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Players who were born in Pakistan and represented the Indian cricket team…

Any sporting event between India and Pakistan is able to grab the attention of the audience. The fierce competition between them is one of the main reasons for that. The first match between India and Pakistan in Group B of the Asia Cup was on 28th August.
India and Pakistan have played 14 matches in the Asia Cup, out of which India has won 8 matches and Pakistan has won 5 matches. Pakistan was able to win by 10 wickets in the last match between the two countries in the 2021 Twenty20 World Cup.
All the teams have announced their squads and several players including Jasprit Bumrah and Shaheen Afridi will not participate in this tournament due to injuries.
This article focuses on three players who were born in Pakistan and managed to represent the Indian cricket team despite the differences between India and Pakistan.
1) Gul Mohammad
In 1946, Gul Mohammad got his Test debut and participated in 8 Test matches for India. After his family shifted to Pakistan, he was able to represent a Test match for Pakistan against Australia in 1956. He has participated in 9 Test matches for both countries.
2) Amir Elahi
Born on September 1, 1908 in Lahore, Amir Elahi won a Test debut for India in 1947 and later played several Tests for Pakistan. He has played 5 Test matches for India and Pakistan, where he has managed to score 82 runs and take 7 wickets. A remarkable incident is that his last Test match was played against India at the age of 44, on December 12, 1952.
3) Abdul Hafeez Kardar
Hafeez Kardar was born in Lahore and played 3 Tests for India and returned to Pakistan to play for Pakistan. In this way, he has managed to score 927 runs and 21 wickets with 5 half-centuries in 26 Test matches. Kardar played his last match against West Indies in 1958.
පකිස්තානයේ ඉපදී ඉන්දීය ක්රිකට් කණ්ඩායම නියෝජනය කළ ක්රීඩකයන්…
ඉන්දියාව සහ පකිස්ථානය අතර පැවැත්වෙන ඕනෑම ක්රීඩා ඉසව්වක් ප්රේක්ෂකයන්ගෙ අවධානය දිනා ගැනීමට සමත් වේ. ඔවුන් අතර ඇතිවන දැඩි තරගකාරිත්වය එයට ප්රධානම හේතුවකි. මේ මස 27 වැනි දා ආරම්භ වන ආසියානු කුසලානයේ දී බී කාණ්ඩයෙන් තරග වදින ඉන්දියාව සහ පකිස්ථානය අතර ප්රථම තරගය අගෝස්තු 28වැනිදා ආරම්භ වේ.
ඉන්දියාව සහ පකිස්ථානය අතර ආසියානු කුසලාන තුළ තරග 14ක් පවත්වා ඇති අතර ඉන් තරග 08 ක් ඉන්දීයාවද තරග 5ක් පකිස්තානය ජයග්රහණය කිරීමට සමත්ව ඇත. අවසන් වරට දෙරට අතර 2021 විස්සයි විස්ස ලෝක කුසලානයේ දී පැවති තරගයෙන් කඩුලු 10ක ජයක් හිමිකර ගැනීමට පකිස්තානයට හැකි විය.
සියළුම කාණ්ඩායම් සිය සංචිත ප්රකාශයට පත්කර ඇති අතර ආබාධ නිසා වෙන් Jasprit Bumrah සහ Shaheen Afridi ඇතුළු ක්රීඩකයන් කිහිප දෙනෙක් මෙවර තරගාවලියට සහභාගි නොවේ.
ඉන්දීයාව සහ පකිස්ථානය අතර කෙතරම් මතභේද පැවතුණද පකිස්තානයේ ඉපදී ඉන්දීය ක්රිකට් කණ්ඩායම නියෝජනය කිරීමට සමත් වු ක්රීඩකයන් තිදෙනෙකු ගැන මෙම ලිපිය මගින් අවදානය යොමු කරයි.
1) Gul Mohammad
1946දී ටෙස්ට් වරම් දිනා ගන්නා Gul Mohammad ඉන්දීයාව වෙනුවෙන් ටෙස්ට් තරග 8කට සහභාගි වි ඇත. සිය පවුල පකිස්තානයට පැමිණිමත් සමඟ 1956දී ඕස්ට්රේලියාවට එරෙහිව පකිස්තානය වෙනුවෙන් ටෙස්ට් වරම් දිනා ගැනීමට සමත් විය. දෙරට වෙනුවෙන්ම ටේස්ට් තරග 9කට සහභාගි වී ඇත.
2) Amir Elahi
1908 සැප්තැම්බර් මස පළමුවැනි දා ලාහෝර් හී දී උපත ලබන Amir Elahi 1947 දී ඉන්දියාව වෙනුවෙන් ටෙස්ට් වරම් ලබා ගැනීමට වු අතර පසුව ඔහු පකිස්තානය වෙනුවෙන් ද ටේස්ට් අතර කිහිපයකට ක්රීඩා කරන ඇත. එලෙස ඉන්දීයාව සහ පකිස්ථානය වෙනුවෙන් ටෙස්ට් තරග 5කට ක්රීඩා කර ඇති අතර එහිදී ලකුණු 82ක් සහ කඩුළු 7ක් දවා ගැනීමට සමත් වී ඇත. සුවිශේෂී සිදුවීමක් වන්නේ ඔහුගේ අවසන් ටෙස්ට් තරගය වයස අවුරුදු 44දී එනම් 1952 දෙසැම්බර් මස දොලොස් වැනි දා ඉන්දියාවට එරෙහිව ක්රීඩා කර ඇත.
3) Abdul Hafeez Kardar
Hafeez Kardar ලාහෝර් හී උපත ලබා ඉන්දීයාව වෙනුවෙන් ටෙස්ට් තරග 3කට ක්රීඩා කර නැවතත් පකිස්ථානයට පැමිණි පකිස්තානය වෙනුවෙන් ක්රීඩා කර ඇත. එලෙස ටෙස්ට් තරග 26කදී අර්ධ ශතක 5ක සමගින් ලකුණු 927ක් සහ කඩුළු 21ක් දවා ගැනීමට සමත්ව ඇත. Kardar ඔහුගේ අවසන් තරගයට බටහිර ඉන්දීය කොදෙව් කණ්ඩායමට එරෙහිව 1958දී සහභාගි වී ඇත.
பாகிஸ்தானில் பிறந்து இந்திய கிரிக்கெட் அணியை பிரதிநிதித்துவப்படுத்திய வீரர்கள்…
இந்தியா மற்றும் பாகிஸ்தான் இடையேயான எந்த ஒரு விளையாட்டு போட்டியும் பார்வையாளர்களின் கவனத்தை ஈர்க்கும். அவர்களுக்குள் நிலவும் கடும் போட்டியும் அதற்கு ஒரு முக்கிய காரணம். இம்மாதம் 27ஆம் தேதி தொடங்கும் ஆசியக் கோப்பையின் குரூப் பி பிரிவில் இந்தியா-பாகிஸ்தான் அணிகளுக்கு இடையிலான முதல் ஆட்டம் ஆகஸ்ட் 28ஆம் தேதி தொடங்குகிறது.
ஆசிய கோப்பையில் இந்தியாவும் பாகிஸ்தானும் 14 ஆட்டங்களில் விளையாடி உள்ளன, அதில் இந்தியா 8 போட்டிகளும், பாகிஸ்தான் 5 போட்டிகளும் வெற்றி பெற்றுள்ளன. 2021 டுவென்டி 20 உலகக் கோப்பையில் இரு நாடுகளுக்கு இடையிலான கடைசி போட்டியில் பாகிஸ்தான் 10 விக்கெட் வித்தியாசத்தில் வெற்றி பெற்றது.
அனைத்து அணிகளும் தங்கள் அணிகளை அறிவித்துள்ளன மற்றும் ஜஸ்பிரிட் பும்ரா மற்றும் ஷஹீன் அப்ரிடி உட்பட பல வீரர்கள் காயம் காரணமாக இந்த போட்டியில் பங்கேற்க மாட்டார்கள்.
இந்த கட்டுரை பாகிஸ்தானில் பிறந்து இந்தியாவிற்கும் பாகிஸ்தானுக்கும் இடையில் வேறுபாடுகள் இருந்தபோதிலும் இந்திய கிரிக்கெட் அணியை பிரதிநிதித்துவப்படுத்த முடிந்த மூன்று வீரர்களை மையமாகக் கொண்டுள்ளது.
1) குல் முகமது
1946 இல், குல் முகமது டெஸ்ட் ஆணையை வென்றார் மற்றும் இந்தியாவுக்காக 8 டெஸ்ட் போட்டிகளில் பங்கேற்றார். அவரது குடும்பம் பாகிஸ்தானுக்கு வந்த பிறகு, அவர் 1956 இல் ஆஸ்திரேலியாவுக்கு எதிராக பாகிஸ்தானுக்கான டெஸ்ட் அழைப்பை வென்றார். அவர் இரு நாடுகளுக்காகவும் 9 டெஸ்ட் போட்டிகளில் பங்கேற்றுள்ளார்.
2) அமீர் இலாஹி
செப்டம்பர் 1, 1908 இல் லாகூரில் பிறந்த அமீர் எலாஹி, 1947 இல் இந்தியாவுக்காக ஒரு டெஸ்ட் அழைப்பை வென்றார், பின்னர் பாகிஸ்தானுக்காக பல டெஸ்ட் போட்டிகளில் விளையாடினார். அவர் இந்தியா மற்றும் பாகிஸ்தானுக்காக 5 டெஸ்ட் போட்டிகளில் விளையாடியுள்ளார், அங்கு அவர் 82 ரன்கள் மற்றும் 7 விக்கெட்டுகளை வீழ்த்தியுள்ளார். அவரது கடைசி டெஸ்ட் போட்டி 1952 டிசம்பர் 12 அன்று 44 வயதில் இந்தியாவுக்கு எதிராக விளையாடியது குறிப்பிடத்தக்க சம்பவம்.
3) அப்துல் ஹபீஸ் கர்தார்
ஹபீஸ் கர்தார் லாகூரில் பிறந்து இந்தியாவுக்காக 3 டெஸ்ட் போட்டிகளில் விளையாடி பாகிஸ்தானுக்கு திரும்பியவர். இதன் மூலம் 26 டெஸ்ட் போட்டிகளில் 5 அரை சதங்களுடன் 927 ரன்கள் மற்றும் 21 விக்கெட்டுகளை வீழ்த்தியுள்ளார். கர்தார் 1958 இல் மேற்கிந்திய தீவுகளுக்கு எதிராக தனது கடைசி போட்டியில் விளையாடினார்.
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- Kalutara Muslim Central 2-3 Alighar National School
- Hameed Al Husseine College 1-0 Al Falah College
- Zahira College 4-0 St. Patrick’s College
- St. Joseph’s College 1-1 Alighar National School
- Darussalam College 7-0 Kalutara Muslim Central
- Al Falah College 0-3 Zahira College
- St. Patrick’s College 0-4 Hameed Al Husseine College
- Alighar National School 5-1 Darussalam College
- St. Joseph’s College 1-0 Kalutara Muslim Central
- Zahira College 2-0 Hameed Al Husseine College
- Al Falah College 3-2 St. Patrick’s College
Group A Standings
Rank | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Alighar National School | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 7 |
2 | St. Joseph’s College | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 7 |
3 | Darussalam College | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | -1 | 3 |
4 | Kalutara Muslim Central College | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 | -9 | 0 |
Top Two (Advancing to Semifinals):
- Alighar National School
- St. Joseph’s College
Group B Standings
Rank | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Zahira College | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | +9 | 9 |
2 | Hameed Al Husseine College | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 6 |
3 | Al Falah College | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 3 |
4 | St. Patrick’s College | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 | -9 | 0 |
Top Two (Advancing to Semifinals):
- Zahira College
- Hameed Al Husseine College
Summary & Semi-Final Preview
- Alighar National School and St. Joseph’s College finished level on points at the top of Group A. Their draw against each other kept the race tight, but both teams delivered strong performances in the remaining matches to secure 7 points each.
- Zahira College dominated Group B with three consecutive wins, scoring 9 goals and conceding none. Hameed Al Husseine College followed suit, showcasing solid defense and earning 6 points to claim the second semi-final berth.
- Darussalam College, Kalutara Muslim Central, Al Falah College, and St. Patrick’s College showed fighting spirit but fell short in the quest for the knockout stage.
Semi Finals
- Alighar National School will face Hameed Al Husseine College in the Semi Finals
- Zahira College will face St. Joseph’s College in the Semi Finals
The semi-finals promise high-octane clashes as the top contenders face off. Stay tuned to Sri Lankan Sports TV for exclusive match previews, live coverage, and post-match analysis as we approach the grand finale of the Sri Lanka Schools National Championship 2025.
News
World Rugby Sets Final Deadline for Sri Lanka Rugby Governance Reforms
World Rugby has extended Sri Lanka Rugby’s (SLR) deadline until June 15, 2025, to address its governance issues, warning that failure to comply will result in immediate sanctions, including a possible ban from international competitions.
Acknowledging the persistent efforts of Sri Lanka’s Competent Authority and Director General of Sports, Professor (Rear Admiral) Shemal Fernando, World Rugby remains firm on its conditions. SLR must implement a revised constitution and conduct elections within the next four months to meet international standards.
To oversee these reforms, a Working Taskforce has been formed, featuring representatives from World Rugby, Asia Rugby, the National Olympic Committee of Sri Lanka, and the Sri Lankan government. Led by Asia Rugby, this task force is responsible for guiding SLR through the required changes.
The reform process consists of two key phases. The initial phase focuses on reviewing voting eligibility, finalizing constitutional amendments, and organizing a Special General Meeting (SGM). The next phase involves adopting the new constitution at the SGM, followed by elections monitored by World Rugby, Asia Rugby, and local sports authorities.
SLR has faced repeated scrutiny over governance failures, prompting multiple interventions from international rugby bodies. With this deadline set, Sri Lanka Rugby has one final opportunity to align with global governance standards and secure its future in international rugby.
Football
Sky Market Travels Joins Hands with Sri Lanka Schools’ Football
Sky Market Travels, a leading travel agency, has partnered with Sri Lanka Schools’ Football to contribute to the development of school football in the country.
As a first step, Sky Market Travels (Pvt) Ltd has joined as a sponsor for the Sri Lanka Schools’ National Championship 2024 Under-20 Division One tournament, organized by the Sri Lanka Schools’ Football Association.
This prestigious tournament, featuring 20 of Sri Lanka’s top school teams, has long been a vital platform for young players to showcase their talent at the national level. By stepping in as a sponsor, Sky Market Travels is playing a key role in supporting the future of Sri Lankan school football.
The event was attended by the President of the Football Federation of Sri Lanka, Jaswar Umar, the Head of the Coach Education Department and former National Team Captain, Sampath Perera, Elite Youth Manager Dudley Steinwal, Members of Schools’ Football Association, and the Managing Director of Sky Market Travels (Pvt) ltd Mohamed Faroos, the President of the Negombo Poruthota Soccer Fans Rizwan, and its Manager Nufri.
With this partnership, Sky Market Travels has taken a significant step in uplifting school football and providing aspiring young footballers with better opportunities to excel at the national level.
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