීඩාගාරය වෙත යැවීමට ශිවම් මාවි සමත් විය.
මැද පෙළ පිතිකරුවන් හට ලකුණු අතරට පිවිසීමට ඉන්දීය පිතිකරුවන් ඉඩ ලබා නොදුන් අතර, මෙවරද අසාර්ථක මැද පෙළ පිතිකරණ රටාවක් දක්නට ලැබීය. ඉන්දියාවේ ග්රහණයේ තිබූ තරගය නැවතත් ශ්රී ලංකාව දෙසට දෝලනය කිරීමට නායක ශානකට හා වනිදු හසරංගට හැකි වූ අතර නමුත් එය ජයග්රහණය තෙක් රැගෙන යාමට ඔවුන් අපොහොසත් විය. තරගය අවසාන පන්දුවාර තෙක් ජයග්රහණය අත් නොහළ චාමික කරුණාරත්න විශිෂ්ඨ පිතිහරබයක නිරත වූ නමුත් එයත් ජයග්රහණට ප්රමාණවත් නොවීය.
අවසානයේ ශ්රී ලංකා ලකුණු පුවරුව දැක් වුයේ පන්දුවාර විස්ස අවසානයේ සියලු ක්රීඩකයින් දැවී ලකුණු 160ක් ලෙසය. ශ්රී ලංකා කණ්ඩායම වෙනුවෙන් නායක දසුන් ශානක ලකුණු 45ක් ලබා ගැනීමට සමත් විය. තරග අවසානයේ ඉන්දීය කණ්ඩායම ලකුණු 2ක තියුණු ජයක් ලැබීය.
மிகவும் விறுவிறுப்பான போட்டிக்கு பிறகு முதல் போட்டியில் இந்தியா வெற்றி பெற்றது
தொடக்க ஆட்டத்தில் வெற்றி பெற வேண்டும் என்பதில் இலங்கை உறுதியாக இருந்தது, ஆனால் இந்திய ஆல்-ரவுண்டர்கள் மற்றும் இளம் அறிமுக வீரர் சிவம் மாவியின் பந்துவீச்சு இலங்கை அணியின் வெற்றிப் பாதையைத் தடுத்தது.
தீபக் ஹூடா, அக்சர் படேல், மாவி ஆகியோர் இந்திய அணியை வெற்றிப் பாதைக்கு அழைத்துச் சென்றதில் முன்னோடிகளாக இருந்தனர்.
டாஸ் வென்ற இலங்கை கேப்டன் தசுன் ஷனகா இந்திய அணியை முதலில் பேட்டிங் செய்ய அழைத்தார். தொடக்க ஆட்டக்காரர் இஷான் கிஷான் முதல் ஓவரில் 2 பவுண்டரிகள் உட்பட மொத்தம் 17 ரன்கள் எடுத்து இந்திய அணிக்கு சிறப்பான தொடக்கத்தை அளித்தார். மகேஷ் தீக்ஷனா, மற்றொரு அறிமுக வீரரான ஷுப்மான் கில்லின் விக்கெட்டை வீழ்த்தி, தொடக்க ஜோடியான கிஷன் மற்றும் ஷுப்மான் கில் ஆகியோரின் போட்டியை முடிவுக்கு கொண்டு வந்தார்.
அதிலிருந்து இலங்கை வீரர்கள் ஒரு நிமிடம் ஆட்டத்தை தங்கள் கட்டுப்பாட்டில் வைத்தனர், ஆனால் இந்திய பேட்ஸ்மேன்கள் அவர்களை இறுதிவரை கொண்டு செல்ல அனுமதிக்கவில்லை. அங்கு தீபக் ஹூடா ஆட்டமிழக்காமல் 41 ரன்கள் எடுத்தார். இருபது ஓவர்கள் முடிவில் இந்திய ஸ்கோர்போர்டு 162/5.
பதில் இன்னிங்ஸை ஆட களம் இறங்கிய இலங்கை அணியால் வெற்றிகரமான தொடக்கம் கிடைக்காததால், தொடக்க துடுப்பாட்டப் பற்றாக்குறையை 12 ரன்களுக்கு மட்டுப்படுத்திய சிவம் மாவி பதுமையும் நிதானமாக மைதானத்திற்கு அனுப்பினார்.
மிடில் ஆர்டர் பேட்ஸ்மேன்களை ரன்களுக்குள் நுழைய விடாத இந்திய பேட்ஸ்மேன்கள், இம்முறையும் மிடில் ஆர்டர் பேட்டிங் முறை தோல்வியடைந்தது. கேப்டன் ஷனக மற்றும் வனிது ஹசரங்க ஆகியோர் ஆட்டத்தை மீண்டும் இலங்கையை நோக்கி ஆட முடிந்தது, ஆனால் அவர்கள் அதை வெற்றிக்கு கொண்டு செல்லத் தவறினர். போட்டியின் கடைசி ஓவர் வரை வெற்றியை விட்டுக் கொடுக்காத சமிக கருணாரத்ன சிறப்பான துடுப்பாட்டத்தை வெளிப்படுத்திய போதிலும் அது வெற்றிக்கு போதுமானதாக அமையவில்லை.
இறுதியில், இருபது ஓவர்கள் முடிவில் அனைத்து வீரர்களும் அவுட்டாக இலங்கை ஸ்கோர்போர்டு 160 ரன்களைக் காட்டியது. இலங்கை அணி சார்பில் கேப்டன் தசுன் ஷனக 45 புள்ளிகளைப் பெற்றார். ஆட்ட நேர முடிவில் இந்திய அணி 2 புள்ளிகள் வித்தியாசத்தில் வெற்றி பெற்றது.
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Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) today provided a financial grant to rising javelin thrower Rumesh
Tharanga Pathirage.
This support was extended under the direction of the SLC President Mr. Shammi Silva and
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.
Cricket
Sports Ministry Yet to Confirm Reports of Leadership Change at Sri Lanka Cricket
The Ministry of Sports has not released any official statement regarding speculation over a potential leadership change at Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), according to Sports Minister Sunil Kumara Gamage.
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.
Cricket
Sri Lanka Cricket to name a women’s cricket tournament under late ‘Gwen Herat.’
Sri Lanka Cricket decided to dedicate the ‘Major Club Women’s 50-Over Tournament’ in memory of the late Gwen Herat, the founding president of the Sri Lanka Women’s Cricket Association.
This decision has been made in recognition of the outstanding service rendered by Mrs. Herat towards the founding of Women’s Cricket Association in the country.
It was under her leadership that the Sri Lanka Women’s Cricket Association was established in 1997, where she served as its founding president.
Accordingly, in memory of her from 2026 onwards, the Major Club Women’s 50-Over
Tournament will be named the Gwen Herat Memorial Trophy.
“The significant role played by the late Mrs. Gwen Herat in laying the foundation for women’s cricket is well remembered by the cricketing fraternity. By naming a tournament in her honor, Sri Lanka Cricket aims to preserve her legacy for future generations,” said Mr. Bandula
Dissanayake.
Marking this significant initiative, the family of Mrs. Gwen Herat presented a trophy to Sri Lanka Cricket, which will be awarded to the champions of future editions of the tournament.
The handover was carried out by Mrs. Herat’s family members, including her daughters, Shamarra Herat and Parveen Herat, and her son, Avancka Herat.
The Gwen Herat Memorial Trophy was officially handed over to Mr. Bandula Dissanayake, Honorary Secretary of Sri Lanka Cricket, in the presence of Mr. Ashley de Silva, CEO of Sri Lanka Cricket, and distinguished guests Mr. Chandra Schaffter and Mr. Hemaka Amarasuriya.
Mr. Chinthaka Edirimanne, Head of National Cricket Operations, and Mr. Upul Nawaratne
Bandara, Head of Marketing at SLC, also were present at the ceremony, which took place at SLC last week.
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