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The Sri Lanka squad for the limited-overs tournament with India was announced

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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
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Sooryavanshi fireworks see India ‘A’ thump Sri Lanka to clinch title

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A breathtaking assault from teenage sensation Vaibhav Sooryavanshi powered India ‘A’ to a commanding 66-run victory over Sri Lanka ‘A’ in the final of the Tri-Series 2026, as the visitors lifted the title in emphatic fashion.

After being asked to bat, India ‘A’ piled up a daunting 377 for 9 in their 50 overs, thanks largely to Sooryavanshi’s explosive 94 off just 29 balls. The left-hander unleashed a stunning display of power-hitting, smashing 10 fours and eight sixes at a remarkable strike rate of 324.13.

Together with Priyansh Arya, who made a brisk 39, he put on 132 runs for the opening wicket in less than nine overs, leaving the Sri Lankan bowlers reeling.

Although Sooryavanshi fell agonisingly short of a century, India maintained the momentum through Ruturaj Gaikwad (40) and captain Tilak Varma, who anchored the middle overs with a well-compiled 67. Kumar Kushagra contributed 36, while Anukul Roy provided a late flourish with an unbeaten 39 from just 15 deliveries, including four sixes.

For Sri Lanka, Wanuja Sahan was the most economical bowler and claimed two wickets, while Ravindu Fernando and Kugathas Mathulan also picked up two scalps each.

Faced with a formidable target, Sri Lanka ‘A’ launched a spirited chase but were eventually bowled out for 311 in 47.1 overs. Sadeera Samarawickrama led the resistance with an attractive 52 off 44 balls, while Wanuja Sahan produced a fighting 62. Captain Sahan Arachchige chipped in with 38 and Vijayakanth Viyaskanth added 39, but the required rate continued to climb.

India’s bowlers struck at regular intervals, with Yash Thakur and Vipraj Nigam claiming three wickets apiece. Anukul Roy supported well with two wickets as Sri Lanka’s challenge faded in the closing stages.

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Sri Lanka Eye Historic Semi-Final Spot in Must-Win Clash Against West Indies

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Sri Lanka stand on the brink of a potential breakthrough at the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026 as they prepare for a decisive Group Stage encounter against West Indies, with a place in the semi-finals firmly within reach.

After reviving their campaign with an impressive victory over New Zealand, the Sri Lankans have injected fresh life into their tournament aspirations. The win not only boosted confidence within the squad but also placed them in a strong position heading into one of their most important matches of the competition.

A victory over the Caribbean side would leave Sri Lanka well placed to secure a coveted berth in the last four, marking a significant achievement for the women’s team on the global stage.
Captain Chamari Athapaththu will once again carry much of the responsibility at the top of the order. Although she has shown glimpses of her class in previous matches, the experienced all-rounder will be eager to convert promising starts into a substantial innings capable of steering her side to victory.

Sri Lanka’s batting depth will also be tested, with Harshitha Samarawickrama, Vishmi Gunaratne and Nilakshi de Silva expected to play key roles. Their ability to anchor the innings while maintaining scoring momentum could prove decisive in a contest where every run may carry added significance.

The bowling attack has been one of Sri Lanka’s standout features throughout the tournament. Disciplined performances and timely breakthroughs have enabled the team to remain competitive against strong opposition, and another collective effort will be required against a powerful West Indies batting line-up.

Sri Lanka can also draw encouragement from recent history. Ahead of the World Cup, they secured a bilateral series victory over West Indies, a result that demonstrated their ability to challenge and overcome the Caribbean outfit. While major tournaments often present different pressures, that success provides a valuable boost to confidence.

West Indies, meanwhile, enter the match in formidable form after registering consecutive wins in the tournament. Armed with experienced campaigners and a fearless approach, they will be determined to preserve their winning momentum and strengthen their own semi-final ambitions.

With both teams chasing a place in the knockout stage, Sunday’s showdown in Bristol promises to be one of the most significant and closely contested matches of the group phase.

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Jay Shah in Sri Lanka for Discussions on Future of Cricket Administration: Reports

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Sri Lankan media reports indicate that ICC Chairman Jay Shah has arrived in Sri Lanka for talks with government representatives and cricket stakeholders regarding the future governance of Sri Lanka Cricket.

Reports state that Shah is scheduled to hold discussions with President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and other key figures during his visit.

The meetings are expected to address the current interim administration of Sri Lanka Cricket and explore possible pathways for the sport’s governance moving forward.

Shah’s visit comes as Sri Lankan authorities continue to engage with international cricket bodies on matters relating to the administration of the game and compliance with international cricket regulations.

As of publication, neither the ICC nor the Sri Lankan government had officially confirmed or commented on the visit.

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