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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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Sri Lanka fast bowler Nuwan Thushara has initiated legal action against Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), seeking court intervention to secure a No Objection Certificate (NOC) that would allow him to participate in the 2026 Indian Premier League (IPL).

The matter was taken up before the Colombo District Court, which has scheduled the next hearing for April 9. Thushara has named several top SLC officials as defendants, including President Shammi Silva, Secretary Bandula Dissanayake, Treasurer Sujeewa Godaliyadda, and CEO Ashley de Silva.

According to court filings, Thushara was picked by Royal Challengers for the 2026 IPL season, having previously featured in the tournament in both 2024 and 2025 after receiving the necessary clearance from SLC. However, the board has declined to issue the NOC this year, citing his failure to meet required fitness standards.

Thushara, in his petition, has challenged this decision, stating that his contract with SLC expired on March 31, 2026, and that he had already informed the board of his intention not to renew it. He further claims he had been made aware that he was not in contention for national selection, making the fitness-based refusal unreasonable.

The pacer has also argued that his current fitness levels are consistent with those maintained during previous seasons when he was granted NOCs. He warns that the denial could cost him his IPL contract, resulting in significant financial loss and missed career opportunities.
Through the case, Thushara is seeking legal recognition of his right to obtain the NOC, along with court orders compelling SLC to grant him clearance to play in the IPL and other overseas leagues.

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

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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.

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

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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.

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