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Is there unlikeliness to the Chamika from the Dasun? Chamika replies.
The popular cricketer Chamika Karunaratne has provided a financial contribution to provide a new Dharamshala to the Ashram in his village, Balapitiya. When he returned to the village after completing the Dharamshala, he answered a question asked during the interview with Ashen Senaratne.
He said that Dasun Shanaka is fulfilling his leadership responsibility properly and he is likely to lead for a long time. And he further mentioned that the decisions made by Dasun are accepted as a group in times of leadership responsibilities and pressures on the field and those decisions are appropriate for the occasion.
“There is nothing like that because he is a good captain and a player with a lot of experience. Usually, when we play there is a combination. Sometimes I don’t get a chance because it is the team’s combination. He may think that this is the right combination for him at this time. It’s something that a captain has in his hands. We must respect a captain because he has a lot of responsibility and he has helped me a lot in England. Even then he told Chami, “I trust you, you should do things without fear. Then he is not the captain of the team, nor the vice-captain. But he came and talked to me a lot. So he helped me a lot and said that even before becoming a captain, after that, people can think what they want, but there is no such problem between us.”
දසුන්ගෙන් චාමිකට කැපිල්ලක් තියෙනවද? චාමික පිළිතුරු දෙයි.
පසුගිය දිනක ජනප්රිය ක්රිකට් ක්රීඩක චාමික කරුණාරත්න සිය ග්රාමය වන බලපිටිය ප්රදේශයේ ඇති ආශ්රමයට නව ධර්මශාලාවක් ලබාදීමට මූල්ය දායකත්වය සපයා ඇත. එය සද නිමකළ පසු නැවත ග්රාමයට ගිය අවස්ථාවක අශේන් සේනාරත්න සමග පැවති සම්මුඛ සාකච්ඡාවේදී ඇසු ප්රශ්නයකට ඔහු පිළිතුරු ලබාදුණි.
දසුන් ශානක සිය නායකත්ව වගකීම නිසි ලෙස ඉටු කරන බවත්, තවත් දිගු කාලයක් ඔහු නායකත්වය හෙබවීමට ඉඩ ඇති බවත් ඔහු පැවසීය. එමෙන්ම නායකත්වයේ වගකීම් හා පිටියේ ඇති පීඩාකාරී අවස්ථාවලදී දසුන් විසින් ලබාගන්නා තීරණ කණ්ඩායම වශයෙන් පිළිගන්නා බවත් එම තීරණ අවස්ථාවට උචිත යැයි හැඟෙන තීරණය බවත් ඔහු තවදුරටත් සඳහන් කරන ලදී.
“එහෙම කිසිම දෙයක් නැ. මොකද එයා හොද කැප්ටන් කෙනෙක්. සැහෙන එක්ස්පීරියන්ස් නියන ප්ලේයර් කෙනෙක්. සාමාන්යෙන් අපි play කරනකොට combination එකක් තියනවා. සමහර අවස්ථාවලදි මට චාන්ස් ලැබිලා නැ. මොකද ඒක ටීම් එකේ කම්බිනේෂන් එක. එයාට හිතෙන්නෙ පුලුවන් මේක තමා මේ වෙලාවට හරියන කම්බිනේෂන් එක කියලා. එක කැප්ටන් කෙනෙක් අතේ තියන දෙයක්. අපි අනිවාර්යයෙන්ම කැප්ටන් කෙනෙක්ට රෙස්පෙක්ට් කරන්න ඕනි. මොකද එයාට නියන ලොකූ කාර්යභාර්යක්. ඒ වගේම තමා එංගලන්තයෙදී මට ගොඩක් උදව් කරලා තියනවා. එතකොටත් මට කිව්වෙ චාමි, මම ඔයාව ට්රස්ට් කරනවා, බය නැතුව ඔයා දේවල් කරන්න කියලා, එතකොට එයා ටීම් එකේ කැප්ටනුත් නෙමෙයි. වයිස් කැප්ටනුත් නෙමෙයි. හැබැයි ඇවිල්ලා මට සෑහෙන්න කතා කළා. ඉතින් මට සැහෙන්න උදව් කරලා කියනවා කැප්ටන් කෙනෙක් වෙන්න කලිනුත්, ඊට පස්සෙන්, මිනිස්සුන්ට ඕනි දෙයක් හිතන්න පුලූවන්, හැබැයි අපි අතරෙ එහෙම කිසි ප්රශ්නයක් නැ.”
தாசுனிடம் இருந்து சாமிகாவுக்கு விருப்பமின்மை உள்ளதா? சாமிகா பதிலளிக்கிறார்.
அண்மையில், பிரபல கிரிக்கெட் வீரர் சாமிக்க கருணாரத்ன தனது கிராமமான பலபிட்டியவில் உள்ள ஆசிரமத்திற்கு புதிய தர்மசாலையை வழங்குவதற்கு நிதியுதவி வழங்கியுள்ளார். தர்மசாலை பூர்த்தியின் பின் கிராமத்திற்கு திரும்பிய அவர், அஷேன் சேனாரத்னவுடனான நேர்காணலின் போது கேட்கப்பட்ட கேள்விக்கு பதிலளித்தார்.
தசுன் ஷனக தனது தலைமைப் பொறுப்பை சரியாக நிறைவேற்றி வருவதாகவும், அவர் நீண்ட காலம் வழிநடத்த வாய்ப்புள்ளதாகவும் அவர் தெரிவித்துள்ளார். மேலும் தலைமைப் பொறுப்புகள் மற்றும் களத்தில் அழுத்தங்கள் ஏற்படும் வேளைகளில் தசுன் எடுக்கும் முடிவுகள் குழுவாக ஏற்றுக்கொள்ளப்படுவதாகவும் அந்த முடிவுகள் சந்தர்ப்பத்திற்கு பொருத்தமானவை எனவும் அவர் மேலும் குறிப்பிட்டார்.
“நல்ல கேப்டன், அனுபவம் அதிகம் உள்ள வீரர் என்பதால் அப்படி எதுவும் இல்லை. பொதுவாக நாம் விளையாடும் போது காம்பினேஷன் இருக்கும். சில சமயம் டீம் காம்பினேஷன் என்பதால் வாய்ப்பு கிடைக்காது. இதை அவர் நினைக்கலாம் இந்த நேரத்தில் அவருக்கு சரியான கலவை இது ஒரு கேப்டனின் கையில் இருக்கும் ஒன்று. ஒரு கேப்டனுக்கு நாம் மரியாதை கொடுக்க வேண்டும், ஏனென்றால் அவருக்கு நிறைய பொறுப்பு இருக்கிறது, அவர் இங்கிலாந்தில் எனக்கு நிறைய உதவி செய்துள்ளார். உன்னை நம்பு பயமில்லாமல் காரியங்களை செய்ய வேண்டும். அப்போது அவர் அணியின் கேப்டனும் இல்லை, துணை கேப்டனும் இல்லை. ஆனால் அவர் வந்து என்னிடம் நிறைய பேசினார். அதனால் கேப்டனாகும் முன்பே எனக்கு நிறைய உதவி செய்தார். அதன் பிறகு, மக்கள் தங்களுக்கு என்ன வேண்டும் என்றாலும் நினைக்கலாம், ஆனால் எங்களுக்குள் அப்படி எந்த பிரச்சனையும் இல்லை.”
Cricket
Sri Lanka U19 Women’s Team Set for Australia Tour 2026 Tri-Nation Series
The Sri Lanka Under-19 Women’s Cricket Team is set to tour Australia in April 2026 for an exciting tri-nation series that will also feature England. This tour represents an important opportunity for the young Sri Lankan players to gain international exposure and compete against strong opposition in both limited-overs formats. The team is scheduled to depart on 3rd April 2026 and will play a total of six matches during the tour, including two 50-over games and four T20 matches.
The series will begin on 7th April 2026 with a 50-over match against England at Ian Healy Oval in Brisbane, starting at 9:30 AM. Sri Lanka will then face Australia in another 50-over encounter on 8th April 2026 at the same venue and time. The action will shift to the Gold Coast for the T20 leg of the tour, where Sri Lanka will meet England on 12th April 2026 at Bill Pippen Oval at 9:00 AM, followed by a match against Australia on 13th April 2026 at the same ground and time. The final phase of the tour returns to Brisbane, with Sri Lanka playing England on 17th April 2026 and Australia on 18th April 2026 in two early morning T20 matches at Ian Healy Oval, both starting at 5:30 AM.
Match Schedule
• 7th April 2026 – Sri Lanka vs England (50-over)
Ian Healy Oval, Brisbane – 09:30 AM
• 8th April 2026 – Sri Lanka vs Australia (50-over)
Ian Healy Oval, Brisbane – 09:30 AM
• 12th April 2026 – Sri Lanka vs England (T20)
Bill Pippen Oval, Gold Coast – 09:00 AM
• 13th April 2026 – Sri Lanka vs Australia (T20)
Bill Pippen Oval, Gold Coast – 09:00 AM
• 17th April 2026 – Sri Lanka vs England (T20)
Ian Healy Oval, Brisbane – 05:30 AM
• 18th April 2026 – Sri Lanka vs Australia (T20)
Ian Healy Oval, Brisbane – 05:30 AM
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Mahela Jayawardena President Captain of Royal Colombo Golf Club
The Royal Colombo Golf Club (RCGC) has announced the appointment of Mahela Jayawardena as its Captain for the 2026–2027 term. The decision was formally confirmed at the Club’s Annual General Meeting held yesterday (March 26).
Jayawardena, widely regarded as one of Sri Lanka’s greatest sporting icons, brings a wealth of leadership experience to the prestigious role. A former captain of the Sri Lanka national cricket team, he earned global recognition for his sharp tactical insight, calm demeanor under pressure, and exemplary sportsmanship throughout his career.
During an international career spanning nearly two decades, Jayawardena featured in more than 650 matches and amassed over 25,000 runs across all formats of the game. Since retiring from international cricket, he has remained an influential figure in the sport, contributing through coaching, mentorship, and leadership roles at both domestic and international levels.
Founded in 1879, the Royal Colombo Golf Club stands among the oldest golf institutions in Asia and has played a central role in fostering the growth of golf in Sri Lanka.
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Sri Lanka Dominates Saudi Arabia in Junior Davis Cup Qualifying!
In the ongoing Junior Davis Cup Tennis Qualifying Tournament currently being held in Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka had a great weekend by defeating Saudi Arabia 3-0.
The team showed their dominance by winning both singles matches and then winning both doubles matches with comfortable margins.
Sri Lanka won the first singles match when Ashlin de Silva beat Mahdi Al Ibrahim 6-2, 7-5.
In the second singles match, Mayuran Kubern came back after losing the first set to defeat Ahmed Baha Sarouji 3-6, 6-4, 7-5.
Sri Lanka then continued their momentum into the doubles matches where Mayuran Kubern and Ashlin de Silva defeated the Saudi pair 3-6, 6-4, 7-5.
In the other doubles match, the Sri Lankan duo was ahead in the second set 4-6 when the Saudi pair of Mahdi Al Ibrahim and Souhail ElFarouki retired from the match.
With this comprehensive win, Sri Lanka is now in a very strong position within the tournament.
The team will have a day off on Monday and is scheduled to play in the Championship on Thursday.
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