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Players who played all the T20 World Cup tournaments and missed this year’s 2022 tournament

The ICC T20 World Cup 2022 is just a few days away. With less than 30 days left for the biggest T20I event of the year, all 16 teams have announced their squads for the tournament. There are a few players like Rohit Sharma and Shakib Al Hasan who have played in all the T20 World Cups and will play in the 2022 tournament as well.
Interestingly, both Rohit and Shakib are the captains of their countries for the 2022 ICC T20 World Cup. However, the following four players who played in every edition of the T20 World Cup from 2007 to 2021 will miss the 2022 T20 World Cup.
- Chris Gayle
It has not yet been officially announced whether Chris Gayle has retired from international cricket or not. However, the Jamaican star has not been selected in the West Indies squad for the T20I series in Australia. He was part of the team last year and also took the wicket of Mitchell Marsh in their match against Australia.
- Dwayne Bravo
Dwayne Bravo announced his retirement from all forms of international cricket after last year’s Middle East tournament. The all-rounder is one of the most successful T20 cricketers of all time.
- Mushfiqur Rahim
Veteran Bangladesh wicket-keeper batsman Mushfiqur Rahim has been questioned over his form and scoring consistency in the T20I series. After his poor form in the 2022 Asia Cup, Rahim announced his retirement from T20Is to focus more on ODIs and Tests.
- Mahmudullah
Former Bangladesh captain Mahmudullah led the country in the T20 edition held before this World Cup. However, his name was not included in the squad announced by the Bangladesh Cricket Board. The team will miss his experience in the batting department.
සියළුම විස්සයි 20 ලෝක කුසලාන තරගාවලි වලට සහභාහී මෙවර 2022 තරගාවලිය අහිමි වන ක්රීඩකයින්
ICC T20 ලෝක කුසලානය 2022 ආරම්භ වීමට ඇත්තේ දින කිහිපයකි. වසරේ දැවැන්තම T20I ඉසව්ව සඳහා ඉතිරිව ඇත්තේ දින 30කටත් අඩු කාලයක් වන අතර, කණ්ඩායම් 16ම මෙම තරගාවලිය සඳහා ඔවුන්ගේ සංචිත ප්රකාශයට පත් කර ඇත. රෝහිත් ෂර්මා සහ ෂකීබ් අල් හසන් වැනි ක්රීඩකයින් කිහිප දෙනෙකුම සිටින අතර ඔවුන් සියලුම විස්සයි20 ලෝක කුසලාන තරඟාවලි සඳහා සහභාගී වූ අතර 2022 තරගාවලියටද සහභාගී වනු ඇත.
සිත්ගන්නා කරුණ නම්, රෝහිත් සහ ෂකීබ් දෙදෙනාම 2022 ICC T20 ලෝක කුසලානය සඳහා ඔවුන්ගේ රටවල නායකයන් වීමයි. කෙසේ වෙතත්, 2007 සිට 2021 දක්වා ලෝක කුසලාන විස්සයි 20 සෑම සංස්කරණයකම ක්රීඩා කළ පහත ක්රීඩකයන් හතර දෙනා 2022 T20 ලෝක කුසලානය මඟ හැරෙනු ඇත.
- Chris Gayle
ක්රිස් ගේල් ජාත්යන්තර ක්රිකට් පිටියෙන් සමුගත්තාද නැද්ද යන්න තවමත් නිළ වශයෙන් ප්රකාශයට පත් කර නොමැත. කෙසේ වෙතත්, ඕස්ට්රේලියාවේ පැවැත්වෙන T20I තරගාවලිය සඳහා වන බටහිර ඉන්දීය කොදෙව් සංචිතයට ජැමෙයිකානු තරුව තෝරාගෙන නොමැත. ඔහු පසුගිය වසරේ කණ්ඩායමේ සාමාජිකයෙකු වූ අතර ඕස්ට්රේලියාවට එරෙහිව ඔවුන්ගේ තරඟයේදී මිචෙල් මාෂ්ගේ කඩුල්ල දවා ගැනීමටද සමත් විය.
- Dwayne Bravo
ඩ්වේන් බ්රාවෝ පසුගිය වසරේ මැදපෙරදිග පැවති තරගාවලියෙන් පසු ජාත්යන්තර ක්රිකට් ක්රීඩාවේ සියලුම ආකෘතීන්ගෙන් සමුගන්නා බව නිවේදනය කළේය. තුන් ඉරියව් ක්රීඩකයා විස්සයි20 ක්රිකට් ක්රීඩාවේ මෙතෙක් සිටි සාර්ථකම ක්රීඩකයෙකි.
- Mushfiqur Rahim
ප්රවීන බංග්ලාදේශ කඩුලු රකින පිතිකරු මුෂ්ෆිකර් රහීම් විස්සයි20 තරඟාවලියේ ආකෘතිය සහ ලකුණු ලබා ගැනීමේ ස්ථාවරත්වය සම්බන්ධයෙන් ප්රශ්නාර්ථයක් මතු විය. 2022 ආසියානු කුසලානයේ ඔහුගේ දුර්වල ක්රීඩා රටාවෙන් පසුව, රහීම් එක්දින සහ ටෙස්ට් තරඟ කෙරෙහි වැඩි අවධානය යොමු කිරීම සඳහා T20I තරඟවලින් විශ්රාම ගන්නා බව නිවේදනය කළේය.
- Mahmudullah
හිටපු බංග්ලාදේශ නායක මහමුදුල්ලා මෙම ලෝක කුසලානට පෙර පැවති විස්සයි 20 සංස්කරණයේදී රට මෙහෙයවීය. කෙසේ වෙතත්, බංග්ලාදේශ ක්රිකට් පාලක මණ්ඩලය විසින් ප්රකාශයට පත් කරන ලද සංචිතයේ ඔහුගේ නම නොමැත. පිතිකරණ අංශයේ ඔහුගේ අත්දැකීම් කණ්ඩායමට මග හැරෙනු ඇත.
அனைத்து டி20 உலகக் கோப்பைப் போட்டிகளிலும் விளையாடி, இந்த ஆண்டு 2022 போட்டித் தொடரைத் தவறவிட்ட வீரர்கள்
ஐசிசி டி20 உலகக் கோப்பை 2022 இன்னும் சில நாட்களே உள்ளது. இந்த ஆண்டின் மிகப்பெரிய T20I நிகழ்வுக்கு 30 நாட்களுக்கும் குறைவான நாட்களே உள்ள நிலையில், அனைத்து 16 அணிகளும் போட்டிக்கான தங்கள் அணிகளை அறிவித்துள்ளன. அனைத்து டி20 உலகக் கோப்பைகளிலும் விளையாடிய ரோஹித் சர்மா மற்றும் ஷகிப் அல் ஹசன் போன்ற சில வீரர்கள் 2022 போட்டியிலும் விளையாடுவார்கள்.
சுவாரஸ்யமாக, 2022 ஐசிசி டி20 உலகக் கோப்பைக்கு ரோஹித் மற்றும் ஷாகிப் இருவரும் தங்கள் நாடுகளின் கேப்டன்கள். இருப்பினும், 2007 முதல் 2021 வரையிலான T20 உலகக் கோப்பையின் ஒவ்வொரு பதிப்பிலும் விளையாடிய பின்வரும் நான்கு வீரர்கள் 2022 T20 உலகக் கோப்பையைத் தவறவிடுவார்கள்.
- கிறிஸ் கெய்ல்
கிறிஸ் கெய்ல் சர்வதேச கிரிக்கெட்டில் இருந்து ஓய்வு பெற்றாரா இல்லையா என்பது இன்னும் அதிகாரப்பூர்வமாக அறிவிக்கப்படவில்லை. இருப்பினும், ஆஸ்திரேலியாவில் நடக்கும் டி20 தொடருக்கான மேற்கிந்திய தீவுகள் அணியில் ஜமைக்கா நட்சத்திரம் தேர்வு செய்யப்படவில்லை. அவர் கடந்த ஆண்டு அணியில் இடம்பெற்றதுடன், ஆஸ்திரேலியாவுக்கு எதிரான போட்டியில் மிட்செல் மார்ஷின் விக்கெட்டையும் கைப்பற்றினார்.
- டுவைன் பிராவோ
டுவைன் பிராவோ கடந்த ஆண்டு நடைபெற்ற மத்திய கிழக்கு போட்டிக்குப் பிறகு அனைத்து வகையான சர்வதேச கிரிக்கெட்டிலிருந்தும் ஓய்வு பெறுவதாக அறிவித்தார். ஆல்-ரவுண்டர் அனைத்து காலத்திலும் மிகவும் வெற்றிகரமான டி20 கிரிக்கெட் வீரர்களில் ஒருவர்.
- முஷ்பிகுர் ரஹீம்
மூத்த வங்கதேச விக்கெட் கீப்பர் பேட்ஸ்மேன் முஷ்பிகுர் ரஹீம் டி20 தொடரில் அவரது ஃபார்ம் மற்றும் ஸ்கோரின் நிலைத்தன்மை குறித்து கேள்வி எழுப்பியுள்ளார். 2022 ஆசியக் கோப்பையில் அவரது மோசமான பார்முக்குப் பிறகு, ரஹீம் ஒருநாள் மற்றும் டெஸ்ட் போட்டிகளில் அதிக கவனம் செலுத்த டி20 போட்டிகளில் இருந்து ஓய்வு பெறுவதாக அறிவித்தார்.
- மஹ்முதுல்லாஹ்
இந்த உலகக் கோப்பைக்கு முன்னதாக நடைபெற்ற டி20 பதிப்பில் வங்கதேசத்தின் முன்னாள் கேப்டன் மஹ்முதுல்லா தலைமை தாங்கினார். எனினும் வங்கதேச கிரிக்கெட் வாரியம் அறிவித்த அணியில் அவரது பெயர் இடம்பெறவில்லை. பேட்டிங் துறையில் அவரது அனுபவத்தை அணி இழக்கும்.
Football
Stafford vs. Colombo International: The Second Edition of the Big Match Kicks Off!
Football fever returns as Stafford International School and Colombo International School gear up for the second edition of their highly anticipated Big Match! This year, the rivalry intensifies with four matches across different age and gender categories:
✅ U15 Girls
✅ U15 Boys
✅ U20 Girls
✅ U20 Boys
🏆 Stafford International’s Rising Stars:
- U15 Girls: Defending TISSL U14 and Colombo SLSFA District champions, featuring standout players like Keshalee Ranatunga and Sonja Ratanayake (just 10 years old!).
- U15 Boys: All-Island U14 runners-up out of 462 schools, led by goalkeeper Yash Amarasekara, who was named Best U14 GK in Sri Lanka.
- U20 Girls & Boys: Both teams finished as TISSL runners-up, boasting stars like Raya Rikaz, Yumna Safraz, Adnaan Ameen, and Nidurshan Mohan.
🏆 Colombo International’s Key Players:
- U15 Girls: TISSL U16 runners-up, featuring top defender Khadeeja Niyas and striker Ozra.
- U20 Girls: TISSL U20 runners-up, with Fioni Dedhia named Goalkeeper of the Tournament.
- U20 Boys: Defending Big Match champions, looking to retain their title behind stars like Krishwen and Habib.
👀 Who will come out on top this time? Watch the action LIVE at the link below! 🎥👇
#BigMatch2025 #SchoolFootball #SriLankaFootball #StaffordVsCIS #RivalryRenewed
Cricket
Shammi Silva Re-Elected as Sri Lanka Cricket President for Fourth Consecutive Term
Shammi Silva has been re-elected as the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) president for the 2025-27 term, marking his fourth consecutive tenure at the helm of the nation’s cricket governing body. Silva secured the position uncontested at the 64th Annual General Meeting (AGM) held in Colombo on Monday.
A Controversial Yet Dominant Tenure
Silva’s leadership has not been without controversy. His previous term saw a high-profile clash with former Sports Minister Roshan Ranasinghe in 2023, which led to an interim committee being appointed after Sri Lanka’s poor performance in the ICC ODI World Cup. This move resulted in ICC suspending SLC, which led to Sri Lanka losing the hosting rights for the U19 Men’s World Cup, which was later held in South Africa.
Despite these setbacks, Silva regained control after a court ruling reinstated his administration, and he was later appointed as the president of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) in December 2023, replacing Jay Shah.
Challenges & Future Outlook
Sri Lanka Cricket has long been seen as a powerful and influential body, with internal politics often shaping its leadership. With financial mismanagement concerns highlighted in the Auditor General’s report, Silva’s administration faces the challenge of restoring credibility and ensuring better governance.
With the ICC ban lifted, Sri Lanka looks to rebuild its cricketing structure and improve performance on the international stage. The focus now shifts to upcoming bilateral series, the Asia Cup, and preparations for the 2027 ICC Cricket World Cup.
Stay tuned for more updates on Sri Lanka Cricket and the latest in the world of sports!
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Stephen Fleming Defends MS Dhoni’s Batting Position Amid Criticism
Chennai Super Kings (CSK) head coach Stephen Fleming has defended MS Dhoni’s late entry in the batting order, stating that the legendary wicketkeeper-batsman cannot play an extended innings at full intensity due to lingering knee concerns.
The 43-year-old Dhoni faced criticism after coming in at No. 9 during CSK’s 50-run loss to Royal Challengers Bengaluru at Chepauk. In the next match against Rajasthan Royals on March 30, 2025, he batted at No. 7 when CSK required 54 off 25 balls but managed just 16 off 11 as his team fell short by six runs.
Fleming’s Explanation on Dhoni’s Role
Fleming emphasized that Dhoni carefully assesses the match situation before deciding when to bat.
“It’s all about timing. MS judges his body and situation. His knees aren’t what they used to be, so he can’t bat for 10 overs at full intensity. He will step in based on the game’s demands,” Fleming explained at the post-match press conference.
The CSK coach reiterated that Dhoni remains too valuable to the team for his leadership and wicketkeeping and that sending him in too early could be a strategic misstep.
“From around the 13th or 14th over, he assesses the situation and decides. He trusts other batters early on but steps up when needed.”
CSK’s Struggles in the Powerplay Cost Them the Match
Fleming also pinpointed CSK’s poor powerplay performance as a key reason for their loss against Rajasthan Royals. While RR blasted 79/1 in the powerplay, CSK only managed 42/1,
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