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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.
Cricket
KSCA Officials Resign Over Chinnaswamy Stampede; RCB Faces FIR in Tragic Victory Celebration Fallout
In a tragic turn of events following Royal Challengers Bengaluru’s (RCB) historic IPL 2025 title win, a deadly stampede at the celebratory event held at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium claimed 11 lives and injured several others. The aftermath has sparked controversy and accountability issues, leading to major resignations and legal action.
Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) secretary A Shankar and treasurer ES Jairam resigned on Friday, citing “moral responsibility” for the incident. Their resignations were submitted to KSCA president Raghuram Bhat, as questions mount over mismanagement and negligence at the overcrowded venue.
The Bengaluru Police have filed an FIR listing RCB, DNA Entertainment (event partner), and KSCA as accused parties. Police confirmed that the event had not been granted official permission. In a swift move, Nikhil Sosale, RCB’s head of marketing and revenue, was arrested—raising further scrutiny over organizational lapses.
KSCA has filed a writ petition calling the FIR a “knee-jerk” reaction under political pressure. They argued that crowd control and gate management were the responsibilities of RCB and the event organizers, not KSCA.
RCB has announced INR 10 lakh compensation for each victim and committed to covering all medical expenses of the injured. However, the franchise has yet to make a comprehensive public statement.
This incident raises serious concerns about sports event management and safety standards, casting a shadow over what was supposed to be a moment of celebration in Indian cricket
Football
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🇯🇵 Japan Sets the Benchmark for Asia
Japan was the first nation worldwide to book their ticket to the 2026 FIFA World Cup, underscoring their dominance in Asian football. Unbeaten in their qualifying campaign with six wins and one draw, the Samurai Blue continue to be the standard-bearers for the continent.
🇮🇷 Iran Continues Consistent Form
Iran soon followed Japan, securing their seventh overall World Cup appearance and fourth consecutive berth. The team remained undefeated in their group, showcasing the experience and tactical depth that has made them a fixture on the world stage.
🇺🇿 Uzbekistan Makes Historic Debut
In one of the most emotional stories of the qualifiers so far, Uzbekistan qualified for their first-ever FIFA World Cup. A gritty 0-0 draw against the UAE was enough for the Central Asian side to clinch a spot, sparking nationwide celebrations. Their rise highlights the growing strength of second-tier Asian nations on the global stage.
Asia’s Presence Grows in 2026 Format
Asia is guaranteed eight slots in the 2026 World Cup — a significant jump from previous editions — allowing the region to showcase more talent, depth, and emerging football powerhouses. With teams like South Korea, Saudi Arabia, and Australia still in the hunt, the continent could make a serious impact come 2026.
Global Context
The tournament’s expanded format and host countries in North America mark a new era for international football. With 104 matches, 16 host cities, and an increased number of participants, it will be a celebration of global diversity — and Asian nations are ready to shine.
Countries Qualified So Far
- Asia: 🇯🇵 Japan, 🇮🇷 Iran, 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan
- Oceania: 🇳🇿 New Zealand
- South America: 🇦🇷 Argentina
(Additional qualifiers from other confederations are ongoing.)
As the countdown to 2026 begins, all eyes are on Asia’s rising stars — ready to challenge the world and redefine the future of football.
Cricket
Sachithra Senanayake Indicted in Landmark Match-Fixing Case Under Sri Lanka’s Anti-Corruption Law
Former Sri Lankan cricketer Sachithra Senanayake has been formally indicted before the Hambantota High Court, marking a historic first in Sri Lanka’s efforts to criminalize corruption in sports. The charges stem from an alleged match-fixing attempt during the 2020 Lanka Premier League (LPL), making Senanayake the first player to face prosecution under Sri Lanka’s Prevention of Offences Related to Sports Act No. 24 of 2019.
Senanayake, currently out on bail, is accused of attempting to influence Colombo Kings player Tharindu Ratnayake to underperform during the tournament. The incident reportedly occurred via a WhatsApp message, which was later flagged by a local anti-corruption officer, prompting an official investigation in 2020.
The case falls under the landmark legislation introduced in 2019 by then Sports Minister Harin Fernando, which criminalizes match-fixing and related offenses in the country. If convicted, Senanayake could face a prison term of up to 10 years, a fine reaching Rs. 100 million, or both.
The indictment signals a serious shift in Sri Lanka’s approach to tackling corruption in sports. Authorities hope this high-profile case will serve as a strong deterrent against similar offenses in the future.
Senanayake, once a celebrated off-spinner and a member of Sri Lanka’s victorious 2014 ICC T20 World Cup squad, now faces the grim prospect of being remembered not for his achievements on the field, but for his role in one of Sri Lanka’s most significant match-fixing scandals.
As the case unfolds, it casts a spotlight on the broader issue of corruption in sports and reinforces the urgent need for integrity, vigilance, and transparent governance across all levels of competition in Sri Lanka
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