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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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Jayasuriya Hands Over Resignation as Sri Lanka Head Coach

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Cricket legend Sanath Jayasuriya has formally handed over his resignation as Head Coach of the Sri Lanka national team, following the side’s disappointing World Cup campaign.

It is learnt, the resignation was submitted on Thursday after discussions with Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) President Shammi Silva. Jayasuriya, who took charge with hopes of reviving the team’s fortunes, decided to step aside after the tournament’s poor showing.

Despite stepping down, Jayasuriya will remain involved in Sri Lankan cricket. In a significant transition, he has been assigned to lead the High Performance Centre, where he will oversee player development and the broader cricketing structure.

Sri Lanka Cricket has yet to announce a replacement for the head coach role, but officials confirmed that talks are underway to identify a candidate capable of steering the national side forward.

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Afghanistan Names New Captains for Sri Lanka Series as Rashid Khan Steps Down

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Afghanistan cricket has entered a new phase of leadership as selectors announced sweeping changes ahead of their upcoming white-ball series against Sri Lanka. Following the team’s early exit from the ICC T20 World Cup, star all-rounder Rashid Khan has been relieved of his captaincy duties. Ibrahim Zadran will now lead the T20 side, while Hashmatullah Shahidi has been entrusted with the ODI captaincy.

Despite losing the armband, Rashid remains a key figure in Afghanistan’s plans, with his name included in both squads. The selectors have opted for a balanced mix of seasoned performers and promising youngsters, signaling a strategy to rebuild while maintaining stability.

The T20 squad features explosive opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz, alongside Ibrahim Zadran, who will captain the side. Veteran Mohammad Nabi adds experience, while spin remains Afghanistan’s strongest weapon with Rashid Khan, Noor Ahmad, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, and Sharafuddin Ashraf forming a formidable attack. Young talents like Sediqullah Atal and Darwish Rasooli have also been given opportunities, reflecting the selectors’ intent to groom the next generation.

On the other hand, Hashmatullah Shahidi will lead the ODI side, supported by experienced campaigners such as Rahmat Shah and Mohammad Nabi. The batting unit includes Ibrahim Zadran and Rahmanullah Gurbaz, while wicketkeeping duties will be shared between Gurbaz and Ikram Alikhil. The bowling attack is spearheaded by Rashid Khan, with support from Zia ur Rahman Sharifi, Farid Ahmad Malik, and Nangyal Kharotai. Reserves include Qais Ahmad, M. Saleem Safi, and Bashir Ahmad, ensuring depth across departments.

Security Concerns Cloud Series
The series, scheduled from March 13 to 25, was to feature three T20Is in Sharjah and three ODIs in Dubai. However, escalating regional tensions—sparked by reports of Iranian strikes and claims surrounding the death of Iran’s supreme leader in alleged U.S.–Israeli attacks—have raised serious doubts about security and travel. Cricket authorities are monitoring the situation closely, with contingency plans under discussion.

ODI Squad: Hashmatullah Shahidi (Captain), Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (WK), Sediqullah Atal, Rahmat Shah, Darwish Rasooli, Mohammad Nabi, Azmatullah Omarzai, Ikram Alikhil (WK), Rashid Khan, A.M. Ghazanfar, Zia ur Rahman Sharifi, Farid Ahmad Malik, Nangyal Kharotai, Bila Saim.
Reserves: Qais Ahmad, M. Saleem Safi, Bashir Ahmad.

T20I Squad: Ibrahim Zadran (Captain), Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Sediqullah Atal, Darwish Rasooli, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Noor Rahman (WK), Shahidullah Kamal, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Rashid Khan, Noor Ahmad, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Zia ur Rahman Sharifi, Fareed Malik, Abdullah Ahmadzai.

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Jamie Siddons Appointed Head Coach of Sri Lanka Women’s Team

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Sri Lanka Cricket has appointed former Australian cricketer Jamie Siddons as the Head Coach of the Sri Lanka National Women’s Team.

Siddons has served as the head coach of the Bangladesh National Men’s Team from 2007 to
2011, marking his highest level of international coaching experience.

A Level 3 qualified coach, Siddons has also served as Head Coach of the South Australia
Cricket Team (Redbacks) from 2015 to 2020 and Head Coach of the Wellington Firebirds,
New Zealand, from 2011 to 2015.

His one-year appointment will come into effect on 16 March 2026. Siddons, who enjoyed an extensive first-class cricket career in Australia and captained both South Australia and Victoria, will take on the responsibility of guiding Sri Lanka’s women’s team in preparation for the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026, scheduled to be held in June in England.

His first assignment will be Sri Lanka Women’s Tour of Bangladesh, scheduled to take place in April–May 2026.

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