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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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Uzbekistan Dominate Sri Lanka 10-0 in AFC Women’s Asian Cup 2026 Qualifiers

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Colombo, June 29 – The Sri Lanka Women’s National Football Team suffered a crushing 10-0 defeat at the hands of Uzbekistan in their opening fixture of the AFC Women’s Asian Cup 2026 Qualifiers, exposing not only the performance gap on the field but also the deep-rooted structural failures off it.

From kickoff, Uzbekistan showcased their superiority with relentless attacking football, scoring five goals in each half. The match statistics tell a story of complete dominance:

  • Shots on Target: 14 (Uzbekistan) vs 0 (Sri Lanka)
  • Possession: 70% (Uzbekistan) vs 30% (Sri Lanka)
  • Dangerous Attacks: 137 (Uzbekistan) vs 28 (Sri Lanka)

Sri Lanka managed only two shots in the entire match—none of which tested the opposition goalkeeper—while spending most of the game pinned back in defense.

However, beyond the scoreboard, this defeat highlights a more alarming truth: the lack of commitment to women’s football by local authorities. The Football Federation of Sri Lanka (FFSL) has failed to organize a single women’s tournament domestically in recent years, and the squad selected for this major continental qualifier was chosen solely through a limited trial. There was no competitive platform or league for players to develop or prove themselves ahead of international duty.

This performance is not just a reflection of the players’ inexperience—it’s a direct consequence of administrative negligence. FFSL must take full responsibility for this embarrassing result, as it continues to send underprepared teams to international tournaments merely to safeguard its position, rather than genuinely investing in the development of Sri Lankan football.

Even more concerning is the silence from the Ministry of Sports. Despite the humiliating performances of the Under-20 team in the recent SAFF Championship and now the senior women’s team in the AFC qualifiers, no action has been taken, and no accountability has been demanded. The ministry’s indifference to these repeated failures raises serious questions about its role in ensuring sports governance and development in Sri Lanka.

As Sri Lankan football continues to struggle, it is clear that without structural change, genuine investment, and accountability, results like these will only continue.

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Dialog Schools Rugby League Week 4: Powerhouses Dominate as Rivalries Intensify

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The fourth week of the 2025 Dialog Schools Rugby League brought high-octane action across Colombo and Kandy, as traditional rugby giants asserted dominance while title ambitions sharpened. Here’s a round-up of the top matches that defined the week:

Trinity Outmuscles St. Joseph’s at CR & FC

Trinity College, Kandy, continued their unbeaten streak with a commanding 29-07 win over St. Joseph’s College, Maradana at the CR & FC grounds in Colombo. Trinity crossed the whitewash five times with 5 tries and 2 conversions, displaying explosive forward play and well-structured phases.

St. Joseph’s struggled to match Trinity’s physicality but managed a consolation try and conversion. At halftime, Trinity led 22-0, setting the tone early and maintaining control throughout.

Wesley Tames St. Peter’s in Tight Clash

At Havelock Park, Wesley College recorded a gritty 23-05 victory over St. Peter’s College. The Wesleyites scored 3 tries, 1 conversion, and added 2 penalties, proving their clinical edge under pressure.

St. Peter’s could only respond with a single try and failed to find rhythm. Wesley led 8-0 at the break and controlled territory effectively in the second half.

Isipathana Outguns Zahira in a High-Scoring Thriller

In one of the most entertaining matches of the weekend, Isipathana College edged out Zahira College 38-27 at Zahira Grounds. Isipathana scored 6 tries and 4 conversions, showcasing pace and creativity in attack.

Zahira fought back gallantly with 4 tries, 2 conversions, and a penalty, pushing the defending champions to the limit. At halftime, Isipathana led 26-8, and though Zahira launched a strong second-half rally, the Green Machine held on.

Royal Routs Vidyartha in Dominant Display

Royal College, Colombo, was at their clinical best as they overcame Vidyartha College, Kandy, 29-07 at the Royal Complex. The home side dotted down 5 tries and 2 conversions, demonstrating power rugby and slick handling.

Vidyartha managed a single converted try but struggled to contain Royal’s powerful forwards and rolling mauls. Royal led 12-7 at halftime before pulling away in the second half.

Looking Ahead

With teams like Trinity, Isipathana, and Royal continuing to impress, the Dialog Schools Rugby League 2025 is shaping up for a thrilling finish. Fans can expect tighter games and fierce battles as title dreams grow stronger.

Stay tuned with Sri Lankan Sports TV for full match reports, results, and exclusive school rugby coverage!

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Sri Lanka Shines at Thailand Open 2025 with 11-Medal Haul

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The Sri Lankan athletics team wrapped up a remarkable campaign at the Thailand Open Athletics Championship 2025, securing an impressive 11 medals, including 6 golds, during the competition held from June 21 to 25 in Bangkok.

The Sri Lankan squad, made up of eight athletes—four men and four women—delivered standout performances across track and field events, making the nation proud on the international stage.

Leading the charge was Rusiru Chathuranga, who clinched double gold in the Men’s 800m and 1500m events. Vicknaraj Vakshan added to the tally with a gold in the 5000m and a silver in the 1500m, while W.K.L.A. Nimali matched that feat by claiming gold in the Women’s 800m and silver in the 1500m.

Madushani Herath showed her dominance in the field events, capturing gold in both the long jump and triple jump. Ayomal Akalanka earned silver in the Men’s 400m hurdles, and Wathsala Hapuarachchi took silver in the Women’s 100m hurdles. Safreen Ahmed contributed a bronze medal in the Men’s triple jump.

While seven out of eight athletes reached the podium, Amasha de Silva narrowly missed out, finishing fourth in the Women’s 100m final, showcasing a commendable performance.

The full team is expected to return to Sri Lanka today after a tour that highlights the depth of talent in local athletics and signals strong potential ahead of upcoming regional events

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