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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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Selection Controversy Hits Sri Lanka Ahead of Caribbean Tour

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Questions have surfaced over the selection of Sri Lanka’s squads for the upcoming tour of the West Indies, after contradictory statements from the country’s former and newly-appointed cricket selection committees sparked fresh controversy.

The dispute centres on who was responsible for finalising the squads for the Test, One Day International and Twenty20 series in the Caribbean.

Newly-appointed selection committee chairman Kapila Wijegunawardene has reportedly maintained that the touring squads were chosen entirely by the previous panel headed by Pramodya Wickramasinghe, insisting that the current committee had no involvement in the process.

Speaking to The Morning Sports, Wijegunawardene stated that his committee only officially assumed duties on May 22 and therefore could not have influenced the selections.
According to him, all squads for the West Indies tour had already been finalised before the new panel took office.

However, former chief selector Wickramasinghe has strongly challenged that account, claiming the new committee altered the squads initially prepared by his panel.

Wickramasinghe alleged that his committee had selected separate squads for each format of the tour, but said the incoming selectors later expanded the player groups and introduced several changes.

Among the disputed decisions, he claimed that the vice-captain originally chosen for the ODI side had subsequently been replaced.

The former selector also raised concerns over certain players included in the final squads, while alleging that external influence from player managers had once again entered Sri Lanka’s national selection process following the appointment of the new committee.

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FIBA Asia Cup Basketball Qualifiers

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Sri Lanka Under-18 team produced a sensational performance to outclass Bangladesh 132-38 in their opening game of the FIBA Asia Cup Basketball Qualifiers worked off at the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium yesterday.

The hosts dominated proceedings from the opening whistle and never allowed Bangladesh any opportunity to settle into the contest. Displaying excellent teamwork, sharp passing and clinical finishing, Sri Lanka completely controlled the game in both attack and defence.

Sri Lanka raced to an early lead with their aggressive style of play and maintained the momentum throughout all four quarters. Their fast breaks and accurate shooting proved too much for the visitors, who struggled to cope with the intensity of the home side.

The Lankan cagers were impressive in defence as well, forcing numerous turnovers and converting them into valuable points. Bangladesh found it difficult to penetrate Sri Lanka’s solid defence and managed only 38 points by the final buzzer.

The emphatic victory gives Sri Lanka a perfect start to the tournament and boosts their confidence ahead of their next encounter.

Sri Lanka will take on Maldives in their second fixture of the tournament at 7.00 p.m. today at the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium.

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Sri Lanka name squads for full-format West Indies tour

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Sri Lanka Cricket has announced the national squads for the upcoming multi-format tour of the West Indies, with selectors blending experienced campaigners and emerging talent across the Test, ODI and T20I squads.

The tour, which begins later this month, will feature white-ball and red-ball cricket, with the ODI series scheduled first before the teams move into the T20I and Test contests. The Sri Lankan squad is set to depart tomorrow, May 26, for what is expected to be a challenging overseas assignment in Caribbean conditions.

Senior batter Pathum Nissanka has been included in all three squads alongside wicketkeeper-batter Kusal Mendis and all-rounder Kamindu Mendis, underlining their importance to Sri Lanka’s plans across formats.

In Test cricket, Dhananjaya de Silva will continue to lead the side, while Kamindu Mendis has been named vice-captain. The squad also includes experienced names such as Dinesh Chandimal, Prabath Jayasuriya and fast bowlers Asitha Fernando and Lahiru Kumara.

Selectors have also rewarded several emerging players, with Lahiru Udara, Sonal Dinusha and Isitha Wijesundara earning places in the Test squad as Sri Lanka looks to build depth ahead of future international commitments.

For the ODI and T20I squads, Kusal Mendis has been entrusted with captaincy duties, while Kamindu Mendis will serve as deputy in both formats. The inclusion of power hitters such as Dasun Shanaka and explosive opener Lasith Croospulle signals Sri Lanka’s intention to adopt an aggressive approach in limited-overs cricket.

Spin will once again be spearheaded by Wanindu Hasaranga, Maheesh Theekshana and Dunith Wellalage, while the pace attack features Dushmantha Chameera, Dilshan Madushanka, Eshan Malinga and Binura Fernando.

The tour is expected to provide Sri Lanka with a crucial opportunity to test combinations in unfamiliar conditions against a traditionally strong Caribbean outfit. With several senior players returning alongside promising youngsters, selectors appear focused on balancing immediate success with long-term squad development.

Test Squad
Pathum Nissanka, Lahiru Udara, Nishan Madushka, Dinesh Chandimal, Pasindu Sooriyabandara, Kamindu Mendis (Vice-Captain), Sonal Dinusha, Kusal Mendis, Dhananjaya de Silva (Captain), Milan Rathnayake, Prabath Jayasuriya, Ramesh Mendis, Asitha Fernando, Vishwa Fernando, Lahiru Kumara, Isitha Wijesundara.

ODI Squad
Pathum Nissanka, Kamil Mishara, Pavan Rathnayake, Kusal Mendis (Captain), Janith Liyanage, Charith Asalanka, Kamindu Mendis (Vice-Captain), Milan Rathnayake, Wanindu Hasaranga, Dunith Wellalage, Maheesh Theekshana, Dushmantha Chameera, Dilshan Madushanka, Eshan Malinga, Asitha Fernando, Pramod Madushan.

T20I Squad
Pathum Nissanka, Kamil Mishara, Lasith Croospulle, Pavan Rathnayake, Kusal Mendis (Captain), Kamindu Mendis (Vice-Captain), Dasun Shanaka, Milan Rathnayake, Dunith Wellalage, Wanindu Hasaranga, Maheesh Theekshana, Dushmantha Chameera, Dilshan Madushanka, Eshan Malinga, Binura Fernando, Nuwan Thushara.

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