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Sri Lanka Emerging Team registered a comfortable 68-run win over Japan in the second T20I worked off at Sano International Cricket Stadium yesterday.

Opting to bowl first, Japan was rewarded straight away when they struck with the very first ball to dismiss opener Sithara Hapuhinna to put early pressure on the visitors.

Despite a shaky start, Shehan Fernando and Sahil Dias put on a 46 runs partnership for the 3rd wicket to take them from 4-2 to 50-2.

Fernando top scored with 30, while Dias made 22 to take Sri Lanka to 125 for 8 in their allotted 20 overs. Imthiyas Slaza also contributed a quick fire 24 balls 27 from down the order to make sure Sri Lanka reached a defendable score.

Reo Sakurano was outstanding with the ball for Japan with figures of 4/25 in 4 overs.

In reply, Japan were never in the hunt as they were bundled out for just 57 runs inside the first 16 overs. None of their batters were able to impress, and only Souta Wada (11) and Wataru Miyauchi (10) were able to reach double figures.

On the bowling front, Imthiyas Slaza ripped through the Japan batting lineup with 3/5 in 3 overs, while Lakshan Gamage, Harshana Wickramasinghe and skipper Dellon Peiris scalped two apiece.

The win also saw Sri Lanka take a 2-0 lead in the five-match series, with the third game scheduled to be played on Saturday (13) at the same venue.

Brief Scores:

Sri Lanka Emerging: 125/8 (20) (Shehan Fernando 30, Imthiyas Slaza 27, Sahil Dias 22, Lakshan Gamage 13, Reo Sakurano 4/25, Piyush Kumbhare 2/22)

Japan: 57 all out (16) (Souta Wada 11, Wataru Miyauchi 10, Imthiyas Slaza 3/5, Lakshan Gamage 2/6, Harshana Wickramasinghe 2/9, Dellon Peiris 2/11)

ශ්‍රී ලංකාව ජපානයේ ආධිපත්‍යය දැරීය

ජපානයට එරෙහිව සනෝ ජාත්‍යන්තර ක්‍රිකට් ක්‍රීඩාංගණයේ පැවැති දෙවැනි විස්සයි20 තරගයෙන් ලකුණු 68ක පහසු ජයක් අත්කර ගැනීමට ශ්‍රී ලංකා නැගී එන කණ්ඩායම ඊයේ සමත් විය.

පළමුවෙන් පන්දු යැවීමට තීරණය කළ ජපානය පළමු පන්දුවෙන්ම ආරම්භක පිතිකරු සිතාර හපුහින්න දවාලීමට සමත් වූ විට අමුත්තන්ට ඉක්මනින්ම පීඩනයක් එල්ල කළේය.

ආරම්භය දෙදරා ගියද ෂෙහාන් ප්‍රනාන්දු සහ සාහිල් ඩයස් 3 වැනි කඩුල්ලට ලකුණු 46ක සබඳතාවක් ගොඩනැගූ අතර ඔවුන් ලකුණු 4-2 සිට 50-2 දක්වා රැගෙන ගියහ.

ප්‍රනාන්දු ලකුණු 30ක් ලබා ගත් අතර ඩයස් ලකුණු 22ක් ලබා ගනිමින් ශ්‍රී ලංකාව ඔවුන්ගේ නියමිත පන්දුවාර 20 තුළ කඩුලු 8ක් දැවී ලකුණු 125ක් දක්වා රැගෙන ගියේය. ඉමිතියස් ස්ලාසා පන්දු 24 කදී ලකුණු 27 කින් වේගවත් පිතිහරඹයක නිරත වූ අතර ශ්‍රී ලංකාව ආරක්ෂාකාරී ලකුණු සංඛ්‍යාවක් කරා ළඟා වීමට වග බලා ගත්තේය.

රියෝ සකුරානෝ ජපානය වෙනුවෙන් පන්දුවෙන් දස්කම් දැක්වූ අතර ඕවර 4කදී ලකුණු 4/25ක් විය.

පිළිතුරු ඉනිම ක්‍රීඩා කළ ජපානය පළමු ඕවර 16 තුළදී ලකුණු 57කට දැවී ගිය බැවින් කිසිවිටෙකත් දඩයම් කිරීමට නොහැකි විය. ඔවුන්ගේ කිසිදු පිතිකරුවෙක් කැපී පෙනෙන්නට නොහැකි වූ අතර ලකුණු ද්විත්වයට ළඟා වීමට හැකි වූයේ Souta Wada (11) සහ Wataru Miyauchi (10) පමණි.

පන්දු යැවීමේ පෙරමුණේ ඉමිතියස් ස්ලාසා ඕවර 3කදී 3/5ක් ලෙස ජපාන පිතිකරණ පෙළ බිඳ දැමූ අතර ලක්ෂාන් ගමගේ, හර්ෂණ වික්‍රමසිංහ සහ නායක ඩෙලෝන් පීරිස් 2 බැගින් දවා ගත්හ.

මෙම ජයග්‍රහණයත් සමග තරග 5කින් සමන්විත තරගාවලිය 2-0ක් ලෙස පෙරමුණ ගැනීමට ශ්‍රී ලංකාව සමත් වූ අතර තෙවැනි තරගය සෙනසුරාදා (13) එම ස්ථානයේදීම පැවැත්වීමට නියමිතය.

කෙටි ලකුණු:

ශ්‍රී ලංකා නැගී එන: 125/8 (20) (ෂෙහාන් ප්‍රනාන්දු 30, ඉම්තියස් ස්ලාසා 27, සහිල් ඩයස් 22, ලක්ෂාන් ගමගේ 13, රියෝ සකුරානෝ 4/25, පියුෂ් කුම්භරේ 2/22)

ජපානය: සියලුම දෙනා දැවී 57 (16) (සවුට වද 11, වටරු මියුචි 10, ඉම්තියස් ස්ලාසා 3/5, ලක්ෂාන් ගමගේ 2/6, හර්ෂණ වික්‍රමසිංහ 2/9, ඩෙලෝන් පීරිස් 2/11)

ஜப்பானில் இலங்கை ஆதிக்கம் செலுத்தியது

சனோ சர்வதேச கிரிக்கெட் ஸ்டேடியத்தில் நேற்று நடந்த இரண்டாவது டி20 போட்டியில் இலங்கை வளர்ந்து வரும் அணி 68 ரன்கள் வித்தியாசத்தில் ஜப்பானை வீழ்த்தியது.

முதலில் பந்துவீசுவதைத் தேர்ந்தெடுத்த ஜப்பான், பார்வையாளர்கள் மீது ஆரம்ப அழுத்தத்தை ஏற்படுத்த, தொடக்க ஆட்டக்காரர் சித்தாரா ஹபுஹின்னாவை வெளியேற்ற, முதல் பந்திலேயே அடித்தபோது உடனடியாக வெகுமதி அளிக்கப்பட்டது.

தொடக்கம் ஆட்டமிழந்த போதிலும், ஷெஹான் பெர்னாண்டோ மற்றும் சாஹில் டயஸ் ஜோடி 3வது விக்கெட்டுக்கு 46 ரன்கள் பார்ட்னர்ஷிப்பை உருவாக்கி 4-2 லிருந்து 50-2க்கு எடுத்தனர்.

பெர்னாண்டோ அதிகபட்சமாக 30 ரன்கள் எடுத்தார், டயஸ் 22 ரன்கள் எடுத்தார், இலங்கை அணி நிர்ணயிக்கப்பட்ட 20 ஓவர்களில் 8 விக்கெட் இழப்புக்கு 125 ரன்கள் எடுத்தது. இம்தியாஸ் ஸ்லாசாவும் 24 பந்துகளில் 27 ரன்கள் எடுத்து இலங்கையை பாதுகாக்கக்கூடிய ஸ்கோரை எட்டினார்.

4 ஓவர்களில் 4/25 என்ற புள்ளிகளுடன் ஜப்பானின் பந்தில் ரியோ சகுரானோ சிறப்பாக இருந்தார்.

பதிலுக்கு துடுப்பெடுத்தாடிய ஜப்பான், முதல் 16 ஓவர்களில் வெறும் 57 ரன்களுக்கு ஆட்டமிழந்ததால், வேட்டையில் இறங்கவில்லை. அவர்களது பேட்ஸ் எவரும் ஈர்க்க முடியவில்லை, மேலும் சௌதா வாடா (11), வதாரு மியாவுச்சி (10) ஆகியோரால் மட்டுமே இரட்டை இலக்கங்களை எட்ட முடிந்தது.

பந்துவீச்சில் இம்தியாஸ் ஸ்லாசா 3 ஓவர்களில் 3/5 என ஜப்பான் துடுப்பாட்ட வரிசையைக் கிழித்தெறிந்தார், அதேவேளை லக்ஷான் கமகே, ஹர்ஷன விக்கிரமசிங்க மற்றும் அணித்தலைவர் டெலன் பீரிஸ் ஆகியோர் தலா இரண்டு வீதம் வீழ்த்தினர்.

இந்த வெற்றியின் மூலம் ஐந்து போட்டிகள் கொண்ட தொடரில் இலங்கை 2-0 என முன்னிலை பெற்றுள்ளது, மூன்றாவது ஆட்டம் சனிக்கிழமை (13) அதே மைதானத்தில் நடைபெற உள்ளது.

சுருக்கமான மதிப்பெண்கள்:

இலங்கை எழுச்சி: 125/8 (20) (ஷெஹான் பெர்னாண்டோ 30, இம்தியாஸ் ஸ்லாசா 27, சாஹில் டயஸ் 22, லக்ஷன் கமகே 13, ரியோ சகுரானோ 4/25, பியூஷ் கும்பரே 2/22)

ஜப்பான்: 57 ஆல் அவுட் (16) (சௌடா வாடா 11, வதாரு மியாவுச்சி 10, இம்தியாஸ் ஸ்லாசா 3/5, லக்ஷன் கமகே 2/6, ஹர்ஷன விக்ரமசிங்க 2/9, டெலோன் பீரிஸ் 2/11)

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A delegation from the International Cricket Council (ICC), including a senior representative linked to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), is scheduled to arrive in Sri Lanka this weekend as attention grows over recent changes to the country’s cricket administration.

According to India’s Press Trust of India (PTI), ICC Deputy Chairman Imran Khwaja is expected in Colombo on Friday night, with another top ICC official who also serves in a leading capacity within the BCCI due to arrive on Saturday.

The visit comes in the wake of the Sri Lankan government’s decision to appoint an interim committee to manage the affairs of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) following the resignation of its leadership.

Sports Minister Sunil Kumara Gamage confirmed during a televised interview that discussions with ICC representatives are expected to take place in the coming days regarding the future direction of cricket administration in the country.

The newly appointed nine-member interim body was established on April 29 after SLC President Shammi Silva and members of the Executive Committee stepped down from office.
Government officials say the temporary panel will be responsible for overseeing day-to-day cricket operations, introducing administrative reforms, and preparing the groundwork for fresh elections within Sri Lanka Cricket.

The ICC visit is expected to focus on governance issues, the transition process, and the stability of cricket administration during the interim period.

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The opening game is scheduled to be played on 17th July at the SSC Grounds, commencing at
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The tournament is conducted by Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), the owner of the LPL, in partnership with The IPG Group, the event rights holder.

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Thushara was unable to join the Bengaluru franchise after failing to secure a No-Objection Certificate (NOC) from Sri Lanka Cricket. The board reportedly withheld approval because the pacer did not meet the required fitness benchmarks set by the national setup.

RCB have signed Gleeson for INR 1.6 crore. The 38-year-old seamer brings previous IPL experience, having represented both Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians in recent seasons. Gleeson featured in two matches for Chennai in 2024 and made a single appearance for Mumbai in the 2025 campaign. He has also represented England in nine T20 Internationals.

Thushara, who was bought by RCB for the same amount in 2025, played one game during the franchise’s championship-winning run last season. Despite being retained for IPL 2026, his participation was blocked after the NOC issue emerged.

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Kuldip, a right-arm pacer, previously represented Rajasthan Royals in the IPL, making three appearances across the 2021 and 2023 seasons. Chennai have secured his services for INR 30 lakh.

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