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Sri Lanka name Strong 16-member squad for Netball World Cup

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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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Naqvi: PCB to Take Action Against PSL Players Opting for IPL

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Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Mohsin Naqvi has vowed to enforce disciplinary measures against players who abandon the Pakistan Super League (PSL) at the last minute to join the Indian Premier League (IPL). With the two tournaments overlapping for a second consecutive year, tensions are rising over player commitments.

Sri Lanka’s Dasun Shanaka is the latest to withdraw, leaving Lahore Qalandars to join Rajasthan Royals as a replacement for the injured Sam Curran. Qalandars have named Australia’s Daniel Sams as Shanaka’s replacement. Earlier, Zimbabwe pacer Blessing Muzarabani pulled out of the PSL after signing with Kolkata Knight Riders.

Naqvi made his stance clear:

“We will take action against those players according to the rules. There was a case last year too [Corbin Bosch, banned for one year], and the same thing will happen this time.”

Bosch, a diamond pick for Peshawar Zalmi, had switched late to Mumbai Indians in the IPL last season.

Despite the clash with the IPL, Naqvi insisted the PSL would not be rescheduled:

“Clashing with the IPL is not an issue because if players are going there, we’re getting excellent players coming here as well. We could not afford to postpone the PSL because we have no other window all year.”

Withdrawals and Scheduling Challenges

Several other players have also withdrawn from PSL 2026, including Gudakesh Motie, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Ottneil Baartman, and Spencer Johnson, though most cited personal reasons.
The PSL is scheduled to begin on March 26, just two days before the IPL kicks off. Due to an ongoing oil crisis linked to the West Asia conflict, Naqvi confirmed the tournament will be played behind closed doors. Venues have also been reduced from six to two: Lahore and Karachi.

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Matheesha Pathirana Set for Delayed IPL 2026 Return

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Sri Lankan fast bowler Matheesha Pathirana is expected to miss the opening matches of the IPL 2026 season, with his return likely only around mid-April. The update was confirmed by Abhishek Nayar, head coach of Kolkata Knight Riders.

Pathirana has been sidelined due to a calf strain that also forced him out of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 earlier this year. The young pacer managed to feature in just three matches during the global tournament before suffering the injury. He was visibly in discomfort and had to be assisted off the field during Sri Lanka’s clash against Australia.

Currently undergoing rehabilitation, Pathirana’s recovery is being closely monitored, with team management keen to ensure he regains full fitness before returning to competitive cricket. His absence will be a setback for Kolkata Knight Riders, given his reputation as a specialist death-over bowler with a unique sling action.

The franchise is expected to manage his workload carefully once he rejoins the squad, especially with a long tournament ahead. Pathirana’s return in the latter half of the competition could prove crucial as teams push for playoff positions.

For now, both Sri Lanka and KKR will be focused on his complete recovery, with hopes that the talented speedster will soon be back delivering his trademark yorkers on the big stage.

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Shanaka Withdraws from PSL, Eyes Possible IPL Opportunity

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Sri Lanka’s dynamic all-rounder Dasun Shanaka has opted out of the upcoming Pakistan Super League (PSL), fueling speculation that he could soon be seen in the Indian Premier League (IPL) as an injury replacement.

Although no official announcement has been made, reports suggest Shanaka is already in talks with IPL franchises searching for reinforcements. His versatility as a fast-bowling all-rounder makes him a valuable option for teams dealing with fitness concerns in their squads.

One franchise under the spotlight is the Rajasthan Royals, who may be forced to reshuffle after injury worries surrounding England’s Sam Curran. Shanaka’s skill set combining aggressive batting with reliable seam bowling positions him as a natural fit to step into Curran’s role should the Royals need a replacement.

With the IPL season approaching, Shanaka’s withdrawal from the PSL appears to be a strategic move, potentially opening the door for his debut in the world’s most lucrative cricket league.

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