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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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Jayasuriya Hands Over Resignation as Sri Lanka Head Coach

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Cricket legend Sanath Jayasuriya has formally handed over his resignation as Head Coach of the Sri Lanka national team, following the side’s disappointing World Cup campaign.

It is learnt, the resignation was submitted on Thursday after discussions with Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) President Shammi Silva. Jayasuriya, who took charge with hopes of reviving the team’s fortunes, decided to step aside after the tournament’s poor showing.

Despite stepping down, Jayasuriya will remain involved in Sri Lankan cricket. In a significant transition, he has been assigned to lead the High Performance Centre, where he will oversee player development and the broader cricketing structure.

Sri Lanka Cricket has yet to announce a replacement for the head coach role, but officials confirmed that talks are underway to identify a candidate capable of steering the national side forward.

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Afghanistan Names New Captains for Sri Lanka Series as Rashid Khan Steps Down

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Afghanistan cricket has entered a new phase of leadership as selectors announced sweeping changes ahead of their upcoming white-ball series against Sri Lanka. Following the team’s early exit from the ICC T20 World Cup, star all-rounder Rashid Khan has been relieved of his captaincy duties. Ibrahim Zadran will now lead the T20 side, while Hashmatullah Shahidi has been entrusted with the ODI captaincy.

Despite losing the armband, Rashid remains a key figure in Afghanistan’s plans, with his name included in both squads. The selectors have opted for a balanced mix of seasoned performers and promising youngsters, signaling a strategy to rebuild while maintaining stability.

The T20 squad features explosive opener Rahmanullah Gurbaz, alongside Ibrahim Zadran, who will captain the side. Veteran Mohammad Nabi adds experience, while spin remains Afghanistan’s strongest weapon with Rashid Khan, Noor Ahmad, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, and Sharafuddin Ashraf forming a formidable attack. Young talents like Sediqullah Atal and Darwish Rasooli have also been given opportunities, reflecting the selectors’ intent to groom the next generation.

On the other hand, Hashmatullah Shahidi will lead the ODI side, supported by experienced campaigners such as Rahmat Shah and Mohammad Nabi. The batting unit includes Ibrahim Zadran and Rahmanullah Gurbaz, while wicketkeeping duties will be shared between Gurbaz and Ikram Alikhil. The bowling attack is spearheaded by Rashid Khan, with support from Zia ur Rahman Sharifi, Farid Ahmad Malik, and Nangyal Kharotai. Reserves include Qais Ahmad, M. Saleem Safi, and Bashir Ahmad, ensuring depth across departments.

Security Concerns Cloud Series
The series, scheduled from March 13 to 25, was to feature three T20Is in Sharjah and three ODIs in Dubai. However, escalating regional tensions—sparked by reports of Iranian strikes and claims surrounding the death of Iran’s supreme leader in alleged U.S.–Israeli attacks—have raised serious doubts about security and travel. Cricket authorities are monitoring the situation closely, with contingency plans under discussion.

ODI Squad: Hashmatullah Shahidi (Captain), Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmanullah Gurbaz (WK), Sediqullah Atal, Rahmat Shah, Darwish Rasooli, Mohammad Nabi, Azmatullah Omarzai, Ikram Alikhil (WK), Rashid Khan, A.M. Ghazanfar, Zia ur Rahman Sharifi, Farid Ahmad Malik, Nangyal Kharotai, Bila Saim.
Reserves: Qais Ahmad, M. Saleem Safi, Bashir Ahmad.

T20I Squad: Ibrahim Zadran (Captain), Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Sediqullah Atal, Darwish Rasooli, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Noor Rahman (WK), Shahidullah Kamal, Sharafuddin Ashraf, Rashid Khan, Noor Ahmad, Mujeeb Ur Rahman, Zia ur Rahman Sharifi, Fareed Malik, Abdullah Ahmadzai.

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Jamie Siddons Appointed Head Coach of Sri Lanka Women’s Team

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Sri Lanka Cricket has appointed former Australian cricketer Jamie Siddons as the Head Coach of the Sri Lanka National Women’s Team.

Siddons has served as the head coach of the Bangladesh National Men’s Team from 2007 to
2011, marking his highest level of international coaching experience.

A Level 3 qualified coach, Siddons has also served as Head Coach of the South Australia
Cricket Team (Redbacks) from 2015 to 2020 and Head Coach of the Wellington Firebirds,
New Zealand, from 2011 to 2015.

His one-year appointment will come into effect on 16 March 2026. Siddons, who enjoyed an extensive first-class cricket career in Australia and captained both South Australia and Victoria, will take on the responsibility of guiding Sri Lanka’s women’s team in preparation for the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2026, scheduled to be held in June in England.

His first assignment will be Sri Lanka Women’s Tour of Bangladesh, scheduled to take place in April–May 2026.

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