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Sri Lankan Lions who dominated the IPL
The 15th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL), the actual inaugural edition of the Twenty20 League Cricket Tournament, essentially concluded yesterday with the inaugural Gujarat Titans emerging champions. This season of the Indian Premier League, which generally has attracted the attention of cricket fans all over the world, our players have been able to take Sri Lanka’s pride to the international level once again in a magnificent way. From here, we bring you an article to essentially appreciate the performance of the Sri Lankan players in this year’s Indian Premier League.
Cricket commentators for the most part have been focusing on Sri Lankan players since the Indian Premier League player auction, contrary to popular belief. Wanidu Hasaranga, who essentially has been a revolutionary player in the international arena for the past 20 years, essentially has joined the sort of Royal Challengers Bangalore team for a hefty sum at this year’s auction, contrary to popular belief. In addition, fast bowler Dushmantha Chameera was bought by the Lucknow Super Giants while other Sri Lankan players Maheesh Theekshana were selected for the Chennai team, Bhanuka Rajapaksa for the Punjab team and Chamika Karunaratne for the Kolkata Knight Riders team. The inclusion of Matheesha Pathirana, a young fast bowler who has not yet been selected for international cricket, in the Chennai Super Kings squad for a replacement also bodes well for the future of Sri Lankan cricket. Wanidu Hasaranga, one of the leading international Twenty20 bowlers last season, proved his mettle by becoming the second-highest wicket-taker of the tournament this year. Wanidu Hasaranga, unfortunately, lost his highest wicket-taker purple helmet after a tense battle with Indian spinner Yuzvendra Chahal but managed to take 26 wickets throughout the tournament. Wanidu Hasaranga took five wickets for 18 essentially runs in the match against Sunrisers Hyderabad. Vanidu’s general spin partner Maheesh Theekshana has taken 12 wickets in nine IPL definite matches to mostly become the third very much the highest wicket-taker for the Chennai basically, Super Kings which is a real fair significant.
Dushmantha Chameera, the most powerful foreign fast bowler in the Lucknow basically Super Giants team, also took 9 wickets in this tournament generally, contrary to a popular belief. Certainly, a few years later a Sri Lankan batsman was definitely spotted in the Indian Premier League in a subtle way. Middle-order left-hander Bhanuka Rajapaksa mostly scored 206 really runs in nine matches for the Punjab Kings this season with an attacking pace of around 160 in a subtle way. Matheesha Pathirana took two wickets in his first two matches, signalling the future of Sri Lankan cricket. It is our sincere mostly wish as Sri Lankan citizens that Sri Lankan lions will generally be able to precisely carry the name of Sri Lanka to the world and literally continue to particularly maintain the very basic generally excel in the Indian Premier League next year.
IPL පිටියේ ජය කෙහෙලි නැංවූ සිංහ පුතුන් !!!
විස්සයි විස්ස ලීග් ක්රිකට් ආකෘතියේ මෞලීය මංගල්යය බදු ඉන්දීය ප්රිමියර් ලීග් තරගාවලියේ අභිමානවත් පහළොස්වන අදියර ඊයේ දිනයේදී නිමාවට පත් වූයේ IPL පිටියට කුලුදුල් ගුජරාට් ටයිටන්ස් කණ්ඩායම ශූරයන් ලෙසින් කිරුලු පලන්දවමිනි. ලොව පුරා ක්රිකට් ප්රේක්ෂකයන්ගේ අවදානය දිනාගත් ඉන්දීය ප්රිමියර් ලීග් තරගාවලියේ මෙවර තරග වාරය තුළදී ශ්රී ලාංකීය අභිමානය යළිත් වරක් ජාත්යන්තරය ඉදිරියට ගෙන යාමට අප ක්රීඩකයන් සමත්කම් දැක්වීය. මෙවර ඉන්දීය ප්රිමියර් ලීග් තරගාවලියේ ශ්රී ලංකා ක්රීඩකයන් දැක්වූ දක්ෂතා ඇගයීම උදෙසා අප ගෙන එන ලිපියක් මෙතැන් පටන්….
ඉන්දීය ප්රිමියර් ලීග් තරගාවලියේ ක්රීඩක වෙන්දේසියේ පටන් ශ්රී ලාංකික ක්රීඩකයන් කෙරෙහි ක්රිකට් විචාරකයන්ගේ අවධානය යොමු විය. පසුගිය කාලසීමාව තුළ විස්සයි විස්ස ජාත්යන්තර පිටියේ පෙරලිකාර දස්කම් පෑ වනිදු හසරංග මෙවර ක්රීඩක වෙන්දේසියෙහිදී දැවැන්ත මුදලකට රෝයල් චැලේන්ජර්ස් බැංගලෝර් කණ්ඩායමට එක් කොට ගැනුණි. මීට අමතරව වේගපන්දු යවන ක්රීඩක දුෂ්මන්ත චමීර ලක්නව් සුපර් ජයන්ට්ස් කණ්ඩායම විසින් මිළදී ගනිද්දී සෙසු ශ්රී ලංකා ක්රීඩකයන් වූ මහීෂ් තීක්ෂණ චෙන්නායි කණ්ඩායමටද ,භානුක රාජපක්ෂ පන්ජාබ් කණ්ඩායමට හා චාමික කරුණාරත්න, කොල්කටා නයිට්රයිඩර්ස් කණ්ඩායමට තෝරා ගැනුණි. තවමත් ජාත්යන්තර ක්රිකට් වරම් නොලද වේගපන්දු යවන යොවුන් ක්රීඩක මතීෂ පතිරණද ක්රීඩක ආදේශනයක් වෙනුවෙන් චෙන්නායි සුපර් කිංග්ස් කණ්ඩායමට එක් කොට ගැනීමද ශ්රී ලංකා ක්රිකට් අනාගතය පිළිබඳව සුබදායී ලකුණු පෙන්නුම් කරන්නට විය.
පසුගිය සමයේදී ජාත්යන්තර විස්සයි විස්ස පන්දු යවන්නන් අතරෙහි ප්රමුඛයා ලෙසින් වැජබුනු වනිදු හසරංග, තමා විශිෂ්ඨයෙකු බවට තවදුරටත් සනාථ කළේ මෙවර තරගාවලියේ දෙවන වැඩිම කඩුලු ලාභියා බවට පත් වෙමිනි. ඉන්දීය දගපන්දු යවන ක්රීඩක යුෂ්වේන්ද්රන් චහල් සමග තියුණු සටනකින් අනතුරුව වැඩිම කඩුලු ලාභියාට හිමි දම්පැහැති හිස්වැසුම අවාසනාවන්ත ලෙසින් වනිදු හසරංගට අහිමි වුවද තරගාවලිය පුරාවට කඩුලු 26ක් බිදහෙලමින් දස්කම් පාන්නට ඔහුට හැකිවිය. විස්සයි විස්ස පිටියේ සිය හොදම පන්දු යැවීම වාර්තා කරන්නට වනිදු හසරංග සමත් වූයේ සන්රයිසස් හයිද්රාබාද් කණ්ඩායම සමග පැවති තරගයේදී ලකුණු 18කට කඩුලු 5ක් බිදහෙලමිනි. ජාත්යන්තර ක්රිකට් පිටියේ වනිදුගේ දගපන්දු සගයා වන මහීෂ් තීක්ෂණ මෙවර IPL තරගාවලියේ තරග 9කට ක්රීඩා කරමින් කඩුලු 12ක් බිදහෙලූයේ චෙන්නායි සුපර් කිංග්ස් කණ්ඩායම වෙනුවෙන් තෙවන වැඩිම කඩුලු ලාභියා බවට පත් වෙමිනි.
ලක්නව් සුපර් ජයන්ට්ස් කණ්ඩායම සතුවූ ප්රබලතම විදෙස් වේගපන්දු යවන්නා වූ දුෂ්මන්ත චමීරද මෙවර තරගාවලියේදී කඩුලු 9ක් බිදහෙලන්නට සමත් විය. වසර කිහිපයකට පසු ශ්රී ලංකා පිතිකරුවකු ඉන්දීය ප්රිමියර් ලීග් පිටිය තුළ දැකගන්නට අවකාශය හිමි විය .මැදපෙළ වමත් පිතිකරු භානුක රාජපක්ෂ මෙවර පන්ජාබ් කිංග්ස් කණ්ඩායම නියෝජනය කරමින් තරග 9ක් තුළදී ලකුණු 206ක් රැස්කළේ 160ක පමණ ප්රහාරාත්මක වේගයක් රදවා ගනිමිනි. ශ්රී ලංකා ක්රිකට් අනාගතය පිළිබදව සුබදායක සලකුණු පළ කරමින් තමා ක්රීඩා කළ පළමු තරග ද්විත්වයේදී කඩුලු 2ක් බිදහෙලන්නට යොවුන් ක්රීඩක මතීෂ පතිරණ සමත්කම් දැක්වීය. ශ්රී ලංකා නාමය ලොවක් ඉදිරියට ගෙන යමින් එළඹෙන වසරේදීත් ඉන්දීය ප්රිමියර් ලීග් තරගාවලිය තුළ තවත් දස්කම් පාන්නට සිංහ පුතුනට හැකියාව ලැබේවායි යන්න අපගේ ඒකායන පැතුමයි…
Football
LPL Player Draft Set for Late May
The player draft for the upcoming season of the Lanka Premier League is expected to take place on 23 May, marking a key step in preparations for Sri Lanka’s flagship domestic T20 tournament.
Initially planned for March, the draft was postponed amid geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, prompting organisers to shift the timeline. Player registrations are now anticipated to begin shortly after the first week of May.
Despite the scheduling adjustment, organisers have reiterated that the tournament itself will go ahead as planned. The sixth edition of the LPL is scheduled to run from 8 July to 8 August 2026.
Excitement around the league remains strong, with notable international cricketers already signalling their interest in participating in the upcoming season.
Athletics
SLA Secretary Resigns Just Weeks After Appointment
Madhawa Bandara Senarath has stepped down from his role as Secretary of Sri Lanka Athletics (SLA), only about a month after assuming office. His resignation was submitted shortly before the Sinhala and Tamil New Year, bringing an abrupt end to his brief tenure.
Sources indicate that internal disagreements within the newly appointed executive committee played a key role in his decision. The dispute is believed to have centered on the selection process for the National Junior Team set to compete at the upcoming Asian Junior Championship.
Sri Lanka Athletics is scheduled to hold its first executive committee meeting after the New Year on April 21. During this meeting, an acting secretary is expected to be appointed to temporarily fill the position. A permanent replacement will later be chosen at a special general meeting.
Cricket
Chamari Stays Grounded as Sri Lanka Chase Crucial Points in Bangladesh
Sri Lanka Women’s captain Chamari Athapaththu is blocking out the noise around her future and locking into the present as her team prepares for a high-stakes tour of Bangladesh, where World Cup qualification points and momentum are firmly on the line.
Even as conversations about how long she might continue in international cricket gather pace, Chamari is keeping her approach measured. A recent discussion with the new head coach included a request for her to extend her career, but the skipper is not ready to look that far ahead.
“He spoke to me about continuing for another one or two years, but I prefer to take it step by step,” she said before the team’s departure. “My focus is on staying fit and performing. I don’t want to think too much about the future when there’s so much to do right now.”
What lies directly ahead is a six-match series three ODIs in Rajshahi followed by three T20Is in Sylhet with the 50-over games carrying added weight. Sri Lanka are firmly in the race for automatic qualification to the next ICC Women’s World Cup, and the points available in Bangladesh could prove decisive.
“These matches are very important for us,” Chamari said. “If we can secure those ODI points, it gives us a direct path to the World Cup. The team is in a good space mentally, and we’re confident about what we can achieve.”
That confidence will be tested early, not just by the conditions but also by changes in the lineup. Young opener Vishmi Gunaratne has been ruled out through injury, forcing a reshuffle at the top of the order. Chamari admitted the absence is significant but believes it opens the door for another player to step in.
“Vishmi has been a key player for us, so it’s definitely a loss,” she said. “But Hasini has earned this chance. She’s been performing consistently in domestic matches and other tournaments, so now it’s about taking that next step.”
There is also a personal fitness concern hovering over the captain herself. Chamari is recovering from a hand injury that required nine stitches, leaving her availability for the opening matches uncertain.
“I’m still working on my recovery, and we’ll have to assess things day by day,” she said. “Hopefully I can be ready, but we won’t rush it.”
Despite these setbacks, the mood within the squad remains optimistic, helped in part by a fresh approach from the new coaching staff. Since taking over after the West Indies series, the head coach has placed a clear emphasis on sharpening Sri Lanka’s power-hitting ability an area Chamari admits needed attention.
“With big tournaments coming up, we identified power hitting and overall batting strength as areas to improve,” she explained. “We’ve been working hard on that, and also on raising our fielding standards.”
Beyond immediate results, Chamari sees encouraging signs in the wider development of the women’s game back home. The rise of younger players, particularly at Under-19 level, has added depth and energy to the system.
“It’s great to see so many young girls coming into the game and performing well,” she said. “Women’s cricket in Sri Lanka is growing, and a lot of people deserve credit for that from the board to the selectors and former players.”
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