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Test captain Dimuth Karunaratne might get a chance to LPL

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2 years ago

November 21, 2022

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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.

Football

Stafford vs. Colombo International: The Second Edition of the Big Match Kicks Off!

Published

15 hours ago

April 2, 2025

Editor

Football fever returns as Stafford International School and Colombo International School gear up for the second edition of their highly anticipated Big Match! This year, the rivalry intensifies with four matches across different age and gender categories:

✅ U15 Girls
✅ U15 Boys
✅ U20 Girls
✅ U20 Boys

🏆 Stafford International’s Rising Stars:

U15 Girls: Defending TISSL U14 and Colombo SLSFA District champions, featuring standout players like Keshalee Ranatunga and Sonja Ratanayake (just 10 years old!).
U15 Boys: All-Island U14 runners-up out of 462 schools, led by goalkeeper Yash Amarasekara, who was named Best U14 GK in Sri Lanka.
U20 Girls & Boys: Both teams finished as TISSL runners-up, boasting stars like Raya Rikaz, Yumna Safraz, Adnaan Ameen, and Nidurshan Mohan.

🏆 Colombo International’s Key Players:

U15 Girls: TISSL U16 runners-up, featuring top defender Khadeeja Niyas and striker Ozra.
U20 Girls: TISSL U20 runners-up, with Fioni Dedhia named Goalkeeper of the Tournament.
U20 Boys: Defending Big Match champions, looking to retain their title behind stars like Krishwen and Habib.

👀 Who will come out on top this time? Watch the action LIVE at the link below! 🎥👇

#BigMatch2025 #SchoolFootball #SriLankaFootball #StaffordVsCIS #RivalryRenewed

Cricket

Shammi Silva Re-Elected as Sri Lanka Cricket President for Fourth Consecutive Term

Published

2 days ago

April 1, 2025

Editor

Shammi Silva has been re-elected as the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) president for the 2025-27 term, marking his fourth consecutive tenure at the helm of the nation’s cricket governing body. Silva secured the position uncontested at the 64th Annual General Meeting (AGM) held in Colombo on Monday.

A Controversial Yet Dominant Tenure

Silva’s leadership has not been without controversy. His previous term saw a high-profile clash with former Sports Minister Roshan Ranasinghe in 2023, which led to an interim committee being appointed after Sri Lanka’s poor performance in the ICC ODI World Cup. This move resulted in ICC suspending SLC, which led to Sri Lanka losing the hosting rights for the U19 Men’s World Cup, which was later held in South Africa.

Despite these setbacks, Silva regained control after a court ruling reinstated his administration, and he was later appointed as the president of the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) in December 2023, replacing Jay Shah.

Challenges & Future Outlook

Sri Lanka Cricket has long been seen as a powerful and influential body, with internal politics often shaping its leadership. With financial mismanagement concerns highlighted in the Auditor General’s report, Silva’s administration faces the challenge of restoring credibility and ensuring better governance.

With the ICC ban lifted, Sri Lanka looks to rebuild its cricketing structure and improve performance on the international stage. The focus now shifts to upcoming bilateral series, the Asia Cup, and preparations for the 2027 ICC Cricket World Cup.

Stay tuned for more updates on Sri Lanka Cricket and the latest in the world of sports!

Cricket

Stephen Fleming Defends MS Dhoni’s Batting Position Amid Criticism

Published

3 days ago

March 31, 2025

Editor

Chennai Super Kings (CSK) head coach Stephen Fleming has defended MS Dhoni’s late entry in the batting order, stating that the legendary wicketkeeper-batsman cannot play an extended innings at full intensity due to lingering knee concerns.

The 43-year-old Dhoni faced criticism after coming in at No. 9 during CSK’s 50-run loss to Royal Challengers Bengaluru at Chepauk. In the next match against Rajasthan Royals on March 30, 2025, he batted at No. 7 when CSK required 54 off 25 balls but managed just 16 off 11 as his team fell short by six runs.

Fleming’s Explanation on Dhoni’s Role

Fleming emphasized that Dhoni carefully assesses the match situation before deciding when to bat.

“It’s all about timing. MS judges his body and situation. His knees aren’t what they used to be, so he can’t bat for 10 overs at full intensity. He will step in based on the game’s demands,” Fleming explained at the post-match press conference.

The CSK coach reiterated that Dhoni remains too valuable to the team for his leadership and wicketkeeping and that sending him in too early could be a strategic misstep.

“From around the 13th or 14th over, he assesses the situation and decides. He trusts other batters early on but steps up when needed.”

CSK’s Struggles in the Powerplay Cost Them the Match

Fleming also pinpointed CSK’s poor powerplay performance as a key reason for their loss against Rajasthan Royals. While RR blasted 79/1 in the powerplay, CSK only managed 42/1,