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The secret to the success of the Sri Lankan team!!!
Sri Lanka defeated Pakistan twice in three days to win the Asia Cup for the sixth time and Sri Lanka once again dominated the competition.
Bhanuka Rajapaksa scored 71 runs from 45 balls and Wanindu Hasaranga and then Chamika Karunaratne worked together to lift Sri Lanka. The Sri Lankan team was down 5 runs for 67 runs, but in the last few overs, the Sri Lankan batsmen, who systematically identified Pakistan’s fast bowlers, scored 50 runs in the last four overs.
Coming into last night’s match, Pakistan had the second-best Death Overs bowling rate – 9.63. On Sunday, its fast bowlers conceded 12.5 runs per over between 17 and 20.
Coming into the 17th over, Naseem Shah had a gross run rate of less than 6. Twice his pitch was not quite right. Rajapaksa and Karunaratne hit him for sixes each and scored 16 runs from that over.
Haris Rauf was restricted to 11 runs off his 18th delivery, which included three dropped catches. Mohammad Hasnain’s 19 overs ensured just 8 runs, including 6 hits.
Returning for the last over, Naseem gave away another 15 runs in his innings. It consists of a 6 and a four.
The relationship between Hasaranga and Rajapaksa was a remarkable feature. Together, they took on the heavy duty of bolstering the midfield and did just that. Managed to score 58 runs tie.
Sri Lanka conceded only 37 runs during their powerplay and dismissed two batsmen to put pressure on the Pakistani side. This was despite Dilshan Madhushanka’s early extra points.
The wicket-keeper batsman Mohammad Rizwan played a very consistent inning. Dasun Shanaka kept one over from his super leg-spinner Wanindu Hasaranga in the death overs, and Rizwan was dismissed for 55 off 49 balls with Pakistan needing 61 off 24 balls to win. In the same over, Hasaranga removed Asif Ali and Khushdil Shah to block Pakistan’s victory. Hasaranga finished the innings with 4-0-27-3.
Sri Lanka’s fielding was excellent. The Sri Lankan players managed to hold many excellent catches and were able to put pressure on the Pakistani team by stopping certain fours on the field.
ශ්‍රී ලංකා කණ්ඩායමේ ජයග්‍රහණයේ රහස!!!
ශ්‍රී ලංකාව දින තුනකදී පාකිස්තානය දෙවතාවක් පරාජය කරමින් හයවැනි වරටත් ආසියානු කුසලානය දිනා ගැනීමට සමත් වූ අතර ශ්‍රී ලංකාව නැවත වරක් තරගයේ අණසක පැතිරීමට සමත් විය.
භානුක රාජපක්ෂ පන්දු 45කින් ලකුණු 71ක් ලබා ගත් අතර වනිඳු හසරංග සහ පසුව චාමික කරුණාරත්න එක්ව ශ්‍රී ලංකාව ගොඩ ගැනීමට කටයුතු කලේය. ශ්‍රී ලංකා කණ්ඩායම ලකුණු 67කට ලකුණු 5ක් බිඳ වැටී සිටි නමුත්, අවසාන පන්දුවාර කිහිපයේ පාකිස්තානයේ වේග පන්දු යවන්නන් ක්‍රමානුකූලව හදුනා ගත් ශ්‍රී ලංකා පිතිකරුවන්, අවසන් පන්දුවාර හතරේ ලකුණු 50ක් ලබා ගත්තේය.
ඊයේ රාත්‍රියේ තරඟයට පැමිණෙන විට, පාකිස්තානයට දෙවන හොඳම Death Overs පන්දු යැවීමේ අනුපාතය – 9.63 තිබුණි. ඉරිදා එහි වේග පන්දු යවන්නන් 17 සහ 20 අතර ඕවරයකට ලකුණු 12.5ක් ලබා දුන්හ.
17 වැනි ඕවරය යැවීමට එන විට නසීම් ෂාට තිබුණේ 6ට අඩු දළ ලකුණු වේගයකි. දෙවතාවක් ඔහුගේ පන්දු පතිතය හරියාකාරව සිදු නොවීය. රාජපක්ෂ සහ කරුණාරත්න ඔහුට හයේ පහර බැගින් එල්ල කළ අතර, එම ඕවරයෙන් ලකුණු 16ක් ලබා ගත්හ.
හරිස් රවුෆ් ඔහුගේ 18 වැනි පන්දු යැවීමේ ලකුණු 11කට සීමා කල අතර, අතහැරූ උඩපන්දු තුනක් ද ඒ තුළ ඇතුළත් විය. මොහොමඩ් හස්නේන්ගේ 19 පන්දුවාරයේ ලකුණු 8ක් පමණක් ලබා දීමට වග බලා ගත් අතර, ඒ අතරට 6 පහරක්ද ඇතුළත් විය.
අවසන් ඕවරය සඳහා ආපසු පැමිණි නසීම් ඔහුගේ පන්දුවාරය තුළ තවත් ලකුණු 15 ලබා දුන්හ. එයට 6 පහරක් හා හතරේ පහරක් පිට පිට වේ.
හසරංග හා රාජපක්ෂ ගේ සබදතාවය කැපී පෙනෙන ලක්ෂණයක් විය. ඔවුන් දෙදෙනා එක්ව මැදපෙළ ශක්තිමත් කිරීමේ භාරදූර රාජකාරිය භාරගත් අතර, එය එලෙසම ඉටු කලේය. ලකුණු 58 සබදතාවක් පැවැත්වීමට සමත් විය.
ශ්‍රී ලංකාව සිය පවර්ප්ලේ අවස්ථාවේදී ලකුණු 37ක් පමණක් ලබා දෙමින් පිතිකරුවන් දෙදෙනෙකු දවා ගැනීමෙන් පීඩනය පකිස්ථානු කණ්ඩායම දෙසට යොමු කිරීමට සමත් විය. මෙය ඩිල්ෂාන් මධුශංකගේ මුල් අමතර ලකුණු නොතකා ය.
කඩුලු රකින පිතිකරු මොහොමඩ් රිස්වාන් ඔහු ඉතා අනර්ඝ ස්ථාවර ඉනිමක් ක්‍රීඩා කරමින් පසුවිය. දසුන් ශානක තම සුපිරි පා දඟ පන්දු යවන ක්‍රීඩක වනිඳු හසරංගගේ එක් ඕවරයක් ඩෙත් ඕවරය සඳහා රඳවා තැබූ අතර, පාකිස්තානයට ජයග්‍රහණය සඳහා පන්දු 24 කදී ලකුණු 61 ක් අවශ්‍යව තිබියදී රිස්වාන් ලකුණු 55 පන්දු 49 කදී රැස්කර සිටියදී හසරංග හමුවේ දැවී ගියේය. එම ඕවරයේදීම හසරංග අසීෆ් අලි සහ කුෂ්දිල් ෂා ඉවත් කර පාකිස්තානයේ ජයග්‍රහණය අවහිර කිරීමට සමත් විය. හසරංග 4-0-27-3 ලෙස පන්දුවාර නිමා කලේය.
ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ පිටියේ පන්දු රැකීම විශිෂ්ට විය. ඉතා විශිෂ්ට උඩපන්දු රැසක්ම ශ්‍රී ලංකා ක්‍රීඩකයන් විසින් රැක ගැනීමට සමත් විය. පිටිය තුළ නිසැක හතරේ පහරවල් නවත්වමින් පකිස්ථානු කණ්ඩායමට පීඩනයක් ලබා දීමට සමත් විය.
இலங்கை அணியின் வெற்றியின் ரகசியம்!!!
இலங்கை மூன்று நாட்களில் இரண்டு முறை பாகிஸ்தானை தோற்கடித்து ஆறாவது முறையாக ஆசிய கோப்பையை வென்றது மற்றும் இலங்கை மீண்டும் போட்டியில் ஆதிக்கம் செலுத்தியது.
பானுகா ராஜபக்ச 45 பந்துகளில் 71 ரன்கள் எடுத்தார், மேலும் வனிந்து ஹசரங்கவும் பின்னர் சாமிகா கருணாரத்னேவும் இணைந்து இலங்கையை உயர்த்தினர். இலங்கை அணி 67 ரன்களுக்கு 5 விக்கெட்டுகள் ஆட்டமிழந்தது, ஆனால் கடைசி சில ஓவர்களில் பாகிஸ்தானின் வேகப்பந்து வீச்சாளர்களை திட்டமிட்டு அடையாளம் காட்டிய இலங்கை பேட்ஸ்மேன்கள் கடைசி நான்கு ஓவர்களில் 50 ரன்கள் எடுத்தனர்.
நேற்றிரவு போட்டிக்கு வரும்போது, பாகிஸ்தான் இரண்டாவது சிறந்த டெத் ஓவர் பந்துவீச்சு வீதம் – 9.63. ஞாயிற்றுக்கிழமை, அதன் வேகப்பந்து வீச்சாளர்கள் 17 மற்றும் 20 க்கு இடையில் ஒரு ஓவருக்கு 12.5 ரன்களை விட்டுக் கொடுத்தனர்.
17வது ஓவரில், நசீம் ஷாவின் மொத்த ரன் ரேட் 6க்கும் குறைவாக இருந்தது. இரண்டு முறை அவரது பிட்ச் சரியாக இல்லை. ராஜபக்சே மற்றும் கருணாரத்னே ஆகியோர் அவரை தலா சிக்ஸர்களுக்கு அடித்தனர், மேலும் அந்த ஓவரில் 16 ரன்கள் எடுத்தனர்.
ஹரிஸ் ரவூஃப் தனது 18வது பந்தில் 11 ரன்களுக்கு மட்டுப்படுத்தப்பட்டார், அதில் மூன்று கேட்சுகள் கைவிடப்பட்டன. முகமது ஹஸ்னைனின் 19 ஓவர்களில் 6 அடிகள் உட்பட 8 ரன்கள் மட்டுமே கிடைத்தது.
கடைசி ஓவரில் திரும்பிய நசீம் தனது இன்னிங்ஸில் மேலும் 15 ரன்கள் கொடுத்தார். இது ஒரு 6 மற்றும் ஒரு நான்கு கொண்டது.
ஹசரங்கவுக்கும் ராஜபக்சவுக்கும் இடையிலான கூட்டு குறிப்பிடத்தக்க அம்சமாகும். ஒன்றாக, அவர்கள் நடுக்களத்தை வலுப்படுத்தும் கனமான கடமையை ஏற்றுக்கொண்டனர், அதைச் செய்தார்கள். 58 புள்ளிகள் சமநிலையை தக்கவைக்க முடிந்தது.
இலங்கை தனது பவர்பிளேயின் போது 37 ரன்களை மட்டுமே விட்டுக்கொடுத்தது மற்றும் இரண்டு பேட்ஸ்மேன்களை வெளியேற்றி பாகிஸ்தானுக்கு அழுத்தத்தை ஏற்படுத்தியது. டில்ஷான் மதுஷங்கவின் ஆரம்ப கூடுதல் புள்ளிகள் இருந்த போதிலும் இது நடந்தது.
விக்கெட் கீப்பர் பேட்ஸ்மேன் முகமது ரிஸ்வான் மிகவும் நிலையான இன்னிங்ஸை விளையாடினார். டெத் ஓவரில் தசுன் ஷனக தனது சூப்பர் லெக் ஸ்பின்னர் வனிந்து ஹசரங்கவிடமிருந்து ஒரு ஓவரைத் தொடர்ந்தார், மேலும் ரிஸ்வான் 49 பந்துகளில் 55 ரன்கள் எடுத்து ஆட்டமிழந்தார், பாகிஸ்தான் வெற்றிக்கு 24 பந்துகளில் 61 ரன்கள் தேவைப்பட்டது. அதே ஓவரில் ஹசரங்கா ஆசிப் அலி மற்றும் குஷ்தில் ஷா ஆகியோரை நீக்கி பாகிஸ்தானின் வெற்றியைத் தடுத்தார். ஹசரங்க 4-0-27-3 என இன்னிங்ஸை முடித்தார்.
இலங்கையின் பீல்டிங் சிறப்பாக இருந்தது. பல சிறப்பான கேட்சுகளை இலங்கை வீரர்கள் காப்பாற்றினர். குறிப்பிட்ட பவுண்டரிகளை களத்தில் நிறுத்தி பாகிஸ்தான் அணிக்கு அழுத்தம் கொடுக்க அவரால் முடிந்தது.
Cricket
Kamindu Mendis Shines as Sunrisers Hyderabad Break Chepauk Curse, Crush CSK’s Playoff Hopes | IPL 2025
Sri Lankan all-rounder Kamindu Mendis delivered under pressure, helping Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) script a historic first-ever win over Chennai Super Kings (CSK) at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium during the IPL 2025 season.
Chasing a tricky target of 155, Mendis played a composed and crucial unbeaten knock of 32 off 22 balls, stitching an unbroken 49-run partnership with Nitish Kumar to seal a five-wicket victory with eight balls to spare. His calm presence at the crease when the game was delicately poised underlined his growing stature in T20 cricket.
Earlier, the Chennai Super Kings, once invincible at home, continued their disastrous 2025 campaign — suffering a fourth consecutive home defeat. Batting first, CSK stumbled despite a promising start, collapsing to 154 all out. Dewald Brevis impressed briefly on debut with a quickfire 42 runs, but it was Harshal Patel’s brilliant spell (4 wickets for 28 runs) that broke CSK’s backbone.
For CSK, promising youngster Ayush Mhatre shone early, but a middle-order collapse proved costly. Even skipper M.S. Dhoni’s tactical gamble of giving Sam Curran two overs backfired, as SRH batters capitalized to turn the game.
In the SRH chase, despite early hiccups — losing Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head quickly — Ishan Kishan’s fluent 44 and Kamindu Mendis’ finishing touch ensured Hyderabad stayed alive in the playoff race.
Meanwhile, in the updated IPL 2025 points table, Sunrisers Hyderabad now sits 8th with 6 points, while CSK languishes at the bottom with just 4 points from 9 games, effectively ending their playoff dreams.
Mendis’ all-round contribution, including a key wicket earlier, and his coolness in the chase were pivotal. While Harshal Patel deservedly took the Player of the Match award, Sri Lanka can proudly celebrate Kamindu’s evolving prowess on the IPL stage.
Points Table Update (After SRH vs CSK Match):
- GT, DC, and RCB are leading the race with 12 points each.
- PBKS and MI are close behind with 11 and 10 points.
- CSK and RR are at the bottom with just 4 points, all but knocked out of the playoffs.
Sri Lanka’s promising golf talents Kaya Daluwatte and Reshan Algama showcased their growing international class with stellar performances at the prestigious 16th Faldo Series Asia Grand Final, held at the stunning Laguna Golf Lang Co in Vietnam.
Facing off against the finest junior golfers from the Asia-Pacific region—including representatives from Australia, England, Japan, India, and Wales—both Kaya and Reshan rose to the occasion, underlining Sri Lanka’s emerging strength in the sport.
Kaya Daluwatte delivered one of her career-best performances, finishing as the runner-up in the Girls’ Under-16 category. After three composed rounds, she posted a remarkable final score of even-par 216, highlighted by an impressive 2-under-par finish in the final round. Despite Japan’s Al Goto clinching the title with a score of 213, Kaya’s climb up the leaderboard captured widespread admiration. Her poise, precision, and birdies during the crucial back-nine holes showcased a maturity well beyond her years.
This runner-up finish at one of Asia’s top junior championships marks a historic achievement for Sri Lankan golf, signaling that the nation’s junior golfers are ready to challenge the region’s traditional powerhouses.
In the Boys’ Under-16 category, Reshan Algama also left his mark by securing a strong fourth-place finish with a gross score of 218. Although his final round did not match the brilliance of his earlier efforts, Reshan displayed commendable composure against a highly competitive international field. His consistency across top-level tournaments reflects his rapid development into a serious contender on the global junior golf circuit.
Vietnam’s Tuan Anh Nguyen dominated the Boys’ division, leading from start to finish to claim the title with a superb score of 205. India’s Arshvant Srivastava and Kanav Chauhan finished second and third, with scores of 214 and 216 respectively.
Kaya and Reshan’s performances not only bring pride to Sri Lanka but also signal a bright future for the country’s junior golfing scene on the Asian stage.
The much-anticipated SAFF Championship, originally scheduled to take place in Sri Lanka in July 2025, has now been officially postponed to 2026—a move that has raised serious concerns over the competence and credibility of the Football Federation of Sri Lanka (FFSL).
According to the SAFF Executive Committee, the decision to delay the tournament stemmed largely from pressure exerted by its marketing partner, Sportfive, which advocated for a home-and-away format to increase commercial value. Furthermore, it is reported that Sportfive preferred the event be hosted in Bangladesh or India, citing better sponsor access and commercial feasibility in those countries if the tournament were to follow a centralized model.
However, beyond external pressure, this development highlights a troubling reality: the FFSL’s inability to effectively organize and defend Sri Lanka’s hosting rights on the international stage. This isn’t merely a scheduling issue—it reflects a deeper pattern of administrative shortcomings, lack of vision, and prioritization of media narratives over tangible development.
As previously reported by Sri Lankan Sports TV, the FFSL continues to focus more on optics and media stunts rather than on the foundational work required to uplift football in the country. The failure to safeguard Sri Lanka’s opportunity to host a major regional tournament not only affects the sport’s growth domestically but also damages the nation’s reputation within South Asian football.
For a federation that has long promised reform and transparency, this latest setback exposes how little progress has actually been made. When commercial partners have more sway than the national football body itself, it’s a clear indication that local football governance is being undermined by weak leadership and poor planning.
This should be a wake-up call—not just for the FFSL, but for every stakeholder invested in the future of Sri Lankan football. The time for slogans and staged announcements is over. Sri Lanka needs action, accountability, and genuine commitment to building a sustainable footballing culture. Until then, headlines like this will only continue to reflect a sport lost in mismanagement.
Kamindu Mendis Shines as Sunrisers Hyderabad Break Chepauk Curse, Crush CSK’s Playoff Hopes | IPL 2025
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