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Ireland tour of Sri Lanka 2023

Pathum Nissanka and Nuwanindu Fernando are notable inclusions in the initial squad (which will be pruned down to 15) to take part in the two-match Test series against Ireland starting on 16 April.

Pathum Nissanka who was not included in the New Zealand Test squad due to an injury once again finds a spot in the red ball format, while the highly talented Nuwanindu Fernando has also earned a call-up for the red ball series.

The notable exclusion from the squad is wicketkeeper-batter Niroshan Dickwella who has continuously failed to impress.

Sri Lanka has included a number of pace options in their ranks, including Lahiru Kumara, Kasun Rajitha, Asitha Fernando and Vishwa Fernando.

Prabath Jayasuriya and Ramesh Mendis will lead the spin attack, while Dhananjaya de Silva will also come in handy with his off-spin.

It will be the last Test series for Dimuth Karunaratne as captain, as he had announced earlier that he will resign from the post following the Ireland Tests.

The Ireland tour to Sri Lanka initially comprised one Test match and two ODIs, but both teams agreed to play a second Test and skip the 50-over games.

Both Test matches will be played in Galle, the first starting on 16 April and the second on 24 April.

Reportedly the initial squad has been sent to the Sports Ministry for approval.

Initial Squad subject to approval:

Dimuth Karunaratne, Pathum Nissanka, Oshada Fernando, Kusal Mendis, Angelo Mathews, Dhananjaya de Silva, Dinesh Chandimal, Kamindu Mendis, Nuwanindu Fernando, Nishan Madushka, Ramesh Mendis, Prabath Jayasuriya, Chamika Karunaratne, Kasun Rajitha, Lahiru Kumara, Asitha Fernando, Vishwa Fernando

පැතුම්, නුවනිඳු මූලික සංචිතයට ඇතුළත්

ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ අයර්ලන්ත සංචාරය 2023

අයර්ලන්තයට එරෙහිව අප්‍රේල් 16 වැනිදා ආරම්භ වන තරග දෙකේ ටෙස්ට් තරගාවලියට සහභාගි වීමට නියමිත මූලික සංචිතයට (එය 15 දක්වා කප්පාදු කෙරෙනු ඇත) පැතුම් නිශ්ශංක සහ නුවනිඳු ප්‍රනාන්දු කැපී පෙනෙන ඇතුළත් වේ.

ආබාධයක් හේතුවෙන් නවසීලන්ත ටෙස්ට් සංචිතයට ඇතුළත් නොවූ පැතුම් නිශ්ශංක නැවත වරක් රතු පන්දු ආකෘතියෙන් ස්ථානයක් සොයා ගන්නා අතර, ඉහළ දක්ෂතා ඇති නුවනිඳු ප්‍රනාන්දු ද රතු පන්දු තරගාවලිය සඳහා කැඳවීමක් ලබාගෙන තිබෙනවා.

සංචිතයෙන් ඉවත් කිරීම කැපී පෙනෙන්නේ කඩුලු රකින පිතිකරු නිරෝෂන් දික්වැල්ල වන අතර ඔහු දිගින් දිගටම කැපී පෙනෙන ලෙස අසාර්ථක විය.

ලහිරු කුමාර, කසුන් රාජිත, අසිත ප්‍රනාන්දු සහ විශ්ව ප්‍රනාන්දු ඇතුළු වේග විකල්ප රැසක් ශ්‍රී ලංකාව සිය ශ්‍රේණිගත කිරීම්වලට ඇතුළත් කර ඇත.

ප්‍රභාත් ජයසූරිය සහ රමේෂ් මෙන්ඩිස් දඟ පන්දු ප්‍රහාරය මෙහෙයවනු ලබන අතර ධනංජය ද සිල්වා ද ඔහුගේ පිට දඟ පන්දු යැවීමෙන් ප්‍රයෝජන ලබයි.

අයර්ලන්ත ටෙස්ට් තරඟාවලියෙන් අනතුරුව නායකත්වයෙන් ඉල්ලා අස්වන බව දිමුත් කරුණාරත්න මීට පෙර ප්‍රකාශ කළ පරිදි එය නායකත්වය දරන අවසන් ටෙස්ට් තරඟාවලිය වේ.

අයර්ලන්ත ශ්‍රී ලංකා සංචාරය මුලින් ටෙස්ට් තරගයක් සහ එක්දින තරග දෙකකින් සමන්විත වූ නමුත් දෙපිලම දෙවැනි ටෙස්ට් තරගයකට ක්‍රීඩා කිරීමටත් ඕවර 50 තරග මඟ හැරීමටත් එකඟ විය.

ටෙස්ට් තරග දෙකම ගාල්ලේදී පැවැත්වෙන අතර පළමු තරගය අප්‍රේල් 16 වැනිදා ආරම්භ වන අතර දෙවැනි තරගය අප්‍රේල් 24 වැනිදා පැවැත්වේ.

වාර්තාවේ මූලික සංචිතය අනුමැතිය සඳහා ක්‍රීඩා අමාත්‍යාංශය වෙත යවා ඇත.

මූලික සංචිතය අනුමැතියට යටත්ව:

දිමුත් කරුණාරත්න, පැතුම් නිශ්ශංක, ඕෂද ප්‍රනාන්දු, කුසල් මෙන්ඩිස්, ඇන්ජලෝ මැතිව්ස්, ධනංජය ද සිල්වා, දිනේෂ් චන්දිමාල්, කමිඳු මෙන්ඩිස්, නුවනිඳු ප්‍රනාන්දු, නිශාන් මධුෂ්ක, රමේෂ් මෙන්ඩිස්, ප්‍රභාත් ජයසූරිය, චාමික කරුණාරත්න, එල්.ටී.ටී.ඊ. ප්‍රනාන්දු

ஆரம்ப அணியில் பாத்தும், நுவனிந்துவும் சேர்க்கப்பட்டனர்

இலங்கைக்கான அயர்லாந்து சுற்றுப்பயணம் 2023

ஏப்ரல் 16 முதல் தொடங்கும் அயர்லாந்துக்கு எதிரான இரண்டு போட்டிகள் கொண்ட டெஸ்ட் தொடரில் பங்கேற்கும் ஆரம்ப அணியில் (இது 15 ஆக குறைக்கப்படும்) பாதம் நிஸ்ஸங்க மற்றும் நுவனிந்து பெர்னாண்டோ ஆகியோர் குறிப்பிடத்தக்க வகையில் சேர்க்கப்பட்டுள்ளனர்.

காயம் காரணமாக நியூசிலாந்து டெஸ்ட் அணியில் இடம்பெறாத பாத்தும் நிஸ்ஸங்க மீண்டும் சிவப்பு பந்து வடிவத்தில் ஒரு இடத்தைப் பெற்றுள்ளார், அதே நேரத்தில் மிகவும் திறமையான நுவனிந்து பெர்னாண்டோவும் சிவப்பு பந்து தொடருக்கான அழைப்பைப் பெற்றுள்ளார்.

அணியில் இருந்து குறிப்பிடத்தக்க விலக்கு விக்கெட் கீப்பர்-பேட்டர் நிரோஷன் டிக்வெல்லா, அவர் தொடர்ந்து ஈர்க்கத் தவறிவிட்டார்.

லஹிரு குமார, கசுன் ராஜித, அசித பெர்னாண்டோ மற்றும் விஷ்வா பெர்னாண்டோ உள்ளிட்ட பல வேகத் தெரிவுகளை இலங்கை அணி உள்ளடக்கியுள்ளது.

பிரபாத் ஜயசூரிய மற்றும் ரமேஷ் மெண்டிஸ் ஆகியோர் சுழல் தாக்குதலை முன்னெடுப்பார்கள், அதே வேளையில் தனஞ்சய டி சில்வாவும் தனது சுழற்பந்து வீச்சில் கைகொடுக்கவுள்ளார்.

திமுத் கருணாரத்னவின் கேப்டனாக இருக்கும் கடைசி டெஸ்ட் தொடராக இது இருக்கும், அயர்லாந்து டெஸ்டைத் தொடர்ந்து பதவியை ராஜினாமா செய்வதாக அவர் ஏற்கனவே அறிவித்திருந்தார்.

இலங்கைக்கான அயர்லாந்து சுற்றுப்பயணம் ஆரம்பத்தில் ஒரு டெஸ்ட் போட்டி மற்றும் இரண்டு ஒருநாள் போட்டிகளை உள்ளடக்கியது, ஆனால் இரு அணிகளும் இரண்டாவது டெஸ்டில் விளையாடுவதற்கும் 50-ஓவர் ஆட்டங்களைத் தவிர்ப்பதற்கும் ஒப்புக்கொண்டன.

இரண்டு டெஸ்ட் போட்டிகளும் காலியில் நடைபெறும், முதலாவது போட்டி ஏப்ரல் 16ஆம் தேதியும், இரண்டாவது போட்டி ஏப்ரல் 24ஆம் தேதியும் நடைபெறும்.

முதற்கட்ட அணி விளையாட்டு அமைச்சகத்தின் ஒப்புதலுக்காக அனுப்பப்பட்டுள்ளதாக கூறப்படுகிறது.

ஆரம்பக் குழு ஒப்புதலுக்கு உட்பட்டது:

திமுத் கருணாரத்ன, பாத்தும் நிஸ்ஸங்க, ஓஷத பெர்னாண்டோ, குசல் மெண்டிஸ், ஏஞ்சலோ மேத்யூஸ், தனஞ்சய டி சில்வா, தினேஷ் சந்திமால், கமிந்து மெண்டிஸ், நுவனிந்து பெர்னாண்டோ, நிஷான் மதுஷ்கா, ரமேஷ் மெண்டிஸ், பிரபாத் ஜெயசூரிய, சமிக கருணாரத்ன, அஸ்வி கருணாரத்ன, அஸ்வி கருணாரத்னே, பெர்னாண்டோ

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Beyond the numbers, Hasaranga’s ability to break partnerships in crucial moments and provide quick runs under pressure has made him indispensable to Sri Lanka’s balance in white-ball cricket.

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Sri Lanka’s decision to draft in Kamindu Mendis at the last moment proved inspired, as the all-rounder produced a match-turning knock to guide the hosts to a 20-run victory over Ireland in their opening match of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 at the R. Premadasa Stadium on Sunday.

Coming in with Sri Lanka in trouble at 86 for 4, Kamindu counter-attacked with a blistering 44 off just 19 deliveries, striking four boundaries and two sixes to swing momentum firmly in the hosts’ favour. His innings transformed a faltering batting effort into a competitive total of 163.

I just wanted to score a few boundaries and put a partnership with Kusal Mendis

Kusal was outstanding today. He deserves a lot of credit. We wanted someone to bat through the innings.

Kusal Mendis played the anchor role to perfection, remaining unbeaten on a composed half-century and ensuring Sri Lanka batted through their 20 overs — something that looked unlikely during the middle phase of the innings.

Sri Lanka’s bowling unit then delivered a disciplined performance, led by their spin trio of Maheesh Theekshana, Wanindu Hasaranga and Dunith Wellalage, who shared seven wickets to derail Ireland’s chase. Hasaranga claimed three scalps, taking his overall T20 World Cup wicket tally to 40 — second only to Bangladesh’s Shakib Al Hasan (50).

There was a brief scare for Sri Lanka when Hasaranga limped off after his second over, sparking concern over his fitness. However, the skipper returned to complete his spell, easing fears ahead of the remaining group matches.

Ireland showed early promise, with George Dockrell returning impressive figures of 2 for 17 and a solid 49-run partnership between Lorcan Tucker and Harry Tector keeping them in the contest. But once spin was introduced in tandem, the visitors struggled to maintain momentum.

From 105 for 2, Ireland lost wickets in quick succession and were eventually bowled out for 143 in 19.5 overs, with Matheesha Pathirana picking up two wickets in the final over.

They got about 15 runs too many,” admitted Ireland captain Paul Stirling.

We were a bit sloppy in the field and we’ve got plenty of work to do before the next game. Spin is going to play a big role in this tournament, and that’s something we need to adapt to quickly.

Co-hosting the 20-team tournament alongside defending champions India, Sri Lanka could not have asked for a better start. The victory not only earned crucial points but also injected confidence into a campaign that carries high expectations on home soil

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