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Sri Lanka name Strong 16-member squad for Netball World Cup
Asian Champions Sri Lanka has named a strong 16-member squad for the upcoming Netball World Cup 2023 scheduled to begin in July in Cape Town, South Africa.
The squad includes some top names in netball circles, including Tharjini Sivalingam, Chathurangi Jayasooriya, Dulangi Wannithilake, Gayanjali Amarawansha and Semini Alwis to name a few.
A couple of new faces from the squad took part in the Asia Cup last year, with Gayathri Kawshalya, Shanika Perera, Chamudhi Wickramaratne, Rukshala Happuarachchi and Tisala Algama making the cut.
A notable exclusion is Hasitha Mendis.
After winning the 2022 Asian Championships, Sri Lanka will come into the World Cup with a lot of confidence but will need to show a great deal of resilience to pick themselves up after the pool stages and the impact of coming up against some of the world’s top teams.
Sri Lanka is slotted in Group ‘C’ along with Jamaica, host South Africa and Wales. The Asian Champions will kick off their campaign against Jamaica on 28 July followed by South Africa on the 29th and Wales on the 30th.
The islanders received a boost with the return of Thilaka Jinadasa as the head coach, and the World Cup will be her first assignment.
Squad:
Chathurangi Jayasooriya, Gayani Dissanayaka, Bashini de Silva, Gayathri Kawshalya, Shanika Perera, Gayanjali Amarawansha, Dulangi Wannitilaka, Chamudhi Wickramaratne, Rukshala Happuarachchi, Tisala Algama, Semini Alwis, Imasha Perera, Tarushi Perera, Malmi Hettiarachchi, Rashmi Perera, Tharjini Sivalingam
නෙට්බෝල් ලෝක කුසලානය සඳහා 16 දෙනෙකුගෙන් යුත් ශක්තිමත් ශ්රී ලංකා සංචිතය නම් කෙරේ
ජුලි මාසයේ දකුණු අප්රිකාවේ කේප්ටවුන්හිදී ආරම්භ වීමට නියමිත 2023 නෙට්බෝල් ලෝක කුසලානය සඳහා ආසියානු ශූර ශ්රී ලංකා කණ්ඩායම 16 දෙනෙකුගෙන් යුත් ශක්තිමත් සංචිතයක් නම් කර තිබේ.
තර්ජිනී සිවලිංගම්, චතුරංගි ජයසූරිය, දුලංගි වන්නිතිලක, ගයාංජලී අමරවංශ සහ සේමිණී අල්විස් ඇතුළු නෙට්බෝල් කවයේ ප්රමුඛ පෙළේ නම් කිහිපයක් සංචිතයට ඇතුළත් වේ.
පසුගිය වසරේ පැවති ආසියානු කුසලාන තරගාවලියට සංචිතයේ නවක මුහුණු යුවලක් සහභාගී වූ අතර ගයත්රි කව්ෂල්යා, ශානිකා පෙරේරා, චමුධි වික්රමරත්න, රුක්ෂලා හප්පුආරච්චි සහ තිසාලා අල්ගම එම කණ්ඩායමට ඇතුළත් විය.
සැලකිය යුතු බැහැර කිරීමක් වන්නේ හසිත මෙන්ඩිස් ය.
2022 ආසියානු ශූරතාවලිය ජයග්රහණය කිරීමෙන් පසු ශ්රී ලංකාව ලෝක කුසලානයට පැමිණෙන්නේ දැඩි විශ්වාසයකින් නමුත් සංචිතයේ අදියරෙන් පසුව සහ ලෝකයේ ප්රමුඛ පෙළේ ක්රීඩකයින් කිහිප දෙනෙකුට එරෙහිව පැමිණීමේ බලපෑමෙන් පසුව තමන්ව ගොඩ ගැනීමට විශාල ඔරොත්තු දීමේ හැකියාවක් පෙන්වීමට ශ්රී ලංකාව අවශ්ය වනු ඇත. කණ්ඩායම්.
ශ්රී ලංකාව ජැමෙයිකාව, සත්කාරක දකුණු අප්රිකාව සහ වේල්සය සමඟින් ‘සී’ කාණ්ඩයට ඇතුළත්ව සිටී. ආසියානු ශූරයින් ජැමෙයිකාවට එරෙහිව ජූලි 28 වැනිදා ද, දකුණු අප්රිකාවට එරෙහිව 29 වැනිදා ද, වේල්සයට එරෙහිව 30 වැනිදා ද තරග වැදීමට නියමිතය.
තිලකා ජිනදාස ප්රධාන පුහුණුකාරිනිය ලෙස නැවත පැමිණීමත් සමඟ දිවයිනේ වැසියන්ට දිරියක් ලැබුණු අතර ලෝක කුසලානය ඇයගේ පළමු පැවරුම වනු ඇත.
සංචිතය:
චතුරංගි ජයසූරිය, ගයනි දිසානායක, භාෂිනි ද සිල්වා, ගයාත්රි කෞෂල්යා, ශානිකා පෙරේරා, ගයාංජලී අමරවංශ, දුලංගි වන්නිතිලක, චමුධි වික්රමරත්න, රුක්ෂලා හප්පුආරච්චි, තිසාලා අල්ගම, සේමිණී අල්විස්, ඉමාෂා රමිෂලිංග පෙරේරා, ටල්ජිවාර්ලිං පෙරේරා,
வலைப்பந்து உலகக் கோப்பைக்கான வலுவான 16 பேர் கொண்ட இலங்கை அணியை அறிவித்தது
ஆசிய சம்பியனான இலங்கை எதிர்வரும் 2023 ஆம் ஆண்டுக்கான நெட்பால் உலகக் கிண்ணத்திற்கான வலுவான 16 பேர் கொண்ட அணியை தென்னாபிரிக்காவின் கேப்டவுனில் ஜூலை மாதம் ஆரம்பிக்கவுள்ளது.
தர்ஜினி சிவலிங்கம், சதுரங்கி ஜயசூரிய, துலங்கி வன்னிதிலகே, கயாஞ்சலி அமரவன்ஷா மற்றும் செமினி அல்விஸ் உட்பட நெட்பால் வட்டாரங்களில் சில முன்னணி பெயர்கள் இந்த அணியில் அடங்கும்.
அணியில் இருந்து இரண்டு புதிய முகங்கள் கடந்த ஆண்டு ஆசிய கோப்பையில் பங்கேற்றன, காயத்திரி கவுசல்யா, ஷானிகா பெரேரா, சமுதி விக்கிரமரத்ன, ருக்ஷலா ஹப்புஆராச்சி மற்றும் திசாலா அல்கம ஆகியோர் வெட்டப்பட்டனர்.
ஒரு குறிப்பிடத்தக்க விலக்கு ஹசித மெண்டிஸ்.
2022 ஆசிய சாம்பியன்ஷிப்பை வென்ற பிறகு, இலங்கை அதிக நம்பிக்கையுடன் உலகக் கோப்பைக்கு வரும், ஆனால் குளம் கட்டங்களுக்குப் பிறகு தங்களைத் தாங்களே அழைத்துச் செல்ல அதிக பின்னடைவைக் காட்ட வேண்டும் மற்றும் உலகின் சில முன்னணி வீரர்களுக்கு எதிராக வரும் அணிகள்.
ஜமைக்கா, தென்னாபிரிக்கா மற்றும் வேல்ஸ் ஆகிய அணிகளுடன் இலங்கை அணி ‘சி’ பிரிவில் இடம்பிடித்துள்ளது. ஆசிய சாம்பியன்கள் ஜமைக்காவுக்கு எதிராக ஜூலை 28ஆம் தேதியும், தென்னாப்பிரிக்காவை 29ஆம் தேதியும், வேல்ஸுடன் 30ஆம் தேதியும் தங்கள் பிரச்சாரத்தைத் தொடங்குவார்கள்.
திலகா ஜினதாச தலைமைப் பயிற்றுவிப்பாளராகத் திரும்பியதன் மூலம் தீவுவாசிகள் ஊக்கம் பெற்றனர், மேலும் உலகக் கோப்பை அவரது முதல் பணியாக இருக்கும்.
அணி:
சதுரங்கி ஜயசூரிய, கயானி திஸாநாயக்க, பாஷினி டி சில்வா, காயத்திரி கௌசல்யா, ஷானிகா பெரேரா, கயாஞ்சலி அமரவன்ஷா, துலங்கி வன்னிதிலக, சமுதி விக்கிரமரத்ன, ருக்ஷலா ஹப்புஆராச்சி, திசல அல்கம, செமினி அல்விஸ், இமாஷா பெரேராச், எம்.எஸ்.ரமிஹர்லிங்க பெரேரா.
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In the opening singles match, Annaya Norbert staged a remarkable comeback after dropping the first set 2-6. She rallied to take the next two sets 6-4, 6-1, sealing the first point for Sri Lanka. Her ability to shift momentum under pressure proved decisive in setting the tone for the tie.
The second singles encounter saw Akesha Silva deliver another strong performance. Despite losing the opening set 4-6, Silva responded with authority, dominating the second set 6-0 before closing out the match 6-3. Her victory ensured Sri Lanka’s place in the final without the need for a doubles decider.
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The assessments, scheduled in the coming days, will determine their readiness after injuries kept them out of the ICC T20 World Cup earlier this year. Early signs suggest the players are recovering well, and officials remain optimistic about their participation.
Pathirana, who became the most expensive Sri Lankan player in IPL history after Kolkata Knight Riders secured him for INR 18 crore at the mini-auction, is expected to be a key figure with his death-over bowling expertise. He previously impressed at Chennai Super Kings, earning recognition for his composure under pressure.
While the trio awaits clearance, several Sri Lankan cricketers have already received their No Objection Certificates (NOCs). Kamindu Mendis, Pathum Nissanka, and Dushmantha Chameera are preparing to join their franchises, with Nissanka heading to Delhi Capitals, Chameera also continuing with Delhi Capitals, and Mendis retained by Sunrisers Hyderabad.
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Sri Lanka Cricket officials expressed confidence that Gunawardena’s leadership will help nurture emerging talent and build a strong foundation for future success.
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