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The Sri Lanka squad for the limited-overs tournament with India was announced
The Sri Lanka squad for the limited-overs tournament with India was announced yesterday. 18 players each have been included in the ODI and T20 squads led by Dasun Shanaka.
A change has been made in the vice-captaincy of both the Sri Lankan squad named for the tour of India. Accordingly, the vice-captaincy of the ODI team has been given to Kusal Mendis and the vice-captaincy of the T20 team to Wanindu Hasaranga.
The opening batsman Avishka Fernando, who was suffering from an injury, has been called to the Sri Lankan squad once again. Also, Sadeera Samarawickrama, who became the man of the Lanka Premier League tournament, has also been included in the Sri Lankan limited-overs squad after some time.
The two players Jeffrey Wandase and Nuwanidu Fernando have been named only for the ODI series against the Indian team and Bhanuka Rajapaksa and Nuwan Thushara have been added to the T20 squad only. All-rounder Chamika Karunaratne, who was removed from the team in the one-day series against Afghanistan, has been called to the Sri Lanka squad once again, while former captain Dinesh Chandimal has not been given a place in the Sri Lanka squad.
The Sri Lankan team’s tour of India is scheduled to begin on the 3rd of January with the T20 series. After that, the ODI series between the two countries will start on January 10. Both ODI and T20 tournaments include 3 matches each. Meanwhile, the Sri Lankan team started its training activities on the 27th with the aim of visiting India. The Sri Lankan team for the tour of India is scheduled to leave the island on December 31.
Sri Lanka ODI and T20 squad
Dasun Shanaka, Kusal Mendis, Vanidu Hasaranga, Pathum Nissanka, Avishka Fernando, Sadira Samarawickrama, Charith Asanka, Dhananjaya de Silva, Ashen Bandara, Mahish Thiekshana, Chamika Karunaratne, Dilshan Madhusankha, Kasun Rajitha, Dunit Vellalage, Pramod Madushan, Lahiru Kumar, Jeffrey Wandase & Nuwanidu Fernando (ODI), Bhanuka Rajapaksa & Nuwan Thushara (T20)
ඉන්දීය කණ්ඩායම සමගින් පැවැත්වෙන සීමිත පන්දුවාර තරගාවලි සදහා වන ශ්රී ලංකා සංචිතය ඊයේ දිනයේදී ප්රකාශයට පත් කෙරිණි.
ඉන්දීය කණ්ඩායම සමගින් පැවැත්වෙන සීමිත පන්දුවාර තරගාවලි සදහා වන ශ්රී ලංකා සංචිතය ඊයේ දිනයේදී ප්රකාශයට පත් කෙරිණි. දසුන් ශානකගේ නායකත්වයෙන් යුතු එක්දින හා විස්සයි විස්ස සංචිත සදහා ක්රීඩකයන් 18 දෙනෙකු බැගින් ඇතුළත් කොට ඇත.
ඉන්දීය තරග සංචාරය වෙනුවෙන් නම් කෙරුණු ශ්රී ලංකා සංචිතය දෙකෙහිම උපනායකත්වයෙහි වෙනසක් සිදුකොට ඇත. ඒ අනුව එක්දින කණ්ඩායමේ උපනායකත්වය කුසල් මෙන්ඩිස්ට ද විස්සයි විස්ස කණ්ඩායමේ උප නායකත්වය වනිදු හසරංගට ද හිමි වී ඇත.
ආබාධයකට ලක්ව සිටි ආරම්භක පිතිකරු අවිශ්ක ප්රනාන්දු යළිත් වරක් ශ්රී ලංකා සංචිතයට කැදවා ඇත. එමෙන්ම ලංකා ප්රිමියර් ලීග් තරගාවලියේ වීරයා බවට පත් වූ සදීර සමරවික්රම ද කලකට පසු ශ්රී ලංකා සීමිත පන්දුවාර සංචිතයට ඇතුළත් කොට ඇත.
ජෙෆ්රි වැන්ඩසේ හා නුවනිදු ප්රනාන්දු යන ක්රීඩකයන් දෙදෙනා ඉන්දීය කණ්ඩායමට එරෙහිව පැවැත්වෙන එක්දින තරගාවලිය සදහා පමණක් නම් කොට ඇති අතර භානුක රාජපක්ෂ හා නුවන් තුෂාර විස්සයි විස්ස සංචිතයට පමණක් එක් කොට ඇත. ඇෆ්ගනිස්තානයට එරෙහිව පැවති එක්දින තරගාවලියේ දී කණ්ඩායමෙන් ඉවත් කළ තුන් ඉරියව් ක්රීඩක චාමික කරුණාරත්න යළිත් වරක් ශ්රී ලංකා සංචිතයට කැදවා ඇති අතර හිටපු නායක දිනේෂ් චන්දිමාල්ට ශ්රි ලංකා සංචිතයේ ඉඩක් හිමි වී නොමැත.
ශ්රී ලංකා කණ්ඩායමේ ඉන්දීය සංචාරය එළඹෙන ජනවාරි මස 3 වනදා විස්සයි විස්ස තරගාවලියෙන් ආරම්භ වීමට නියමිතය. ඉන් අනතුරුව දෙරට අතර එක්දින තරගාවලිය ජනවාරි මස 10 වනදා ආරම්භ වනු ඇත. එක්දින හා විස්සයි විස්ස තරගාවලි දෙකටම තරග 3 බැගින් ඇතුළත්ය. මේ අතර ඉන්දීය සංචාරය ඉලක්ක කරගනිමින් ශ්රී ලංකා කණ්ඩායම පසුගිය 27 වනදා සිය පුහුණුවීම් කටයුතු ආරම්භ කොට ඇත. ඉන්දීය සංචාරය වෙනුවෙන් එක්වන ශ්රී ලංකා කණ්ඩායම දෙසැම්බර් මස 31වනදා දිවයිනෙන් පිටත්ව යාමට නියමිතය.
ශ්රී ලංකා එක්දින හා විස්සයි විස්ස සංචිතය
දසුන් ශානක, කුසල් මෙන්ඩිස්, වනිදු හසරංග, පැතුම් නිස්සංක, අවිශ්ක ප්රනාන්දු, සදීර සමරවික්රම, චරිත් අසලංක, ධනංජය ද සිල්වා, අශේන් බණ්ඩාර, මහීෂ් තීක්ෂණ, චාමික කරුණාරත්න, දිල්ෂාන් මධුසංඛ, කසුන් රාජිත, දුනිත් වෙල්ලාලගේ, ප්රමෝද් මදුෂාන්, ලහිරු කුමාර, ජෙෆ්රි වැන්ඩසේ & නුවනිදු ප්රනාන්දු (ODI), භානුක රාජපක්ෂ & නුවන් තුෂාර (T20)
இந்திய அணியுடனான மட்டுப்படுத்தப்பட்ட ஓவர்கள் போட்டிக்கான இலங்கை அணி நேற்று அறிவிக்கப்பட்டது
இந்திய அணியுடனான மட்டுப்படுத்தப்பட்ட ஓவர்கள் போட்டிக்கான இலங்கை அணி நேற்று அறிவிக்கப்பட்டது. தசுன் ஷனக தலைமையிலான ஒருநாள் மற்றும் டி20 அணியில் தலா 18 வீரர்கள் சேர்க்கப்பட்டுள்ளனர்.
இந்திய சுற்றுப்பயணத்திற்காக பெயரிடப்பட்டுள்ள இலங்கை அணியின் துணைத் தலைவர் பதவியில் மாற்றம் செய்யப்பட்டுள்ளது. அதன்படி, ஒருநாள் கிரிக்கெட் அணியின் துணைத் தலைவர் பதவி குசல் மெண்டிஸுக்கும், டி20 அணியின் துணைத் தலைவர் வனிது ஹசரங்கவுக்கும் வழங்கப்பட்டுள்ளது.
காயத்தால் அவதிப்பட்டு வந்த தொடக்க வீரர் அவிஷ்க பெர்னாண்டோ மீண்டும் இலங்கை அணிக்கு அழைக்கப்பட்டுள்ளார். மேலும், சிலோன் பிரீமியர் லீக் போட்டியின் நாயகனாக மாறிய சதீர சமரவிக்ரமவும் சில காலங்களின் பின்னர் இலங்கை மட்டுப்படுத்தப்பட்ட ஓவர்கள் குழாமில் இணைக்கப்பட்டுள்ளார்.
இந்திய அணிக்கெதிரான ஒருநாள் தொடருக்கு மாத்திரம் ஜெஃப்ரி வான்டேஸ் மற்றும் நுவானிடு பெர்னாண்டோ ஆகிய இரு வீரர்களும், டி20 அணியில் பானுக ராஜபக்சே மற்றும் நுவன் துஷாரா ஆகியோர் மட்டும் சேர்க்கப்பட்டுள்ளனர். ஆப்கானிஸ்தானுக்கு எதிரான ஒருநாள் தொடரில் அணியில் இருந்து நீக்கப்பட்ட சகலதுறை வீரர் சாமிக்க கருணாரத்ன மீண்டும் இலங்கை அணிக்கு அழைக்கப்பட்ட நிலையில், முன்னாள் தலைவர் தினேஷ் சந்திமாலுக்கு இலங்கை அணியில் இடம் வழங்கப்படவில்லை.
இலங்கை அணியின் இந்திய சுற்றுப்பயணம் ஜனவரி 3ஆம் தேதி டி20 தொடருடன் தொடங்க உள்ளது. அதன்பிறகு இரு நாடுகளுக்கு இடையிலான ஒருநாள் தொடர் ஜனவரி 10-ம் தேதி தொடங்குகிறது. ஒருநாள் மற்றும் டி20 போட்டிகள் இரண்டிலும் தலா 3 போட்டிகள் அடங்கும். இதேவேளை, இந்தியாவுக்கு விஜயம் செய்யும் நோக்கில் இலங்கை அணி கடந்த 27ஆம் திகதி தனது பயிற்சி நடவடிக்கைகளை ஆரம்பித்துள்ளது. இந்திய சுற்றுப்பயணத்திற்கான இலங்கை அணி டிசம்பர் 31 ஆம் திகதி தீவில் இருந்து புறப்படவுள்ளது.
இலங்கை ஒருநாள் மற்றும் டி20 அணி
தசுன் ஷனக, குசல் மெண்டிஸ், வனிது ஹசரங்க, பதும் நிஸ்ஸங்க, அவிஷ்க பெர்னாண்டோ, சதீர சமரவிக்ரம, சரித் அசங்க, தனஞ்சய டி சில்வா, அஷேன் பண்டார, மஹிஷ் தீக்ஷன, சாமிக்க கருணாரத்ன, டில்ஷான் மதுசங்க, கசுன் குமார் ராஜித, துனித் குமார் ராஜித, துனித்ரு குமார் ராஜித. வந்தசே & நுவனிடு பெர்னாண்டோ (ODI), பானுகா ராஜபக்சே & நுவான் துஷாரா (T20)
Cricket
KKR Bring in Luvnith Sisodia as Replacement for Injured Matheesha Pathirana
Kolkata Knight Riders have drafted in Karnataka wicketkeeper-batter Luvnith Sisodia as a replacement for Sri Lankan pacer Matheesha Pathirana ahead of their crucial final league-stage fixture against Delhi Capitals in IPL 2026.
Pathirana has been ruled out of the remainder of the tournament after suffering a hamstring injury during KKR’s victory over Gujarat Titans last weekend. The Sri Lankan speedster, one of the franchise’s marquee signings at the auction, was bought for a massive INR 18 crore but endured an injury-plagued campaign.
The 23-year-old had already missed the early stages of the season due to a left calf injury sustained during Sri Lanka’s Super Eight campaign at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup. Although he eventually joined the squad in mid-April after recovering, his comeback proved short-lived.
Making his first appearance for KKR against Gujarat Titans, Pathirana bowled just 1.2 overs before leaving the field in visible discomfort with a left hamstring problem. Subsequent medical assessments confirmed that he would take no further part in the tournament.
In response, KKR have turned to Luvnith Sisodia, a promising left-handed wicketkeeper-batter from Karnataka. Sisodia has featured in 13 T20 matches at the domestic level but is still awaiting his IPL debut.
The youngster is no stranger to the IPL environment, having previously spent time with Royal Challengers Bengaluru before being picked up by KKR during the 2025 mega auction. His inclusion also strengthens Kolkata’s wicketkeeping options following injuries to Angkrish Raghuvanshi, who was sidelined after suffering a concussion and finger fracture earlier in the campaign.
KKR’s playoff hopes remain slim but alive heading into their final round-robin encounter. The defending champions will first need Rajasthan Royals to lose against Mumbai Indians. Even then, Kolkata must secure a convincing victory over Delhi Capitals to improve their net run rate sufficiently and overtake Punjab Kings for a place in the Eliminator.
Cricket
LPL 2026 Attracts Massive Overseas Interest With Over 650 Registrations
The sixth edition of the Lanka Premier League has generated strong international interest, with more than 650 overseas cricketers registering for the 2026 player draft ahead of the tournament scheduled later this year.
According to the organisers, players from 21 cricket-playing nations have entered the registration pool, highlighting the growing global appeal of Sri Lanka’s premier franchise T20 competition.
The largest number of registrations from ICC Full Member nations came from Pakistan, South Africa, the West Indies, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, New Zealand, Australia and England. Pakistan topped the list with 102 players registering for the draft, while 75 players from the West Indies and 66 from South Africa also entered their names.
Bangladesh contributed 48 registrations, New Zealand 41, Australia 24, England 15 and India 12 players.
Several Associate Member nations have also shown strong representation, particularly the USA, UAE and Ireland, further underlining the league’s expanding international footprint.
Despite the large number of applications, only 310 overseas players will make the final shortlist for the Lanka Premier League 2026 player draft following a screening process conducted by the tournament organisers.
The official player draft is scheduled to be held on June 1, where the franchises will assemble their squads for the upcoming season.
The Lanka Premier League 2026 is set to run from July 17 to August 8 and is expected to feature a blend of international stars and Sri Lanka’s leading local talent.
Since its inception, the LPL has continued to grow in stature and has become an important platform for Sri Lankan players to compete alongside experienced overseas professionals while also attracting wider international attention to the country’s domestic cricket structure.
Cricket
Sri Lanka ‘A’ Women Cruise Past New Zealand ‘A’ Behind Vishmi, Dewmi Show
Vishmi Gunaratne produced a composed unbeaten half-century while Dewmi Vihanga starred with the ball as Sri Lanka ‘A’ Women secured a dominant 56-run victory over New Zealand ‘A’ Women in the second unofficial ODI at the Dambulla International Stadium on Saturday.
Batting first in the 20-over encounter, the hosts recovered from a few middle-order setbacks to post an imposing 152 for 5, with Vishmi anchoring the innings brilliantly.
Sri Lanka made a lively start through Sanjana Kavindi, who attacked the New Zealand bowlers early with a quickfire 27 off 20 balls, striking six boundaries before falling to Jess Watkin.
Vishmi then took charge of the innings, combining caution with timely aggression to keep the scoreboard moving. The left-hander found strong support from Vimoksha Balasuriya, who added 33 off 27 deliveries with two fours and two sixes during an important middle-order stand.
Although Sri Lanka lost a cluster of wickets late in the innings, Dewmi Vihanga’s explosive finish gave the innings further momentum. Dewmi blasted an unbeaten 14 from only three balls, including a six and two boundaries, helping the hosts finish strongly at the death.
New Zealand ‘A’ began the chase poorly and struggled to recover after losing wickets regularly against disciplined Sri Lankan bowling.
Captain Jess Watkin was dismissed in the opening over before Chamudi Praboda removed both Kate Anderson and JA Watkins to leave the visitors under pressure.
The innings never gained stability as Sri Lanka tightened their grip through the middle overs. Dewmi Vihanga then delivered the decisive blows, dismissing Tash Wakelin, Bella Armstrong and the dangerous Emma Black to effectively end New Zealand’s hopes.
Emma Black provided the lone resistance with an aggressive 28 off 20 balls, but the visitors were eventually bowled out for 96 in 19.5 overs.
Dewmi finished with impressive figures of 3 for 19 while Chamudi Praboda supported well with 2 for 15 as Sri Lanka ‘A’ completed a comprehensive all-round performance.
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