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Ross Taylor gets a slap from the Rajasthan Royals owner!!!
Former New Zealand batsman Ross Taylor claims he was “slapped on the cheek” by an owner of the Rajasthan Royals franchise during the 2011 IPL season. Taylor made the revelation in his new autobiography, Ross Taylor: Black and White, and says the incident took place after the defeat against Kings XI Punjab in Mohali.
The chase in that match was 195, I was out for no runs and couldn’t win the match,” Taylor wrote in his book, an extract from which was published on Stuff.co.nz. “Then, the team, the support staff and Management left. At the bar on the top floor of the hotel. Liz Hurley was there with Warnie [Shane Warne]. A Royals owner said to me, “Rose, we didn’t pay you a million dollars to get scoreless,” and punched me in the face three or four times. He was smiling and they weren’t hard slaps, but I’m not sure it was completely an act. I wasn’t going to make an issue of it, but I couldn’t imagine such actions happening in most professional gaming environments.
The royals are yet to issue a response on the matter.
Having spent three years with Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) from 2008 to 2010, Taylor played one season for the Royals – in 2011 – after being bought at the auction for USD 1 million. In his book, Taylor said he wished he had stayed at RCB.
රොස් ටේලර් ට රාජස්ථාන් රෝයල්ස් හිමිකරුගෙන් කනේ පහරක්!!!
හිටපු නවසීලන්ත පිතිකරු රොස් ටේලර් 2011 IPL වාරයේ දී රාජස්ථාන් රෝයල්ස් ෆ්රැන්චයිස් හි හිමිකරුවෙකු විසින් තමාට “කම්මුලට පහරක් ගැසූ ” බව කියා සිටී. ටේලර් ඔහුගේ නව ස්වයං චරිතාපදානය වන රොස් ටේලර්: බ්ලැක් ඇන්ඩ් වයිට් හි මෙම හෙළිදරව්ව සිදු කළ අතර, මොහාලිහිදී කිංග්ස් XI පන්ජාබ් පිලට එරෙහිව පරාජයෙන් පසුව මෙම සිද්ධිය සිදුවූ බව පවසයි.
එම තරගයේ ලුහුබැඳීම 195 විය, මම ලකුණු නොලබා දැවී ගිය අතර එම තරගය ජයග්රහණය කිරීමට නොහැකි විය,” ටේලර් ඔහුගේ පොතේ ලියා ඇති අතර, එයින් උපුටා ගැනීමක් Stuff.co.nz හි ප්රකාශයට පත් කරන ලදී. “ඉන්පසු, කණ්ඩායම, සහාය කාර්ය මණ්ඩලය සහ කළමනාකාරීත්වය ඉවත් විය. හෝටලයේ ඉහළ මහලේ ඇති බාර් එකේ. Liz Hurley එහි සිටියේ Warnie [Shane Warne] සමගයි. රෝයල්ස් හිමිකරුවෙක් මට කිව්වා, ‘රෝස්, අපි ඔබට ලකුණු නොලබා දැවී යාම් ලබා ගැනීමට ඩොලර් මිලියනයක් දුන්නේ නැහැ’ කියා මගේ මුහුණට තුන් හතර වතාවක් පහර දුන්නා. ඔහු සිනාසෙමින් සිටි අතර ඒවා දැඩි කම්මුල් පහරක් නොවූ නමුත් එය සම්පූර්ණයෙන්ම රංගනයක් බව මට විශ්වාස නැත. මම එය ගැටලුවක් කිරීමට යන්නේ නැත, නමුත් බොහෝ වෘත්තීය ක්රීඩා පරිසරයන් තුළ එවැනි ක්රියාවන් සිදුවේයැයි මට සිතාගත නොහැකි විය.
රාජකීයයන් තවමත් මේ සම්බන්ධයෙන් ප්රතිචාරයක් නිකුත් කර නොමැත.
2008 සිට 2010 දක්වා Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) හි වසර තුනක් ගත කර ඇති ටේලර්, වෙන්දේසියේදී USD මිලියනයකට මිලදී ගැනීමෙන් පසුව – 2011 දී – Royals වෙනුවෙන් එක් වාරයක් ක්රීඩා කළේය. ඔහුගේ පොතේ, ටේලර් කියා සිටියේ ඔහු RCB හි නැවතී සිටියා නම් ඔහු කැමති බවයි.
ராஜஸ்தான் ராயல்ஸ் அணியின் உரிமையாளர் ராஸ் டெய்லரை அறைந்தார்!!!
2011 ஐபிஎல் சீசனில் ராஜஸ்தான் ராயல்ஸ் உரிமையாளரால் “கன்னத்தில் அறைந்ததாக” நியூசிலாந்து முன்னாள் பேட்ஸ்மேன் ராஸ் டெய்லர் கூறுகிறார்.
டெய்லர் தனது புதிய சுயசரிதையான ராஸ் டெய்லர்: பிளாக் அண்ட் ஒயிட் இல் வெளிப்படுத்தினார், மேலும் மொஹாலியில் கிங்ஸ் லெவன் பஞ்சாப் அணிக்கு எதிரான தோல்விக்குப் பிறகு இந்த சம்பவம் நடந்ததாக கூறுகிறார்.
அந்த போட்டியில் துரத்தியது 195, நான் ரன் ஏதும் எடுக்காமல் அவுட் ஆனேன், போட்டியில் வெற்றி பெற முடியவில்லை” என்று டெய்லர் தனது புத்தகத்தில் எழுதினார், அதில் இருந்து ஒரு பகுதி Stuff.co.nz இல் வெளியிடப்பட்டது. “பின்னர், அணி, ஆதரவு ஊழியர்கள் மற்றும் நிர்வாகத்தினர் வெளியேறினர். ஹோட்டலின் மேல் தளத்தில் உள்ள பாரில். லிஸ் ஹர்லி வார்னியுடன் [ஷேன் வார்னே] உடன் இருந்தார். ராயல்ஸ் உரிமையாளர் ஒருவர் என்னிடம், “ரோஸ், ஸ்கோர்லெஸ் பெற நாங்கள் உங்களுக்கு ஒரு மில்லியன் டாலர்கள் கொடுக்கவில்லை,” என்று கூறி என் முகத்தில் மூன்று அல்லது நான்கு முறை குத்தினார். நான் சிரித்துக் கொண்டுருந்தேன், அவை கடினமான அறைகள் அல்ல, ஆனால் அது முற்றிலும் ஒரு செயல் என்று எனக்குத் தெரியவில்லை. நான் அதை ஒரு சிக்கலை ஏட்படுத்தப் போவதில்லை, ஆனால் பெரும்பாலான தொழில்முறை கேமிங் சூழல்களில் இதுபோன்ற செயல்கள் நடப்பதை என்னால் கற்பனை செய்து பார்க்க முடியவில்லை.
இந்த விவகாரம் குறித்து ராயல் சேலஞ்சர்ஸ் குடும்பத்தினர் இன்னும் பதில் அளிக்கவில்லை.
2008 முதல் 2010 வரை ராயல் சேலஞ்சர்ஸ் பெங்களூர் (RCB) உடன் மூன்று ஆண்டுகள் செலவழித்த டெய்லர், 2011 இல் ராயல்ஸ் அணிக்காக ஒரு சீசனில் விளையாடினார். டெய்லர் தனது புத்தகத்தில், தான் ஆர்சிபியில் தங்கியிருந்தால் விரும்புவதாகக் கூறினார்.
News
Ajith De Silva Elected MHA President at 70th AGM
The Mercantile Hockey Association successfully held its 70th Annual General Meeting on March 28, 2026, at the Burgher Recreation Club.
Veteran sportsman Dennis de Rosayro presided over the meeting, where Ajith De Silva of Brown & Company PLC was elected as President for the 2026–2027 term.
He succeeds outgoing President Vengadasalam Balagobi of Deloitte Sri Lanka, who completed three successful terms.
🔹 Office Bearers – 2026/2027
Patron:
Rohitha Silva (IDAC Pvt Ltd)
Vice Patrons:
Deva Ellepola, Ramesh Schaffter, Tharaka Ranwala, Manjula Wijemanne, Iqram Cuttilan, Kumar De Silva, Juragen Majid, Vengadasalam Balagobi
Trustee:
Deva Ellepola
President:
Ajith De Silva (Brown & Company PLC)
Vice Presidents:
Sumith Jayasena, Chandana Weragama, Sadique M. Hanas, Charitha Senanayake
Honorary Secretary:
Yogendren Suganthan
Assistant Secretary:
Vishwa Prabhath
Honorary Treasurer:
Sameera Ushantha
Assistant Treasurer:
Deepika Kariyawasam
🔹 Executive Committee
M.J.M. Irshad, Thilina Perera, G. Jayaprakash, Priyan Senevirathna, Laknath Guruge, Inthiqhab Majid, Roger Vijayakumar, Janitha Jayawardana, Gihan Peiris, Marlon De Alwis
Cricket
Tragedy Halts 66th Battle of the Babes in Kandy
The 66th edition of the “Battle of the Babes” big match between St. Sylvester’s College and Vidyartha College was abruptly called off on Wednesday after a tragic road accident claimed the lives of two St. Sylvester’s students.
The incident occurred as the students were on their way to witness the much-anticipated encounter at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium. According to police, the motorcycle they were travelling on collided head-on with a bus.
One of the victims, Sachith Karunaratne, died at the scene. The other student, Nethula Nimdinu, was rushed to the Kandy National Hospital but later succumbed to his injuries.
The shocking news cast a shadow over the annual fixture, prompting authorities to take swift action. Central Province Governor Sarath Abeykoon reportedly suggested halting the match, after which the principals of both schools jointly agreed to call off the game midway.

St. Sylvester’s College confirmed the untimely deaths, paying tribute to the two students as committed and valued members of their school community.
Meanwhile, Kandy Police have launched an investigation to determine the circumstances surrounding the fatal accident.
Cricket
Sri Lanka Women’s U19 Squad Named for Australia Tri-Series Tour
Sri Lanka Cricket has announced a 15-member Women’s Under-19 squad for the upcoming Tri-Series tour of Australia, which will also feature England. The tour is set to provide valuable international exposure for the young Sri Lankan side as they prepare to face two strong cricketing nations in both One Day and T20 formats.

The team, led by captain Chamodi Praboda of Pagnagnanda MV, Monaragala, includes a promising mix of talent drawn from leading schools across the island. Several players from Devapathiraja College, Rathgama including Sanjana Kavindi, Nethagi Isuranjali, and Shashini Gimhani have earned selections, reflecting the school’s continued contribution to women’s cricket development.
Other notable inclusions are Vimoksha Balasuriya from Sinhala MV, Trincomalee, Umayangana Peiris of Princess of Wales College, Moratuwa, and Nethmi Upeksha from Maliyadeva Balika, Kurunegala. The squad also features players such as Aseni Thalagune (Mahamaya Girls School, Kandy), Chamodi Herath (Anura College, Matara), and Daria Dissanayake of Ladies College, Colombo, showcasing a diverse representation of emerging talent.

The team will play a total of six matches during the tour, including two One Day Internationals and four T20 games, scheduled on April 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, and 18. The squad is set to depart for Australia on April 3, 2026.

This tour is expected to play a key role in shaping the future of Sri Lanka’s women’s cricket, offering these young players a platform to gain crucial international experience.
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