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The Sri Lanka Army Sports Club qualifies for the finals of the Inter Club First Division One Day Tournament.

Sri Lanka Army Sports Club qualified for the final after defeating ACE Capital Cricket Club by 123 runs in the second semi-final of the Inter-Club One Day Tournament yesterday (30) at the NCC Sports Club Ground.
Army Captain Thisara Perera won the toss and decided to bat first and although the Army batsmen got off to a successful start, the middle order batsmen failed to get between the runs and the Army score was 152 for six wickets. After that, Mahesh Kumara and Suminda Lakshan, who came together on the pitch, built a partnership of 74 runs for the seventh wicket, when all the players were dismissed in 48.2 overs, the Army Sports Club managed to score 246 runs. Sikkuge Prasanna hit 6 sixes and 6 fours with a quick 89 runs and Mahesh Kumar and Suminda Lakshan did well for the Army in batting. While bowling for ACE Capital Cricket Club, Chanaka Devinda, Tanuka Dabare, Pramud Hettiwatte and Captain Lasith Kauspul managed to take two wickets each.
The Army bowlers did not allow the ACE Capital batsmen who started the chase to raise their target of 246 and managed to score 123 runs in 27.4 overs by losing all the wickets. Oshadha Fernando scored 31 runs for ACE Capital and Sikkuge Prasanna and Suminda Lakshan took four wickets each for the Army team who did not give any other batsman a chance to cross the thirty-run mark.
Accordingly, the Army team managed to qualify for the finals with a huge victory of 123 runs.
Sri Lanka Army Sports Club 246/10 (48.2 Ov)
Sikku’s Prasanna 89 (66)
Mahesh Kumar 46 (68)
Suminda Lakshan 33 (51)
Pramud Hettiwatta 26/2 (10)
Lasith Kauspul 32/2 (10)
Chanaka Devinda 47/2 (10)
Tanuka Dabare 52/2 (9)
ACE Capital Cricket Club 123/10 (27.4 Ov)
Oshadha Fernando 31 (33)
Lasith Kauspul 23 (18)
Sikku’s Prasanna 26/4 (10)
Suminda Lakshan 42/4 (8.4)
ශ්රී ලංකා යුධ හමුදා ක්රීඩා සමාජය අන්තර් සමාජ පළමු පෙළ එක් දින තරඟාවලියේ අවසන් මහා තරගයට සඳහා සුදුසුකම් ලබා ගනි.
අන්තර් සමාජ පළමු පෙළ එක් දින තරඟාවලියේ ඊයේ (30) එන් සී සී ක්රීඩා සමාජ පිටියේ පැවති දෙවන අවසන් පූර්ව තරගයේදී ඒසීඊ කැපිටල් ක්රිකට් ක්රීඩා සමාජය ලකුණු 123 කින් පරාජයට පත් කීරීමින් ශ්රී ලංකා යුධ හමුදා ක්රීඩා සමාජය අවසන් මහා තරගයට සඳහා සුදුසුකම් ලබා ගැනීමට සමත් වුණා.
කාසිය වාසිය ජයග්රහණය කරමින් ප්රථමයෙන් පන්දුවට පහරදීමට යුධ හමුදා නායක තිසර පෙරේරා තීරණය කල අතර යුධ හමුදා ආරම්භ පිතිකරුවන් සාර්ථක ආරම්භයක් ලබා ගත්තද මැද පෙල පිතිකරුවන් ලකුණු අතර පිවිසීමට අපොහොසත් වීම නිසා යුධ හමුදා ඉණිම කඩුළු හයකට 152ක් ලෙස දැක්විය. ඉන් අනතුරුව පිටියේ එක් වූ මහේෂ් කුමාර සහ සුමින්ද ලක්ෂාන් හත්වැනි කඩුල්ලට වටිනා ලකුණු 74ක සබඳතාවක් ගොඩනැඟීම නිසාවෙන් පන්දුවාර 48.2 ක් තුළ සියළු ක්රීඩකයන් දැවී යනවිට යුධ හමුදා ක්රීඩා සමාජය ලකුණු 246ක් රැස් කිරීමට සමත්විය. සික්කුගේ ප්රසන්න හයේ පහර 6ක් සහ හතරේ පහර 6ක් සමගින් වේගවත් ලකුණු 89ක්ද මහේෂ් කුමාර සහ සුමින්ද ලක්ෂාන් පිතිකරණයේ දී යුධ හමුදාව වෙනුවෙන් දස්කම් දක්වමට සමත්විය. ඒසීඊ කැපිටල් ක්රිකට් ක්රීඩා සමාජය වෙනුවෙන් පන්දු යැවීමේදී චානක දේවින්ද, තනුක දාබරේ, ප්රමුද් හෙට්ටිවත්ත සහ නායක ලසිත් කෞස්පුල් කඩුළු දෙක බැගින් දවා ගැනීමට සමත් විය.
පිළිතුරු ඉණිම ආරම්භ කළ ඒසීඊ කැපිටල් පිතිකරුවන්ට හිස එසවීමට ඉඩ ලබා නොදුන් යුධ හමුදා පන්දු යවන්නන් සියළුම පිතිකරුවන් පන්දුවාර 27.4 ක් තුළ ලකුණු 123 කට දවා ගැනීමට සමත් විය. ඒසීඊ කැපිටල් කණ්ඩායම වෙනුවෙන් ඕෂධ ප්රනාන්දු ලකුණු 31ක් ලබා ගත් අතර වෙනත් කිසිදු පිතිකරුවෙකුට ලකුණු තිහේ සීමාව පසුකර යාමට අවස්ථාවක් ලබා නොදුන් යුධ හමුදා කණ්ඩායම වෙනුවෙන් සික්කුගේ ප්රසන්න සහ සුමින්ද ලක්ෂාන් පන්දු යැවීමේදී කඩුළු හතර බැගින් ලබා ගනිමින් දස්කම් දැක්වීය.
ඒ අනුව ලකුණු 123 දැවැන්ත ජයක් හිමිකර ගනිමින් අවසන් මහා තරගයට සුදුසුකම් ලබා ගැනීමට යුධ හමුදා කණ්ඩායම සමත් විය.
ශ්රී ලංකා යුධ හමුදා ක්රීඩා සමාජය 246/10 (48.2 Ov)
සික්කුගේ ප්රසන්න 89 (66)
මහේෂ් කුමාර 46 (68)
සුමින්ද ලක්ෂාන් 33 (51)
ප්රමුද් හෙට්ටිවත්ත 26/2 (10)
ලසිත් කෞස්පුල් 32/2 (10)
චානක දේවින්ද 47/2 (10)
තනුක දාබරේ 52/2 (9)
ඒසීඊ කැපිටල් ක්රිකට් ක්රීඩා සමාජය 123/10 (27.4 Ov)
ඕෂධ ප්රනාන්දු 31 (33)
ලසිත් කෞස්පුල් 23 (18)
සික්කුගේ ප්රසන්න 26/4 (10)
සුමින්ද ලක්ෂාන් 42/4 (8.4)
இலங்கை இராணுவ விளையாட்டுக் கழகம் அணிகளுக்கிடையிலான முதலாவது பிரிவு ஒரு நாள் போட்டித் தொடரின் இறுதிப் போட்டிக்குத் தகுதி பெற்றுள்ளது.
NCC விளையாட்டுக் கழக மைதானத்தில் நேற்று (30) நடைபெற்ற அனைத்துக் கழகங்களுக்கிடையிலான ஒரு நாள் போட்டியின் இரண்டாவது அரையிறுதிப் போட்டியில் ACE Capital Cricket Clubஐ 123 ஓட்டங்களால் தோற்கடித்து இலங்கை இராணுவ விளையாட்டுக் கழகம் இறுதிப் போட்டிக்குத் தகுதி பெற்றது.
நாணயச்சுழற்சியில் வெற்றிபெற்ற இராணுவத் தலைவர் திசர பெரேரா முதலில் துடுப்பெடுத்தாடத் தீர்மானித்தார், இராணுவத் துடுப்பாட்ட வீரர்கள் வெற்றிகரமான தொடக்கத்தைப் பெற்ற போதிலும், மத்திய வரிசை துடுப்பாட்ட வீரர்கள் ரன்களுக்கு இடையில் தோல்வியடைந்ததால் இராணுவத்தின் ஸ்கோர் 6 விக்கெட்டுக்கு 152 ஆக இருந்தது. அதன் பின்னர் களமிறங்கிய மகேஷ் குமார மற்றும் சுமிந்த லக்ஷான் ஜோடி ஏழாவது விக்கெட்டுக்கு 74 ஓட்டங்களின் பார்ட்னர்ஷிப்பை உருவாக்க, வீரர்கள் அனைவரும் 48.2 ஓவர்களில் ஆட்டமிழந்தபோது, ராணுவ விளையாட்டுக் கழகம் 246 ரன்கள் எடுக்க முடிந்தது. சிக்குகே பிரசன்னா 6 சிக்ஸர்கள் மற்றும் 6 பவுண்டரிகளுடன் 89 ரன்கள் விரைவுபடுத்தியதுடன், மகேஷ் குமார் மற்றும் சுமிந்த லக்ஷான் ஆகியோர் துடுப்பாட்டத்தில் இராணுவத்திற்காக சிறப்பாகச் செயல்பட்டனர். ACE Capital Cricket Club சார்பாக பந்துவீசும்போது, சானக தேவிந்த, தனுக தாபரே, பிரமுத் ஹெட்டிவத்த மற்றும் கேப்டன் லசித் கௌஸ்புல் ஆகியோர் தலா இரண்டு விக்கெட்டுகளை வீழ்த்தினர்.
246 என்ற வெற்றி இலக்கை துரத்த ஆரம்பித்த ACE Capital துடுப்பாட்ட வீரர்களை இராணுவப் பந்துவீச்சாளர்கள் அனுமதிக்கவில்லை. ஏசிஇ கெப்பிட்டல் சார்பாக ஓஷத பெர்னாண்டோ 31 ஓட்டங்களையும், முப்பது ஓட்டங்களைக் கடக்க வேறு எவருக்கும் வாய்ப்பளிக்காத இராணுவ அணி சார்பாக சிக்குகே பிரசன்ன மற்றும் சுமிந்த லக்ஷான் ஆகியோர் தலா நான்கு விக்கெட்டுக்களையும் கைப்பற்றினர்.
இதன்படி இராணுவ அணி 123 ஓட்டங்களால் அபார வெற்றி பெற்று இறுதிப் போட்டிக்கு தகுதி பெற்றது.
இலங்கை இராணுவ விளையாட்டுக் கழகம் 246/10 (48.2 Ov)
சிக்குவின் பிரசன்னா 89 (66)
மகேஷ் குமார் 46 (68)
சுமிந்த லக்ஷன் 33 (51)
பிரமுத் ஹெட்டிவத்த 26/2 (10)
லசித் கௌஸ்புல் 32/2 (10)
சானக தேவிந்த 47/2 (10)
தனுகா தாபரே 52/2 (9)
ACE கேபிடல் கிரிக்கெட் கிளப் 123/10 (27.4 Ov)
ஓஷத பெர்னாண்டோ 31 (33)
லசித் கவுஸ்புல் 23 (18)
சிக்குவின் பிரசன்னா 26/4 (10)
சுமிந்த லக்ஷன் 42/4 (8.4)







Cricket
Bangladesh to Tour Sri Lanka for Full-Fledged Series in June-July 2025

Sri Lanka Cricket has confirmed that the Bangladesh National Men’s Team will tour the island from June 13 to July 16, 2025, for a multi-format bilateral series featuring 2 Tests, 3 ODIs, and 3 T20Is.
The tour kicks off with the Test series, which begins on June 17 at Galle International Stadium, followed by the second Test from June 25 to 29 at the SSC in Colombo. This red-ball series will offer crucial preparation and exposure for both sides ahead of the upcoming ICC events.
Sri Lanka holds a dominant record in Test encounters, having won 20 out of 26 matches against Bangladesh. Bangladesh has managed just one win, with five Tests ending in draws. Their last Test series in April 2024 saw Sri Lanka claim a clean sweep in Bangladesh, 2-0.
The limited-overs leg begins with ODIs on July 2 and 5 at R. Premadasa Stadium, before the third match takes place on July 8 at Pallekele — all day-night games starting at 2:30 PM.
The action continues with the T20I series, starting July 10 in Pallekele, followed by matches in Dambulla (July 13) and a final showdown at R. Premadasa Stadium on July 16.
Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh Tour Fixtures – 2025:
- June 17–21: 1st Test – Galle
- June 25–29: 2nd Test – SSC, Colombo
- July 2: 1st ODI – R. Premadasa Stadium
- July 5: 2nd ODI – R. Premadasa Stadium
- July 8: 3rd ODI – Pallekele
- July 10: 1st T20I – Pallekele
- July 13: 2nd T20I – Dambulla
- July 16: 3rd T20I – R. Premadasa Stadium
This tour promises exciting cricket as both teams aim to fine-tune their squads across formats.
Football
Sri Lanka Announces U19 Football Squad for SAFF Championship 2025

The Football Federation of Sri Lanka has officially announced the Under-19 national squad for the SAFF U19 Championship 2025, featuring a blend of local talent and international prospects. The squad, comprising 23 promising young footballers, will represent the nation in the prestigious South Asian regional tournament scheduled to take place later this year.
The squad showcases a mix of school football stars from leading institutions in Colombo, Galle, Kinniya, and Negombo, along with Sri Lankan-origin players currently based in Australia and the United Arab Emirates. This strategic inclusion of overseas talent is expected to strengthen Sri Lanka’s chances of a deep run in the championship.

Sri Lanka U19 Squad for SAFF Championship 2025
- Vijayaratnam Haris – St. Joseph’s College, Colombo
- Senapala Nadal Aaron – Gateway International, Colombo
- Mohamed Hafeef Akram – T. B. Jayah MV, Colombo
- Suthakar Roisan Bright – St. Joseph’s College, Colombo
- Aidan Francis Perera – Gateway International, Colombo
- Mohamed Rizwan Mohamed Aashif – Zahira College, Colombo
- Mohamed Shiras Mohamed Shahid – Zahira College, Colombo
- Krawege Hirun Mirasha – Mahinda College, Galle
- Kalinga Anupa Pabasara – Mahinda College, Galle
- Mohamed Rikas Muhammed – Zahira College, Colombo
- Mohamed Siddeek Mohamed Maziyad – Hameedia Al Husseine College
- Abdul Hameed Mohammed Irfan – Al Ameen National School, Kinniya
- Mohammadu Hussain Abdullah – Al Falah, Negombo
- Silmy Mohamed Hussain – Hameedia Al Husseine College
- Mohamed Ramlan Abdul Rahman – Hameedia Al Husseine College
- Mohamed Faris Umar – Darussalam College
- Kaleelullah Mohamed Katheem – Zahira College, Colombo
- Edirisinghe Omith (Captain) – Australia
- Nassim Abdallah Faiz – United Arab Emirates
- Luckman Rashad Shihab – Royal College, Colombo
- Zafarullah Zakariyya – Australia
- Dassanayake Anuk Shahil – Gateway International College
- Zawahir Ayman Riyas – Australia
Led by captain Edirisinghe Omith, the team will focus on showcasing Sri Lanka’s evolving football potential in a tournament that features South Asia’s best young talents. With preparations underway, the coaching staff is optimistic about the team’s chances to make a lasting impression.
Group Stage Fixtures (IST)
May 9, 7:30 PM – India U19 vs Sri Lanka U19
May 11, 7:30 PM – Sri Lanka U19 vs Nepal U19
Stay tuned to Sri Lankan Sports TV for exclusive updates, match previews, and player highlights as Sri Lanka embarks on its U19 SAFF Championship journey.
Cricket
Sri Lanka Soars to Fourth in ICC ODI Rankings After Remarkable Year

Sri Lanka has climbed to 4th place in the latest ICC Men’s ODI Team Rankings, marking a major achievement in the team’s ongoing revival in international cricket. This surge, confirmed after the International Cricket Council’s annual update, reflects a year of consistent and impressive performances.
The upward shift in rankings saw Sri Lanka gain five valuable rating points, pushing them past powerhouse teams like Pakistan and South Africa. Now trailing only India, Australia, and England, Sri Lanka has re-established itself as a major contender in the One Day International (ODI) format.
Key Factors Behind Sri Lanka’s Rise in ODI Rankings
This rankings boost has been fueled by a string of dominant series wins, especially at home. Victories against top-tier teams such as India and Australia have been pivotal. Sri Lanka’s bowling unit has shown exceptional control and discipline, while the batting lineup has evolved into a reliable force, capable of adapting to various match situations.
The leadership of head coach Sanath Jayasuriya and captain Charith Asalanka has been central to this transformation. Jayasuriya’s experience and aggressive tactical approach have revitalized the team, while Asalanka’s calm leadership and key contributions with the bat have earned him praise as a future great.
Youth and Experience Creating a Winning Combination
Emerging stars like Pathum Nissanka, Kamindu Mendis, and Janith Liyanage have provided fresh energy and depth. Their seamless integration alongside veterans has created a balanced and confident unit.
With ICC global tournaments on the horizon, this momentum places Sri Lanka in a strong position to challenge the world’s best. The team’s rise to fourth in the ICC ODI rankings is more than just a number — it’s a testament to their growing belief and ambition on the world stage.
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