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Test captain Dimuth Karunaratne might get a chance to LPL

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Many media had stated that Dimuth Karunaratne, the captain of the Sri Lankan Test team, has more potential to represent this year’s LPL tournament. It will be his debut match if he gets the LPL berth. The third edition of the country’s premier T20 tournament is scheduled to begin on December 6 in Suriyawewa.

Karunaratne has been included in the Galle squad, however, he is one of seven players awaiting final approval from the Sri Lanka Cricket Board. Others on the list are Kusal Janith Perera. Kusal Mendis, Romario Sheppard, Tom Abel and Lahiru Kumar are back in the same team after shoulder surgery. Colombo Stars’ Najibullah Zadran is the seventh player.

Most of the sides have retained their strong players and there have been some notable changes as well. Among the notable changes, Bhanuka Rajapaksa last played for Galle Gladiators as its captain. He is going to contest from Dambulla. Super all-rounder Vanindu Hasaranga has come to Kandy from Jaffna this time. Chamika Karunaratne has also come to Kandy from Dambulla along with Sri Lanka opener Pathum Nishanka who played in Colombo last season. According to tournament officials, who have not confirmed the names of the teams, the teams may undergo changes in the coming days.

Cricketing greats Vivian Richards, Wasim Akram and Sanath Jayasuriya have been appointed as brand ambassadors for LPL 3.

ටෙස්ට් නායක දිමුත් කරුණාරත්න හට LPL වරම් හිමිවන ලකුණු

ශ්‍රී ලංකා ටෙස්ට් කණ්යාමේ නායක දිමුත් කරුණාරත්න හට මෙවර LPL තරගාවලිය නියෝජනය කිරීමට වැඩි හැකියාවක් පවතින බවට බොහෝ මාධ්‍ය ප්‍රකාශ කර සිටි. ඔහුගේ හට LPL වරම් හිමි වුවහොත් එය ඔහුගේ මංගල තරගය වීමට නියමිතය. රටේ ප්‍රධානතම T20 තරඟාවලියේ තුන්වන සංස්කරණය දෙසැම්බර් 6 සිට සූරියවැව හිදී ආරම්භ වීමට නියමිතව ඇත.

කරුණාරත්න, ගාල්ල කණ්ඩායමට ඇතුළත් කර ඇත, කෙසේ වෙතත්, ඔහු ශ්‍රී ලංකා ක්‍රිකට් ආයතනයේ හි අවසන් අනුමැතිය සඳහා බලා සිටින ක්‍රීඩකයන් හත් දෙනාගෙන් කෙනෙකි. ලැයිස්තුවේ සිටින අනෙක් අය වන්නේ කුසල් ජනිත් පෙරේරා ය. උරහිස් සැත්කමකින් පසු නැවතත් එම කණ්ඩායමේම කුසල් මෙන්ඩිස්, රොමාරියෝ ෂෙපර්ඩ්, ටොම් ඇබෙල් සහ ලහිරු කුමාර. Colombo Stars කණ්ඩායමේ Najibullah Zadran හත්වැනි ක්‍රීඩකයායි.

බොහෝ පාර්ශ්වයන් තම ප්‍රබල ක්‍රීඩකයින් රඳවාගෙන ඇති අතර සමහර කැපී පෙනෙන වෙනස්කම් ද සිදුවී ඇත. කැපී පෙනෙන වෙනස්කම් අතර භානුක රාජපක්ෂ අවසන් වරට Galle Gladiators කණ්ඩායමට එහි නායකයා ලෙස ක්‍රීඩා කළේය. ඔහු දඹුල්ලෙන් තරග වැදීමට නියමිතය. සුපිරි තුන් ඉරියව් ක්‍රීඩක වනිඳු හසරංග මෙවර යාපනයේ සිට මහනුවරට පැමිණ තිබේ. පසුගිය වාරයේ කොළඹට ක්‍රීඩා කළ ශ්‍රී ලංකා ආරම්භක පිතිකරු පැතුම් නිශ්ශංක සමඟ චාමික කරුණාරත්න ද දඹුල්ලේ සිට මහනුවරට පැමිණ ඇත. කණ්ඩායම්වල නම් තහවුරු කර නොමැති තරඟාවලියේ නිලධාරීන්ට අනුව, ඉදිරි දිනවලදී කණ්ඩායම් වෙනස්කම් වලට භාජනය විය හැක.

LPL 3 හි සන්නාම තානාපතිවරුන් ලෙස ක්‍රිකට් ක්‍රීඩාවේ විශිෂ්ටයන් වන විවියන් රිචඩ්ස්, වසීම් අක්‍රම් සහ සනත් ජයසූරිය පත් කර තිබේ.

டெஸ்ட் அணித்தலைவர் திமுத் கருணாரத்ன எல்பிஎல் வாய்ப்

இலங்கை டெஸ்ட் அணியின் தலைவர் திமுத் கருணாரத்ன இந்த வருட எல்.பி.எல் போட்டியை பிரதிநிதித்துவப்படுத்தும் அதிக திறன் கொண்டவர் என பல ஊடகங்கள் தெரிவித்திருந்தன. எல்பிஎல் போட்டிக்கான வாய்ப்பு கிடைத்தால் அது அவருக்கு அறிமுகப் போட்டியாகும். நாட்டின் முதன்மையான டி20 போட்டியின் மூன்றாவது பதிப்பு டிசம்பர் 6 ஆம் தேதி சூரியவெவவில் தொடங்க உள்ளது.

கருணாரத்ன காலி அணியில் சேர்க்கப்பட்டுள்ளார், இருப்பினும், இலங்கை கிரிக்கெட் வாரியத்தின் இறுதி ஒப்புதலுக்காக காத்திருக்கும் ஏழு வீரர்களில் அவரும் ஒருவர். குசல் ஜனித் பெரேரா ஆகியோர் பட்டியலில் இடம் பெற்றுள்ளனர். தோள்பட்டை அறுவை சிகிச்சைக்குப் பிறகு குசல் மெண்டிஸ், ரொமாரியோ ஷெப்பர்ட், டாம் ஏபெல் மற்றும் லஹிரு குமார் ஆகியோர் மீண்டும் அதே அணியில் இடம்பிடித்துள்ளனர். கொழும்பு ஸ்டார்ஸ் அணியின் நஜிபுல்லா சத்ரன் ஏழாவது வீரர்.

பெரும்பாலான அணிகள் தங்கள் வலுவான வீரர்களைத் தக்கவைத்துள்ளன, மேலும் சில குறிப்பிடத்தக்க மாற்றங்களும் உள்ளன. குறிப்பிடத்தக்க மாற்றங்களில், பானுக ராஜபக்ச கடைசியாக காலி கிளாடியேட்டர்ஸ் அணிக்காக அதன் கேப்டனாக விளையாடினார். அவர் தம்புள்ளையில் போட்டியிட உள்ளார். சூப்பர் ஆல்ரவுண்டர் வனிந்து ஹசரங்க இம்முறை யாழ்ப்பாணத்தில் இருந்து கண்டி வந்துள்ளார். கடந்த சீசனில் கொழும்பில் விளையாடிய இலங்கை தொடக்க வீரர் பதம் நிஷங்கவுடன் சாமிக்க கருணாரத்னவும் தம்புள்ளையில் இருந்து கண்டி வந்துள்ளார். அணிகளின் பெயர்களை உறுதிப்படுத்தாத போட்டி அதிகாரிகளின் கூற்றுப்படி, வரும் நாட்களில் அணிகள் மாற்றங்களுக்கு உள்ளாகலாம்.

கிரிக்கெட் ஜாம்பவான்களான விவியன் ரிச்சர்ட்ஸ், வாசிம் அக்ரம் மற்றும் சனத் ஜெயசூர்யா ஆகியோர் LPL 3க்கான பிராண்ட் தூதுவர்களாக நியமிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளனர்.

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Sri Lanka Cricket Grants Rs. 10 Million to Rising Javelin Athlete Rumesh Tharanga

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Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) today provided a financial grant to rising javelin thrower Rumesh
Tharanga Pathirage.

This support was extended under the direction of the SLC President Mr. Shammi Silva and
the Executive Committee of Sri Lanka Cricket, following a request made by the Minister of
Youth Affairs and Sports, Sunil Kumara Gamage.

Rumesh Tharanga received the grant this evening at the SLC headquarters.
This initiative is part of SLC’s ongoing efforts to support and promote sports beyond cricket,
as well as to assist promising athletes in achieving success at the international level.

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Sports Ministry Yet to Confirm Reports of Leadership Change at Sri Lanka Cricket

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The Ministry of Sports has not released any official statement regarding speculation over a potential leadership change at Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), according to Sports Minister Sunil Kumara Gamage.

Addressing recent media inquiries, the minister clarified that reports suggesting SLC President Shammi Silva could step down and be succeeded by former Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) parliamentarian Eran Wickramaratne remain unverified.

“We have not issued any official statement as a ministry on this matter. These claims are currently limited to social media reports,” Gamage said.

He further noted that the ministry intends to address the situation formally in the near future.

“We are planning to hold a media briefing soon and will release an official statement. Further discussion can take place after that,” he added.

The remarks come amid growing public attention over the administration of Sri Lanka’s cricket governing body, though authorities have yet to confirm any changes at the top.

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Sri Lanka Cricket to name a women’s cricket tournament under late ‘Gwen Herat.’

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Sri Lanka Cricket decided to dedicate the ‘Major Club Women’s 50-Over Tournament’ in memory of the late Gwen Herat, the founding president of the Sri Lanka Women’s Cricket Association.

This decision has been made in recognition of the outstanding service rendered by Mrs. Herat towards the founding of Women’s Cricket Association in the country.

It was under her leadership that the Sri Lanka Women’s Cricket Association was established in 1997, where she served as its founding president.

Accordingly, in memory of her from 2026 onwards, the Major Club Women’s 50-Over
Tournament will be named the Gwen Herat Memorial Trophy.

“The significant role played by the late Mrs. Gwen Herat in laying the foundation for women’s cricket is well remembered by the cricketing fraternity. By naming a tournament in her honor, Sri Lanka Cricket aims to preserve her legacy for future generations,” said Mr. Bandula
Dissanayake.

Marking this significant initiative, the family of Mrs. Gwen Herat presented a trophy to Sri Lanka Cricket, which will be awarded to the champions of future editions of the tournament.
The handover was carried out by Mrs. Herat’s family members, including her daughters, Shamarra Herat and Parveen Herat, and her son, Avancka Herat.

The Gwen Herat Memorial Trophy was officially handed over to Mr. Bandula Dissanayake, Honorary Secretary of Sri Lanka Cricket, in the presence of Mr. Ashley de Silva, CEO of Sri Lanka Cricket, and distinguished guests Mr. Chandra Schaffter and Mr. Hemaka Amarasuriya.

Mr. Chinthaka Edirimanne, Head of National Cricket Operations, and Mr. Upul Nawaratne
Bandara, Head of Marketing at SLC, also were present at the ceremony, which took place at SLC last week.

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