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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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LPL Sixth Edition to Be Played Across Four Venues from July 10 to August 5

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The sixth edition of the Lanka Premier League (LPL) is set to take place from July 10 to August 5, 2026, promising another exciting season of top-quality Twenty20 cricket. As Sri Lanka’s premier domestic T20 competition with a strong international presence, the tournament continues to attract both local and overseas talent.

This year’s matches will be held across four venues: Sinhalese Sports Club Ground (SSC), R. Premadasa International Cricket Stadium (RPICS), Pallekele International Cricket Stadium (PICS), and Rangiri Dambulla International Cricket Stadium (RDICS). These iconic grounds are expected to provide a vibrant atmosphere and excellent playing conditions throughout the competition.

The online registration portal for foreign players will officially open on May 4, 2026, allowing international cricketers to sign up and participate in the league. This step ensures the continuation of LPL’s global appeal, as overseas players add competitiveness and diversity to the tournament.

The event will be organized by Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), the official owner of the league, in partnership with The IPG Group, which holds the event rights. Their collaboration has been instrumental in maintaining the league’s high standards since its inception.

Launched in 2020, the LPL has rapidly grown in popularity among cricket fans. Mr. Samantha Dodanwela, an Executive Committee Member of SLC, will continue in his role as Tournament Director, ensuring smooth organization and execution.

With thrilling matches and star players expected, LPL 2026 is set to deliver another unforgettable cricketing spectacle.

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Dambulla Gears Up for Women’s ‘A’ Cricket Action in May 2026

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Sri Lanka is set to host an exciting bilateral cricket series as the New Zealand Women’s A Team tours the island in May 2026. The series, featuring both One Day and T20 matches, will see the visitors compete against the Sri Lanka Women’s A Team in what promises to be a competitive showcase of emerging talent.

All matches will be held at the Rangiri Dambulla International Cricket Stadium (RDICS), with play scheduled to begin at 10:00 a.m. each day. The New Zealand side is expected to arrive in Sri Lanka on 7 May 2026, giving them several days to acclimatize before the series begins.
The tour will consist of three One Day matches followed by three T20 encounters. The One Day fixtures are scheduled for 12th, 15th, and 18th May, while the T20 series will take place on 21st, 23rd, and 25th May.

This series is seen as an important opportunity for both teams to develop their next generation of international players. With a mix of promising players and those on the cusp of senior national selection, the matches are expected to be closely contested.

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Bangladesh beat Chamari-less Sri Lanka despite late drama

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Bangladesh Women edged out Sri Lanka Women in a tense finish during the first ODI of the Sri Lanka Women’s tour of Bangladesh 2026, chasing down 206 with just nine balls to spare in a match that swung dramatically in the final overs.

Put into bat, Sri Lanka Team posted a competitive 205/9 from their 50 overs, built on steady contributions rather than a single dominant innings. Imesha Dulani (52 off 77) and Hansima Karunaratne (54 off 71) anchored the innings with a crucial middle-order stand after early setbacks. Captain Hasini Perera made a brisk 27, but Sri Lanka struggled to accelerate in the final 10 overs, losing wickets at regular intervals.

Bangladesh’s bowling attack kept things tight throughout. Ritu Moni was the standout performer, claiming 3 for 36 and breaking key partnerships, while Nahida Akter and Marufa Akter maintained pressure with disciplined spells.

In reply, Bangladesh got off to a disastrous start, losing two wickets within the first two overs. However, Sharmin Akhter produced a match-defining innings, scoring a composed 86 off 127 balls to anchor the chase. She found support from Sobhana Mostary, who made 41 before retiring hurt, and later Shorna Akter, whose 35 added momentum in the middle overs.

Despite being in control for much of the chase, Bangladesh nearly stumbled at the finish. A late burst from Sri Lanka’s bowlers saw Dewmi Vihanga pick up three crucial wickets, triggering a collapse that left Bangladesh at 200/7 after being comfortably placed at 199/3.
The match briefly tilted back in Sri Lanka’s favor, but Bangladesh held their nerve. Extras proved decisive, with 21 wides significantly easing the chase. Eventually, Bangladesh crossed the target in 48.3 overs, sealing a hard-fought three-wicket victory.

Sri Lanka will rue their inability to capitalize on key moments, particularly in the death overs with both bat and ball. The absence of star player Chamari Athapaththu was evident, as they lacked the firepower to push their total beyond reach.

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