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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.

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

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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

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

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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!

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Stephen Fleming Defends MS Dhoni’s Batting Position Amid Criticism

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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,

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