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Wanindu Hasaranga’s fifer-for helped Sri Lanka thump Oman in the World Cup qualifier

Man with a golden arm Wanindu Hasaranga bagged his second successive five-wicket haul to help Sri Lanka rout Oman by 10 wickets in the ongoing World Cup Qualifier on Friday.
The win so Sri Lanka to climb the top of the points table in Group B with a massive net run rate and now are well-placed to reach the Super Six stage now.
Putting Oman into bat first, Sri Lankan bowlers put on a dominant show to bundle them out for a meagre 98-run total as Wanindu Hasaranga claimed a sensational five-wicket haul.
Oman, who were unbeaten in their opening two matches of the CWC Qualifier, came face to face with Sri Lanka and felt the wrath of the former champions and Asia Cup winners.
Batting first in the 11th match of the tournament, Oman’s batting lineup failed completely and could only accumulate 98 runs before being bundled out in the 31st over.
All-rounder Ayaan Khan offered some resistance with a gutsy 41 off 60 deliveries while opening batter Jatinder Singh (21) was the other valuable contributor to Oman’s total, who had an overall dismal show with the bat.
Besides the two, none of their batters could make significant contributions, while eight of them even failed to make it to double digits.
Wanindu Hasaranga led the bowling attack for Sri Lanka with 5/13, while Lahiru Kumara returned with 3/22. Kasun Rajitha, on the other hand, had one scalp.
“I bowl at stumps, that’s why I got wickets,” Hasaranga said after winning ‘Player of the Match’.
“This is a very good wicket to bowl for leg spinners. I always tried to bowl at the Stumps and I believe that’s why I got wickets. I always try to stick to the basics and that goes well for me. The Pacers also did their job well with bowling in good areas. These matches will be very helpful for us for the big picture (world cup)”, Wanindu added.
Chasing just 99 runs in 50 overs, Sri Lanka openers completed their task in just 15 overs of the game. Dimuth Karunaratne top scored for Sri Lanka with 61* off just 51 deliveries, while his partner Pathum Nissanka remained unbeaten at 37 off 39 balls.
Oman captain Zeeshan Maqsod said that he wants his team to hold their heads high because these are games that they can take their learning.
“To play against Sri Lanka is proud for us. We have learned a lot from them, the way their bowlers bowled and their batters. First 10 overs, we lost too many wickets early on. We are tested now and that is good for us. Now we know what we need to do going forward. The positive for us is we have two wins. We cannot lose hope and we have to feel pride and play well,” the Oman captain said after the match.
Sri Lanka will next meet Ireland today in their third game.
Brief scores: Oman 98 in 30.2 overs (Ayaan Khan 41; Wanindu Hasaranga 5/13, Lahiru Kumara 3/22) lost to Sri Lanka 100 for no loss in 15 overs (Dimuth Karunaratne 61*) by 10 wickets
වනිඳු හසරංගගේ අනර්ඝ පන්දු යැවීමෙන් ලෝක කුසලාන සුදුසුකම් ලැබීමේ තරගයේදී ඕමානය පරාජය කිරීමට ශ්රී ලංකාව සමත් වේ.
සිකුරාදා පැවති ලෝක කුසලාන සුදුසුකම් ලැබීමේ තරගයේදී ඕමානය කඩුලු 10 කින් පරාජය කිරීමට ශ්රී ලංකා කණ්ඩායමට උපකාර කරමින් වනිඳු හසරංග සිය පිට පිට දෙවැනි කඩුලු 5 දවාලීමට සමත් විය.
මෙම ජයග්රහණය නිසා දැවැන්ත දළ ලකුණු වේගයක් සමඟින් B කාණ්ඩයේ ප්රසාද ලකුණු සටහනේ ඉහළට පැමිණීමට ශ්රී ලංකාව මේ වන විට සුපර් සික්ස් අදියරට පැමිණීමට හොඳ තැනක සිටී.
ඕමානය ප්රථමයෙන් පන්දුවට පහර දුන් ශ්රී ලංකා පන්දු යවන්නන් ප්රමුඛ පෙළේ ක්රීඩකයින් ලකුණු 98කට දැවී ගිය අතර වනිඳු හසරංග සංවේදී කඩුලු 5ක් දවා ගැනීමට සමත් විය.
CWC සුදුසුකම් ලැබීමේ තරගාවලියේ ආරම්භක තරග දෙකේදීම අපරාජිතව සිටි ඕමානය ශ්රී ලංකාව සමඟ මුහුණට මුහුණ ලා හිටපු ශූරයන්ගේ සහ ආසියානු කුසලාන ජයග්රාහකයන්ගේ අණසකට පත් විය.
තරගාවලියේ 11 වැනි තරගයේ පළමුවෙන් පන්දුවට පහරදුන් ඕමාන් පිතිකරණ පෙළ සම්පූර්ණයෙන්ම අසාර්ථක වූ අතර 31 වැනි ඕවරයේදී දැවී යාමට පෙර රැස්කරගත හැකි වූයේ ලකුණු 98ක් පමණි.
තුන් ඉරියව් ක්රීඩක අයාන් ඛාන් පන්දු 60කින් ලකුණු 41ක් ලබා ගනිමින් යම් සටනක් ලබා දුන් අතර ආරම්භක පිතිකරු ජතින්දර් සිං (21) ඕමානයේ මුළු ලකුණු සංඛ්යාවට දායක වූ අනෙක් වටිනා දායකත්වය පිතිකරණයෙන් කළ නොහැකි විය.
ඔවුන් දෙදෙනාට අමතරව, ඔවුන්ගේ පිතිකරුවන් කිසිවෙකුට සැලකිය යුතු දායකත්වයක් ලබා දීමට නොහැකි වූ අතර, ඔවුන්ගෙන් අට දෙනෙකුට එය ඉලක්කම් දෙකකින් කිරීමට පවා නොහැකි විය.
වනිඳු හසරංග 5/13ක් ලෙසින් ශ්රී ලංකාව වෙනුවෙන් පන්දු යැවීමේ ප්රහාරය මෙහෙයවූ අතර, ළහිරු කුමාර 3/22කින් ආපසු පැමිණියේය. අනෙක් අතට කසුන් රාජිතට තිබුණේ එක හිස් කඩුල්ලකි.
ඕවර 50කදී ලකුණු 99ක් පමණක් හඹාගිය ශ්රී ලංකා ආරම්භක පිතිකරුවෝ තරගයේ ඕවර 15ක් පමණක් අවසානයේ සිය කාර්යය සම්පූර්ණ කළහ. ශ්රී ලංකාව වෙනුවෙන් දිමුත් කරුණාරත්න පන්දු 51කදී ලකුණු 61*ක් රැස්කළ අතර පැතුම් නිශ්ශංක පන්දු 39කදී නොදැවී ලකුණු 37ක් රැස් කළේය.
ශ්රී ලංකාව මීළඟට අයර්ලන්තය හමුවන්නේ සිය තුන්වැනි තරගයයි.
සංක්ෂිප්ත ලකුණු: ඕමානය ඕවර 30.2කදී 98 (අයාන් ඛාන් 41; වනිඳු හසරංග 5/13, ලහිරු කුමාර 3/22) ශ්රී ලංකාව හමුවේ ඕවර 15කදී නොදැවී ලකුණු 100 (දිමුත් කරුණාරත්න 61*) කඩුලු 10කින් පරාජයට පත්විය.
Cricket
Kamindu Mendis Shines as Sunrisers Hyderabad Break Chepauk Curse, Crush CSK’s Playoff Hopes | IPL 2025
Sri Lankan all-rounder Kamindu Mendis delivered under pressure, helping Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) script a historic first-ever win over Chennai Super Kings (CSK) at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium during the IPL 2025 season.
Chasing a tricky target of 155, Mendis played a composed and crucial unbeaten knock of 32 off 22 balls, stitching an unbroken 49-run partnership with Nitish Kumar to seal a five-wicket victory with eight balls to spare. His calm presence at the crease when the game was delicately poised underlined his growing stature in T20 cricket.
Earlier, the Chennai Super Kings, once invincible at home, continued their disastrous 2025 campaign — suffering a fourth consecutive home defeat. Batting first, CSK stumbled despite a promising start, collapsing to 154 all out. Dewald Brevis impressed briefly on debut with a quickfire 42 runs, but it was Harshal Patel’s brilliant spell (4 wickets for 28 runs) that broke CSK’s backbone.
For CSK, promising youngster Ayush Mhatre shone early, but a middle-order collapse proved costly. Even skipper M.S. Dhoni’s tactical gamble of giving Sam Curran two overs backfired, as SRH batters capitalized to turn the game.
In the SRH chase, despite early hiccups — losing Abhishek Sharma and Travis Head quickly — Ishan Kishan’s fluent 44 and Kamindu Mendis’ finishing touch ensured Hyderabad stayed alive in the playoff race.
Meanwhile, in the updated IPL 2025 points table, Sunrisers Hyderabad now sits 8th with 6 points, while CSK languishes at the bottom with just 4 points from 9 games, effectively ending their playoff dreams.
Mendis’ all-round contribution, including a key wicket earlier, and his coolness in the chase were pivotal. While Harshal Patel deservedly took the Player of the Match award, Sri Lanka can proudly celebrate Kamindu’s evolving prowess on the IPL stage.
Points Table Update (After SRH vs CSK Match):
- GT, DC, and RCB are leading the race with 12 points each.
- PBKS and MI are close behind with 11 and 10 points.
- CSK and RR are at the bottom with just 4 points, all but knocked out of the playoffs.
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Kaya Daluwatte and Reshan Algama Shine at 16th Faldo Series Asia Grand Final in Vietnam
Sri Lanka’s promising golf talents Kaya Daluwatte and Reshan Algama showcased their growing international class with stellar performances at the prestigious 16th Faldo Series Asia Grand Final, held at the stunning Laguna Golf Lang Co in Vietnam.
Facing off against the finest junior golfers from the Asia-Pacific region—including representatives from Australia, England, Japan, India, and Wales—both Kaya and Reshan rose to the occasion, underlining Sri Lanka’s emerging strength in the sport.
Kaya Daluwatte delivered one of her career-best performances, finishing as the runner-up in the Girls’ Under-16 category. After three composed rounds, she posted a remarkable final score of even-par 216, highlighted by an impressive 2-under-par finish in the final round. Despite Japan’s Al Goto clinching the title with a score of 213, Kaya’s climb up the leaderboard captured widespread admiration. Her poise, precision, and birdies during the crucial back-nine holes showcased a maturity well beyond her years.
This runner-up finish at one of Asia’s top junior championships marks a historic achievement for Sri Lankan golf, signaling that the nation’s junior golfers are ready to challenge the region’s traditional powerhouses.
In the Boys’ Under-16 category, Reshan Algama also left his mark by securing a strong fourth-place finish with a gross score of 218. Although his final round did not match the brilliance of his earlier efforts, Reshan displayed commendable composure against a highly competitive international field. His consistency across top-level tournaments reflects his rapid development into a serious contender on the global junior golf circuit.
Vietnam’s Tuan Anh Nguyen dominated the Boys’ division, leading from start to finish to claim the title with a superb score of 205. India’s Arshvant Srivastava and Kanav Chauhan finished second and third, with scores of 214 and 216 respectively.
Kaya and Reshan’s performances not only bring pride to Sri Lanka but also signal a bright future for the country’s junior golfing scene on the Asian stage.
Football
SAFF Championship Postponement Exposes Deeper Issues Within FFSL
The much-anticipated SAFF Championship, originally scheduled to take place in Sri Lanka in July 2025, has now been officially postponed to 2026—a move that has raised serious concerns over the competence and credibility of the Football Federation of Sri Lanka (FFSL).
According to the SAFF Executive Committee, the decision to delay the tournament stemmed largely from pressure exerted by its marketing partner, Sportfive, which advocated for a home-and-away format to increase commercial value. Furthermore, it is reported that Sportfive preferred the event be hosted in Bangladesh or India, citing better sponsor access and commercial feasibility in those countries if the tournament were to follow a centralized model.
However, beyond external pressure, this development highlights a troubling reality: the FFSL’s inability to effectively organize and defend Sri Lanka’s hosting rights on the international stage. This isn’t merely a scheduling issue—it reflects a deeper pattern of administrative shortcomings, lack of vision, and prioritization of media narratives over tangible development.
As previously reported by Sri Lankan Sports TV, the FFSL continues to focus more on optics and media stunts rather than on the foundational work required to uplift football in the country. The failure to safeguard Sri Lanka’s opportunity to host a major regional tournament not only affects the sport’s growth domestically but also damages the nation’s reputation within South Asian football.
For a federation that has long promised reform and transparency, this latest setback exposes how little progress has actually been made. When commercial partners have more sway than the national football body itself, it’s a clear indication that local football governance is being undermined by weak leadership and poor planning.
This should be a wake-up call—not just for the FFSL, but for every stakeholder invested in the future of Sri Lankan football. The time for slogans and staged announcements is over. Sri Lanka needs action, accountability, and genuine commitment to building a sustainable footballing culture. Until then, headlines like this will only continue to reflect a sport lost in mismanagement.
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