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Royal has an edge over S. Thomas’

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Skipper Dasis Manchanayake and Ramiru Perera put on a similar performance in the second innings to help Royal gain a healthy 341-run lead against arch-rivals S. Thomas’ at the end of day two in the 144th ‘Battle of the Blues’ being played at SSC ground.

Royal declared their inning at the overnight score of 326 for 8 and bundled out the Thomians for just 153 runs in 55 overs on day two. The Royalists went straight for the jugular with their bowlers ripping through the Thomian batting lineup, reducing them to 94-4 by lunch.

Apart from Senadhi Bulankulama (40) and Mahith Perera (30) none of the other batters was able to pose a threat to the Royalists, as they continued to dominate with the ball and eventually bowled out the Thomians for 153 runs.

Bulan Weeratunga was the pick of the bowlers taking 3 for 26, with Ranuka Malaviarachchi, Sandesh Ramanayaka and Sineth Jayawardena sharing two wickets apiece.

Royal with a comfortable lead of 173 runs, were off to a similar start in their second innings as in the first innings, losing openers Sineth Jayawardena (4) and Ovina Ambanpola (5) cheaply.

With Royal in some sort of trouble, skipper Dasis Manchanayake once again came to the rescue with another blistering 57 runs off 49 deliveries including 6 boundaries to review the innings to a certain extent.

With things going well for the Royalists, Akash Fernando got the breakthrough to send skipper Manchanayake back to the pavilion with a peach of a delivery to gain back the momentum towards the Thomians.

However, Ramiru Perera continued from where he left off in the first innings with another watchful unbeaten 46 runs off 34 deliveries including 3 boundaries and 2 sixes to steady Royal’s second innings.

With the scoreboard reading at 168-4 umpires called for stumps with Ramiru Perera on 46* and Sanvidu Senartharachchi on 11*.

Akash Fernando shone with the ball claiming all 4 Royal wickets that fell to end with figures of 4-59.

රාජකීය තෝමස්ට වඩා ඉදිරියෙන් සිටී

නායක දාසිස් මංචනායක සහ රමිරු පෙරේරා දෙවැනි ඉනිමේදී ද එවැනිම දස්කම් දැක්වීමට රාජකීය පිලට සහය වූයේ 144 වැනි ‘බ්ලූස් සටන’ තරගයේ දෙවැනි දිනය අවසානයේදී පරම ප්‍රතිවාදී එස්. තෝමස් පිලට එරෙහිව ලකුණු 341ක නිරෝගී ඉදිරියක් ලබා ගැනීමටය. SSC පිටියේදී.

ලකුණු 326කට කඩුලු 8කට ලකුණු 326ක් ලබා සිටියදී රාජකීය විදුහල සිය ඉනිම ප්‍රකාශ කළ අතර දෙවැනි දිනයේ දී තෝමස් පිලට ඕවර 55කදී ලකුණු 153කට දැවී ගියේය. රාජකීයයන් ඔවුන්ගේ පන්දු යවන්නන් සමඟ කෙලින්ම ජුගුලර් වෙත ගිය අතර, ඔවුන් දිවා ආහාරය වන විට ලකුණු 94-4 දක්වා පහත හෙලමින් තෝමියානු පිතිකරු පෙළ ඉරා දැමූහ.

සේනාධි බුලන්කුලම (40) සහ මහීත් පෙරේරා (30) හැරුණු විට සෙසු කිසිදු පිතිකරුවෙක් රාජකීයයන්ට තර්ජනයක් එල්ල කිරීමට සමත් නොවූයේ ඔවුන් දිගින් දිගටම පන්දුවෙන් ආධිපත්‍යය දැරූ අතර අවසානයේ තෝමස් පිල ලකුණු 153කට දවාලීමට සමත් විය.

පන්දු යැවීමේදී බුලාන් වීරතුංග ලකුණු 26 කට කඩුලු 3 ක් දවාගත් අතර රනුක මලවිආරච්චි, සන්දේශ් රාමනායක සහ සිනෙත් ජයවර්ධන කඩුලු 2 බැගින් බෙදී ගියහ.

ලකුණු 173ක පහසු ඉදිරියෙන් සිටි රාජකීය විදුහල පළමු ඉනිමේදී මෙන්ම දෙවැනි ඉනිමේදීද ආරම්භක පිතිකරුවෝ වන සිනෙත් ජයවර්ධන (4) සහ ඕවිනා අඹන්පොළ (5) අඩුවෙන් දැවී ගියහ.

රාජකීය විද්‍යාලය යම් අපහසුතාවයකට ලක්ව සිටියදී, නායක දාසිස් මංචනායක නැවතත් පන්දු 49 කදී හතරේ පහර 6 ක් ඇතුළුව ලකුණු 57 ක් ලබා ගනිමින් තවත් පිබිදීමක් ලබා ගනිමින් ඉනිම යම් දුරකට සමාලෝචනය කිරීමට සමත් විය.

රාජකීය ක්‍රීඩකයන්ගේ තත්ත්වය හොඳින් සිදු වීමත් සමඟ ආකාෂ් ප්‍රනාන්දු නායක මංචනායකව පීච් පහරක් සමඟින් නැවත මණ්ඩපයට යැවීමට පෙරළියක් ලබා ගත්තේ තෝමියානුවන් දෙසට වේගයක් ලබා ගැනීම සඳහා ය.

කෙසේ වෙතත්, රමිරු පෙරේරා ප්‍රථම ඉනිමේ නතර කළ ස්ථානයේ සිට තවත් අවධානයෙන් පසුවූයේ පන්දු 34 කදී හතරේ පහර 3 ක් සහ හයේ පහර 2 ක් ඇතුළුව නොදැවී ලකුණු 46 ක් ලබා ගනිමින් රාජකීය දෙවන ඉනිම ස්ථාවර කිරීමට ය.

ලකුණු පුවරුව 168-4ක් වෙද්දී විනිසුරුවන් කඩුල්ලට කැදවූ අතර රමිරු පෙරේරා ලකුණු 46කින් සහ සංවිදු සෙනාර්ථආරච්චි ලකුණු 11යි.

ආකාෂ් ප්‍රනාන්දු පන්දුවෙන් බැබළුණේ අවසානයේ වැටුණු රාජකීය කඩුලු 4ම 4-59 ලෙස සටහන් කරමිනි.

றோயல் தோமஸ் விட முன்னிலை.

அணித்தலைவர் தாசிஸ் மஞ்சநாயக்க மற்றும் ரமிரு பெரேரா ஆகியோர் இரண்டாவது இன்னிங்ஸில் இதேபோன்ற ஆட்டத்தை வெளிப்படுத்தினர், 144வது ‘பேட்டில் ஆஃப் தி ப்ளூஸ்’ போட்டியின் இரண்டாம் நாள் முடிவில், பரம எதிரிகளான எஸ். தாமஸுக்கு எதிராக ராயல் ஆரோக்கியமான 341 ரன்கள் முன்னிலை பெற உதவியது. SSC மைதானத்தில்.

8 விக்கெட்டுக்கு 326 ரன்கள் எடுத்திருந்த நிலையில் ராயல் இன்னிங்ஸை டிக்ளேர் செய்து, தோமியன்ஸை 55 ஓவர்களில் 153 ரன்களுக்கு ஆட்டமிழக்கச் செய்தது. தோமியன் பேட்டிங் வரிசையை கிழித்தெறிந்த தங்கள் பந்துவீச்சாளர்களுடன் ராயல்ஸ்டுகள் நேராக ஜுகுலருக்குச் சென்றனர், மதிய உணவுக்குள் அவர்களை 94-4 ஆகக் குறைத்தனர்.

சேனாதி புலங்குளம (40) மற்றும் மஹித் பெரேரா (30) ஆகியோரைத் தவிர மற்ற துடுப்பாட்ட வீரர்கள் எவரும் ராயல்ஸ்டுகளுக்கு அச்சுறுத்தலாக இருக்கவில்லை, அவர்கள் தொடர்ந்து பந்தில் ஆதிக்கம் செலுத்தி இறுதியில் தோமியன்ஸை 153 ரன்களுக்கு ஆட்டமிழக்கச் செய்தனர்.

பந்து வீச்சில் புலன் வீரதுங்க 26 ஓட்டங்களுக்கு 3 விக்கெட்டுகளை வீழ்த்தினார், ரணுக மளவியராச்சி, சந்தேஷ் ராமநாயக்க மற்றும் சினெத் ஜயவர்தன ஆகியோர் தலா 2 விக்கெட்டுகளைப் பகிர்ந்தனர்.

173 ரன்கள் முன்னிலையுடன் ராயல், முதல் இன்னிங்ஸைப் போலவே தனது இரண்டாவது இன்னிங்ஸிலும் தொடக்க ஆட்டக்காரர்களான சினெத் ஜெயவர்தன (4), ஓவினா அம்பன்பொலா (5) ஆகியோரை மலிவாக இழந்தது.

ராயல் ஒருவித சிக்கலில் சிக்கிய நிலையில், கேப்டன் தாசிஸ் மஞ்சநாயக்க மீண்டும் 49 பந்துகளில் 6 பவுண்டரிகள் உட்பட 57 ரன்கள் எடுத்து இன்னிங்ஸை ஒரு குறிப்பிட்ட அளவிற்கு மதிப்பாய்வு செய்தார்.

ராயல்ஸ்டுகளுக்கு விஷயங்கள் நன்றாக நடந்ததால், ஆகாஷ் பெர்னாண்டோ, கேப்டன் மஞ்சநாயக்காவை மீண்டும் பெவிலியனுக்கு அனுப்பி, ஒரு பந்து வீச்சில் மீண்டும் தோமியன்களை நோக்கி வேகத்தை பெற செய்தார்.

இருப்பினும், ரமிரு பெரேரா முதல் இன்னிங்ஸில் 34 பந்துகளில் 3 பவுண்டரிகள் மற்றும் 2 சிக்ஸர்கள் அடங்கலாக ஆட்டமிழக்காமல் 46 ரன்கள் எடுத்து முதல் இன்னிங்ஸில் அவர் விட்ட இடத்திலிருந்து தொடர்ந்தார்.

ஸ்கோர்போர்டு ரீடிங் 168-4 என்ற நிலையில் நடுவர்கள் ஸ்டம்புகளுக்கு அழைப்பு விடுத்தனர், ரமிரு பெரேரா 46* ரன்களிலும், சன்விது சென்னார்தாராச்சி 11* ரன்களிலும் இருந்தனர்.

ஆகாஷ் பெர்னாண்டோ பந்தில் பிரகாசித்த 4 ராயல் விக்கெட்டுகளையும் 4-59 என்ற புள்ளிகளுடன் இறுதியில் வீழ்த்தினார்.

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Sri Lanka Dominates Saudi Arabia in Junior Davis Cup Qualifying!

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In the ongoing Junior Davis Cup Tennis Qualifying Tournament currently being held in Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka had a great weekend by defeating Saudi Arabia 3-0.

The team showed their dominance by winning both singles matches and then winning both doubles matches with comfortable margins.

Sri Lanka won the first singles match when Ashlin de Silva beat Mahdi Al Ibrahim 6-2, 7-5.

In the second singles match, Mayuran Kubern came back after losing the first set to defeat Ahmed Baha Sarouji 3-6, 6-4, 7-5.

Sri Lanka then continued their momentum into the doubles matches where Mayuran Kubern and Ashlin de Silva defeated the Saudi pair 3-6, 6-4, 7-5.

In the other doubles match, the Sri Lankan duo was ahead in the second set 4-6 when the Saudi pair of Mahdi Al Ibrahim and Souhail ElFarouki retired from the match.

With this comprehensive win, Sri Lanka is now in a very strong position within the tournament.

The team will have a day off on Monday and is scheduled to play in the Championship on Thursday.

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Nuwan Thushara Set to Miss IPL 2026 After SLC NOC Refusal

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Nuwan Thushara is set to miss the upcoming IPL 2026 season in a significant setback for Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB), after Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) declined to issue him a No Objection Certificate (NOC).

The decision comes following SLC’s latest policy requiring all centrally contracted players to meet strict fitness standards before being cleared for overseas franchise leagues. Thushara reportedly failed to reach the required fitness benchmarks, leading to uncertainty over his participation and eventual exclusion.

RCB had secured the services of the Sri Lankan pacer for approximately INR 1.6 crore, viewing him as a valuable addition to their pace attack. However, his absence could now force the franchise to rethink their squad composition ahead of the tournament.

Interestingly, reports indicate that Thushara is not carrying any injury and remains available to bowl. Despite this, concerns over his overall fitness levels falling short of SLC’s criteria have ultimately ruled him out of the competition.

During his stint with RCB, Thushara featured in just one match, largely serving as a backup option. He made a notable impact in that appearance, returning figures of 1 for 26 with an impressive economy rate of 6.50, showcasing his potential when called upon.

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Sri Lanka Set for December White-Ball Tour of India

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Sri Lanka will tour India in December 2026 for an exciting white-ball series featuring three ODIs and three T20Is. The tour promises competitive cricket action across multiple iconic venues, giving fans across the country a chance to witness the matches live.

The ODI series will begin on December 13 in Delhi, followed by the second match in Bengaluru on December 16. The third and final ODI will be played in Ahmedabad on December 19.
The T20I series will kick off on December 22 in Rajkot. The action will then move to Cuttack for the second T20I on December 24, before concluding in Pune on December 27.

ODI Series
•⁠ ⁠13 Dec – 1st ODI – Delhi
•⁠ ⁠16 Dec – 2nd ODI – Bengaluru
•⁠ ⁠19 Dec – 3rd ODI – Ahmedabad
T20I Series
•⁠ ⁠22 Dec – 1st T20I – Rajkot
•⁠ ⁠24 Dec – 2nd T20I – Cuttack
•⁠ ⁠27 Dec – 3rd T20I – Pune

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