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PCB not strong enough to boycott ICC Tournaments – Danish Kaneria

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November 28, 2022

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Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary and Asian Cricket Council (ACC) president Jay Shah issued a major statement last month saying that the Indian team will not travel to Pakistan for the next Asia Cup for any reason.

Ramis Raja, the current chief of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), did not take it lightly as the board immediately issued a counter-statement saying that Pakistan would not participate in the 2023 50-over World Cup to be hosted in India if India did not come to play the Asia Cup in Pakistan.

On Friday, November 25, Raja announced that the Pakistan team would not travel to India for the ODI World Cup next year if the Indian team decided to boycott next year’s Asia Cup.

It has created a lot of controversy in the world of cricket. Former Pakistan leg-spinner Danish Kaneria says the Pakistan Cricket Board does not have the guts to boycott an ICC event. The former cricketer also mentioned how losing the Asia Cup would not deter India, but missing a global tournament would have a negative impact on Pakistan.

“PCB does not have enough guts to boycott an ICC event. On the other hand, it doesn’t matter if India doesn’t visit Pakistan. They have a huge market which earns them huge income. India’s absence for the World Cup will have a big impact on Pakistan.

Pakistan will finally go to India for the World Cup. Officials will say that there was no other option because of pressure from the ICC. If they repeatedly talk about skipping an ICC event, it will hurt Pakistan cricket badly,” the 41-year-old said.

ICC තරගාවලියක් වර්ජනය කිරීමට PCB හට ප්‍රමාණවත් තරම් හැකියාවක් නැත – Danish Kaneria

ඉන්දීය ක්‍රිකට් පාලක මණ්ඩලයේ (BCCI) ලේකම් සහ ආසියානු ක්‍රිකට් කවුන්සිලයේ (ACC) සභාපති ජේ ෂා පසුගිය මාසයේ ප්‍රධාන ප්‍රකාශයක් නිකුත් කරමින් කියා සිටියේ ඉන්දීය කණ්ඩායම කිසිම හේතුවක් මත මීළඟ ආසියානු කුසලාන තරඟාවලිය සඳහා පාකිස්තානයට නොයන බවයි.

පකිස්ථාන ක්‍රිකට් මණ්ඩලයේ (PCB) වත්මන් ප්‍රධානියා වන රමිස් රාජා එය සැහැල්ලුවට ගත්තේ නැත, මන්ද මණ්ඩලය වහාම ප්‍රති-ප්‍රකාශයක් නිකුත් කරමින් කියා සිටියේ ඉන්දියාව පකිස්ථානයේ පැවැත්වෙන ආසියානු කුසලානය ක්‍රීඩා කිරීමට නොපැමිණියේ නම් පාකිස්තානය ඉන්දියාවේදී සංවිධානය කිරීමට නියමිත 2023 වර්ශයේ පන්දුවාර 50 ලෝක කුසලානයට සහභාගී නොවේ.

ඉන්දීය කණ්ඩායම ලබන වසරේ පැවැත්වෙන ආසියානු කුසලානය වර්ජනය කිරීමට තීරණය කළහොත්, ඊළඟ වසරේ පැවැත්වෙන එක්දින ලෝක කුසලානය සඳහා පාකිස්තාන කණ්ඩායම ඉන්දියාවට නොයන බව ප්‍රකාශ කරමින් නොවැම්බර් 25 සිකුරාදා රාජා ප්‍රකාශ කරනු ලැබීය.

එය ක්‍රිකට් ලෝකය තුළ මහත් ආන්දෝලනයක් ඇති කර තිබේ. ICC උත්සවයක් වර්ජනය කිරීමට පාකිස්තාන ක්‍රිකට් පාලක මණ්ඩලයට ධෛර්යයක් නොමැති බව පාකිස්තානයේ හිටපු පා දඟ පන්දු යවන ක්‍රීඩක ඩනිෂ් කනේරියා පවසයි. ආසියානු කුසලානය අහිමි වීම ඉන්දියාවට බාධාවක් නොවන නමුත් ගෝලීය තරඟාවලියක් මග හැරීම පකිස්ථානයට අහිතකර බලපෑමක් ඇති කරන ආකාරය ගැනද හිටපු ක්‍රිකට් ක්‍රීඩකයා සඳහන් කළේය.

“ICC උත්සවයක් වර්ජනය කිරීමට PCB හට ප්‍රමාණවත් තරම් ධෛර්යයක් නොමැත. අනෙක් අතට ඉන්දියාව පකිස්තානය නොආවත් කමක් නැත. ඔවුන්ට විශාල ආදායමක් උපයන විශාල වෙළෙඳපොළක් තිබෙනවා. ලෝක කුසලානය සඳහා ඉන්දියාවට නොපැමිණීම පාකිස්තානයට විශාල බලපෑමක් ඇති කරයි.

පාකිස්තානය අවසානයේ ලෝක කුසලානය සඳහා ඉන්දියාවට යනු ඇත. අයි.සී.සී.යෙන් බලපෑම් එල්ල වූ නිසා වෙනත් විකල්පයක් නොතිබුණු බව නිලධාරීන් පවසනු ඇත. ඔවුන් නැවත නැවතත් ICC උත්සවයක් මඟ හැරීම ගැන කතා කළහොත් එය පාකිස්තාන ක්‍රිකට් වලට දැඩි හානියක් වනු ඇත, ”41 හැවිරිදි ඔහු පැවසීය.

ICC போட்டியை புறக்கணிக்கும் அளவுக்கு PCB பலம் இல்லை – Danish Kaneria

இந்திய கிரிக்கெட் கட்டுப்பாட்டு வாரியத்தின் (பிசிசிஐ) செயலாளரும், ஆசிய கிரிக்கெட் கவுன்சிலின் (ஏசிசி) தலைவருமான ஜெய் ஷா கடந்த மாதம் ஒரு முக்கிய அறிக்கையை வெளியிட்டார், எந்த காரணத்திற்காகவும் இந்திய அணி அடுத்த ஆசிய கோப்பைக்கு பாகிஸ்தானுக்கு செல்லாது என்று கூறினார்.

பாகிஸ்தான் கிரிக்கெட் வாரியத்தின் (பிசிபி) தற்போதைய தலைவரான ரமிஸ் ராஜா அதை எளிதாக எடுத்துக் கொள்ளவில்லை, ஏனெனில் வாரியம் உடனடியாக எதிர் அறிக்கையை வெளியிட்டது, இந்தியா 2023 இல் இந்தியாவில் நடத்தப்படும் 50 ஓவர் உலகக் கோப்பையில் பாகிஸ்தான் பங்கேற்காது. பாகிஸ்தானில் நடந்த ஆசிய கோப்பையில் விளையாட வரவில்லை.

நவம்பர் 25, வெள்ளிக்கிழமை, இந்திய அணி அடுத்த ஆண்டு ஆசிய கோப்பையை புறக்கணிக்க முடிவு செய்தால், அடுத்த ஆண்டு ஒருநாள் உலகக் கோப்பைக்காக பாகிஸ்தான் அணி இந்தியாவுக்குச் செல்லாது என்று ராஜா அறிவித்தார்.

இது கிரிக்கெட் உலகில் பெரும் சர்ச்சையை ஏற்படுத்தியுள்ளது. ஐசிசி போட்டியை புறக்கணிக்கும் தைரியம் பாகிஸ்தான் கிரிக்கெட் வாரியத்திற்கு இல்லை என பாகிஸ்தான் முன்னாள் லெக் ஸ்பின்னர் டேனிஷ் கனேரியா தெரிவித்துள்ளார். முன்னாள் கிரிக்கெட் வீரர் ஆசியக் கோப்பையை எவ்வாறு இழப்பது இந்தியாவைத் தடுக்காது, ஆனால் உலகளாவிய போட்டியைத் தவறவிடுவது பாகிஸ்தானுக்கு எதிர்மறையான தாக்கத்தை ஏற்படுத்தும் என்றும் குறிப்பிட்டார்.

“ஐசிசி நிகழ்வைப் புறக்கணிக்க பிசிபிக்கு போதுமான தைரியம் இல்லை. மறுபுறம், பாகிஸ்தானுக்கு இந்தியா செல்லாவிட்டாலும் பரவாயில்லை. அவர்களுக்கு ஒரு பெரிய சந்தை உள்ளது, அது அவர்களுக்கு பெரும் வருமானத்தை ஈட்டுகிறது. உலகக் கோப்பையில் இந்தியா இல்லாதது பாகிஸ்தானுக்கு பெரும் பாதிப்பை ஏற்படுத்தும்.

உலகக் கோப்பைக்காக பாகிஸ்தான் இறுதியாக இந்தியா செல்கிறது. ஐசிசியின் அழுத்தம் காரணமாக வேறு வழியில்லை என்று அதிகாரிகள் கூறுவார்கள். ஐசிசி நிகழ்வைத் தவிர்ப்பது பற்றி அவர்கள் மீண்டும் மீண்டும் பேசினால், அது பாகிஸ்தான் கிரிக்கெட்டை மோசமாக பாதிக்கும்” என்று 41 வயதான அவர் கூறினார்.

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‘Super Fighters’ Chess Big Match Set to Bring Three Schools Together

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4 hours ago

April 1, 2026

Editor

The annual ‘Super Fighters’ Chess Big Match, a unique triangular chess tournament featuring
C.W.W. Kannangara Central College – Matugama,
Taxila Central College – Horana, and
Ananda Sastralaya National School – Matugama,
is set to take place in the coming days.

The official media briefing for the tournament was held under the patronage of the Matugama Zonal Deputy Director of Education, Chandima Priyadarshani, along with the principals of the three participating schools and the Secretary of the Kalutara District Chess Association, Sameera Dissanayake.

Having already secured the title on the previous two occasions, Taxila Central College, Horana, will enter the competition as the defending champions. Meanwhile, this year’s tournament will be hosted by C.W.W. Kannangara Central College, Matugama.

All three schools are expected to field highly competitive teams, featuring internationally rated players as well as several athletes who have represented Sri Lanka at international chess tournaments.

The primary objectives of the tournament are to popularize the “Big Match” concept in school chess, identify emerging talent, and strengthen the spirit of camaraderie among the three institutions.

With growing interest in school-level chess, the ‘Super Fighters’ tournament is expected to be a thrilling and high-quality contest, showcasing the next generation of Sri Lanka’s chess talent.

Cricket

Bhanuka Rajapaksa sends legal notice to actress Harshi Rasanga over gold chain dispute

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13 hours ago

April 1, 2026

Editor

Sri Lanka cricketer Bhanuka Rajapaksa has issued a Letter of Demand (LOD) to actress Harshi Rasanga, accusing her of making false and misleading statements on social media following recent court proceedings.

According to Rajapaksa’s legal representatives, the actress had informed court that the gold chain at the center of the dispute had been pawned. However, they claim she later contradicted this statement publicly, prompting the cricketer to initiate legal action.

The controversy revolves around a gold chain valued at over Rs. 900,000. Rajapaksa alleges that the chain had been borrowed by Rasanga and pawned without his knowledge or consent.
Rasanga was arrested by the Sri Lanka Police’s Thalangama division and later produced before the Kaduwela Magistrate’s Court, where she was granted bail on two sureties of Rs. 500,000 each.

During the court hearing, the defence stated that the chain had indeed been pawned and indicated that steps could be taken to redeem and return it. However, speaking to the media afterward, Rasanga claimed that the chain had been given to her as a gift during a personal relationship.

The court has directed Thalangama Police to take custody of the gold chain and present it at the next hearing, which is scheduled for April 22.

Cricket

Pathum Nissanka set to open alongside KL Rahul for Delhi Capitals opener

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1 day ago

March 31, 2026

Editor

Delhi Capitals are set to kick off their IPL 2026 campaign with a fresh opening combination, as Sri Lanka’s Pathum Nissanka is likely to partner India star KL Rahul at the top of the order.

The Capitals face Lucknow Super Giants in their opening match today at the Ekana Cricket Stadium B Ground in Lucknow, and all eyes will be on how the new-look batting lineup shapes up. While Rahul’s role as opener is confirmed, the team management has been weighing their options for the second slot, with Prithvi Shaw and Abhishek Porel also in contention.

However, indications suggest that Nissanka has edged ahead in the race, with the franchise keen to utilize his consistency and ability to anchor innings in the powerplay. His calm approach at the crease could complement Rahul’s experience, giving Delhi a balanced start at the top.

The Capitals have also bolstered their middle order with the inclusion of David Miller, who adds firepower alongside fellow South African Tristan Stubbs. The duo is expected to provide the late-innings acceleration that Delhi often lacked in previous seasons.

Despite missing Australian pacer Mitchell Starc for the opening fixture due to injury, Delhi still boast a formidable bowling attack. Captain Axar Patel will lead from the front with his all-round abilities, while the spin department is strengthened by the ever-reliable Kuldeep Yadav.
In the pace department, South Africa’s Lungi Ngidi brings experience and variation, having impressed with his clever change of pace in recent T20 competitions. Meanwhile, left-arm seamer T Natarajan returns fully fit after a lengthy injury layoff, adding further depth to the attack.