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We are well prepared for this tournament – skipper Shevon Daniel

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Sri Lanka under-19 skipper Shevon Daniel believes his team will put up a good show in the under-19 Tri-Nation Tournament and the bilateral series against Afghanistan starting on 20 March.

The tri-nation tournament (One Day Limited Over) will consist of Sri Lanka, Afghanistan and Bangladesh.

“We are well prepared for this tournament. We were preparing for this tournament for the past two months, so I think we are all set to put up a good show,” said the skipper prior to their departure.

The Sri Lanka Cricket Selection Committee named a strong 15-member squad comprising three senior players – Shevon Daniel, Theeraka Ranathunga and Trevin Matthew. The squad also consist of young talents such as Hiran Jayasundara, Hirun Kapurubandara, Manula Kularathne and Sineth Jayawardane to name a few.

The UAE tour will also serve as good exposure for the players before the Youth World Cup 2024 scheduled to be held in Sri Lanka.

“We were closely monitoring the matches Afghanistan and Bangladesh played in recent times to study their playing styles. I believe the boys will put up a good performance,” Shevon Daniel further added.

The squad left the island nation today without Dinura Kalupahana, Malsha Tharupathi and Sineth Jayawardane who will join the team on the 19th. The three of them were allowed to play in their respective big matches this weekend by SLC.

Squad: Shevon Daniel, Hirun Kapurubandara, Malsha Tharupathi, Dinura Kalupahana, Sineth Jayawardena, Vihas Thewmika, Vishen Halambage, Hiran Jayasundara, Traveen Mathew, Theeraka Ranathunga, Vishva Lahiru, Duvindu Ranatunga, Manula Kularathne, Garuka Sanketh and Vishwa Rajapaksa

අපි මේ තරගාවලියට හොඳින් සූදානම් – නායක ෂෙවෝන් ඩැනියෙල්

ශ්‍රී ලංකා වයස අවුරුදු 19 න් පහළ නායක ෂෙවෝන් ඩැනියෙල් විශ්වාස කරන්නේ තම කණ්ඩායම 19 න් පහළ තුන්කොන් තරගාවලියේ සහ ඇෆ්ගනිස්තානයට එරෙහිව මාර්තු 20 වැනිදා ආරම්භ වන ද්විපාර්ශ්වික තරගමාලාවේ හොඳ දස්කම් දක්වනු ඇති බවයි.

තුන්කොන් තරගාවලිය (සීමිත එක්දින) ශ්‍රී ලංකාව, ඇෆ්ගනිස්තානය සහ බංග්ලාදේශයෙන් සමන්විත වේ.

“අපි මේ තරගාවලියට හොඳින් සූදානම්. අපි පසුගිය මාස දෙක තුළ මෙම තරඟාවලිය සඳහා සූදානම් වෙමින් සිටි අතර, ඒ නිසා අපි හොඳ තරඟයක් ඉදිරිපත් කිරීමට සූදානම් බව මම සිතමි, ”ඔවුන් පිටත්ව යාමට පෙර නායකයා පැවසීය.

ශ්‍රී ලංකා ක්‍රිකට් තේරීම් කමිටුව විසින් ජ්‍යෙෂ්ඨ ක්‍රීඩකයින් තිදෙනෙකුගෙන් සමන්විත 15 දෙනෙකුගෙන් යුත් ශක්තිමත් සංචිතයක් නම් කරන ලදී – ෂෙවෝන් ඩැනියෙල්, තීරක රණතුංග සහ ට්‍රෙවින් මැතිව්. හිරාන් ජයසුන්දර, හිරුන් කපුරුබණ්ඩාර, මනුල කුලරත්න සහ සිනෙත් ජයවර්ධන වැනි යොවුන් ක්‍රීඩකයන්ගෙන්ද සංචිතය සමන්විත වේ.

2024 ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ පැවැත්වීමට නියමිත යොවුන් ලෝක කුසලානයට පෙර එක්සත් අරාබි එමීර් රාජ්‍ය සංචාරය ක්‍රීඩකයින්ට හොඳ නිරාවරණයක් වනු ඇත.

“අපි ඔවුන්ගේ ක්‍රීඩා විලාසයන් අධ්‍යයනය කිරීම සඳහා මෑත කාලයේ ඇෆ්ගනිස්ථානය සහ බංග්ලාදේශය ක්‍රීඩා කළ තරඟ සමීපව නිරීක්ෂණය කරමින් සිටියෙමු. පිරිමි ළමයින් හොඳ දස්කම් දක්වනු ඇතැයි මම විශ්වාස කරනවා,” ෂෙවෝන් ඩැනියෙල් වැඩිදුරටත් පැවසීය.

19 වැනිදා කණ්ඩායමට එක්වන දිනුර කළුපහන, මල්ෂා තරුපති සහ සිනෙත් ජයවර්ධන නොමැතිව සංචිතය අද දිවයිනෙන් පිටත්ව ගියේය. ඔවුන් තිදෙනාට මෙම සති අන්තයේ ඔවුන්ගේ මහා තරග සඳහා ක්‍රීඩා කිරීමට ශ්‍රී ලංකා ක්‍රිකට් ආයතනය අවසර ලබාදී ඇත.

සංචිතය: ෂෙවෝන් ඩැනියෙල්, හිරුන් කපුරුබණ්ඩාර, මල්ෂා තරුපති, දිනුර කළුපහන, සිනෙත් ජයවර්ධන, විහස් තෙව්මික, විශේන් හැලඹගේ, හිරාන් ජයසුන්දර, ට්‍රවීන් මැතිව්, තීරක රණතුංග, විශ්ව ලහිරු, දුවිඳු රණතුංග, මනුල කුලරත්න, සහ විශ්‍ර කුලරත්න.

இந்த போட்டிக்கு நாங்கள் நன்கு தயாராக உள்ளோம் – கேப்டன் ஷெவோன் டேனியல்

இலங்கை 19 வயதுக்குட்பட்ட அணித்தலைவர் ஷெவோன் டேனியல் தனது அணி 19 வயதுக்குட்பட்ட முத்தரப்புப் போட்டியிலும், ஆப்கானிஸ்தானுக்கு எதிராக மார்ச் 20ஆம் தேதி தொடங்கும் இருதரப்புத் தொடரிலும் சிறப்பான ஆட்டத்தை வெளிப்படுத்தும் என நம்புகிறார்.

இலங்கை, ஆப்கானிஸ்தான் மற்றும் வங்காளதேசம் ஆகிய மூன்று நாடுகள் பங்கேற்கும் முத்தரப்பு போட்டி (ஒரு நாள் வரையறுக்கப்பட்ட ஓவர்).

“இந்தப் போட்டிக்கு நாங்கள் நன்கு தயாராக இருக்கிறோம். கடந்த இரண்டு மாதங்களாக நாங்கள் இந்த போட்டிக்கு தயாராகி வருகிறோம், எனவே நாங்கள் அனைவரும் ஒரு நல்ல ஆட்டத்தை வெளிப்படுத்த தயாராக உள்ளோம் என்று நான் நினைக்கிறேன், ”என்று அவர்கள் புறப்படுவதற்கு முன் கேப்டன் கூறினார்.

ஷேவோன் டேனியல், தீரக ரணதுங்கா மற்றும் ட்ரெவின் மேத்யூ ஆகிய மூன்று மூத்த வீரர்களைக் கொண்ட வலுவான 15 பேர் கொண்ட அணியை இலங்கை கிரிக்கெட் தேர்வுக் குழு பெயரிட்டுள்ளது. இந்த அணியில் ஹிரன் ஜயசுந்தர, ஹிருன் கபுருபண்டார, மனுல குலரத்ன மற்றும் சினெத் ஜயவர்தன போன்ற இளம் திறமையாளர்களும் உள்ளனர்.

ஐக்கிய அரபு எமிரேட்ஸ் சுற்றுப்பயணம், 2024 இலங்கையில் நடைபெறவுள்ள இளையோர் உலகக் கோப்பைக்கு முன்னதாக வீரர்களுக்கு நல்ல வெளிப்பாடாக அமையும்.

“சமீப காலங்களில் ஆப்கானிஸ்தான் மற்றும் வங்காளதேசம் விளையாடிய போட்டிகளை நாங்கள் உன்னிப்பாகக் கண்காணித்து அவர்களின் விளையாட்டு முறைகளை ஆய்வு செய்தோம். சிறுவர்கள் சிறப்பான ஆட்டத்தை வெளிப்படுத்துவார்கள் என்று நான் நம்புகிறேன்,” என்று ஷெவோன் டேனியல் மேலும் கூறினார்.

எதிர்வரும் 19ஆம் திகதி அணியுடன் இணையவுள்ள தினுர களுபஹன, மல்ஷா தருபதி மற்றும் சினெத் ஜயவர்தன ஆகியோர் இன்றி இன்று தீவு நாட்டிலிருந்து அணி புறப்பட்டது. அவர்கள் மூவரும் இந்த வார இறுதியில் அந்தந்த பெரிய போட்டிகளில் விளையாட SLC ஆல் அனுமதிக்கப்பட்டனர்.

அணி: ஷெவோன் டேனியல், ஹிருன் கபுருபண்டார, மல்ஷா தருபதி, தினுர கலுபஹன, சினெத் ஜயவர்தன, விஹாஸ் தெவ்மிக, விஷேன் ஹலம்பகே, ஹிரன் ஜயசுந்தர, ட்ரவீன் மெத்யூ, தீரக ரணதுங்க, விஷ்வ லஹிரு, துவிந்து ரணதுங்க, மனுல குலரத்ன  மற்றும் கப்ரு குலரத்ன,

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The emotional celebration that followed moved everyone present at the venue. The young players hugged each other with pride and happiness after achieving a victory that will be remembered for years to come. Their performance throughout the tournament displayed excellent discipline, skill, and fighting spirit.

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Thulith Palliyaguru partnered with Oshamika Karunarathna to overcome the duo of Jason Homer and Thavisha Samararatne in straight sets (24-22, 21-16) to claim the Open Men’s Doubles title, after pairing up with Panchali Adhikari to win the Open Mixed Doubles title to secure his double crown. Thulith and Panchali defeated Aashinsa Herath and Varangana Jayawardanain straight sets, with scores of 21-16 and 21-17. The Open Women’s Doubles title was claimed by Anurangi Masakoralaand Praveena Wijesundara, who defeated Isuri Attanayake and Sithumi de Silva in straight sets by 22-20 and 21-16 after an absorbing battle.
 
In the Junior category, Dinew Wmalaratne and NethmiRatnayake secured the U-19 Boy’s and Girl’s Singles titles, with the former accounting for a double crown. Dinew was given a tough challenge by Senuth Perera, who squared the Boy’s Singles final after the eventual champion won the first set by 21-17 and conceded the second 16-21 to set a thrilling final set. Dinew claimed the final set 21-18 and secured the title by 2-1, after claiming the Boys’ U-19 Doubles title partnering with Keneth Aruggoda to defeat Thejana Herath and MihilaJayaweera in straight sets, with scores of 21/13 and 21-16.
 
Nethmi Ratnayake defeated Dulanya Karunarathna in straight sets by 21-17 and 21-14, while the pairing of Isuri Attanayakeand Sithumi de Silva went on to overcome Vinuthi Ranasingheand Yenara Wickramasinghe by 2-1 to claim the Girls’ U-19 Doubles title. Isuri and Sithumi conceded the first set 16-21, but bounced back to claim the remaining two sets by 24-22 and 21-9 to emerge winners after a grueling battle.
 
The annual elite badminton competition conducted by Mercantile Badminton Association, attracted nearly 1900 shuttlers, who battled it out in 59 different events. A grand cash prize of Rs. 750,000 was on offer in addition to gifts and certificates at the event, which was held at the MBA, Sri Lanka Badminton and Otters courts from May 2nd to 10th with Elite Shutter stepping forward as the Main Sponsor. Other sponsors namely DMS, Hundred, Linning, Omrith, ATG, NST Enterprises, Mclarens Group, Mobil, Lanla Commodity Brokers, Gangani Tea Factory, Forbes & Walker Tea Factory, Green House Tea Factory, Palathota Uva Tea Factory and Sanda HiruProductions contributed for the success of the nine-day event. Mrs Shanga Jayawicrama graced the awards ceremony as Chief Guest while Brian Gomes of Elite Shutter made his presence as the Guest of Honour.

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SLC Postpones Domestic Cricket Tournaments Due to Adverse Weather

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Sri Lanka Cricket has announced the postponement of all its scheduled domestic cricket tournaments following an assessment of prevailing weather conditions across the country.

The decision affects several key competitions that were due to commence today, including the Major Club T20 Tournament, Tier B Club T20 Tournament, and the Governors Trophy tournament.

According to SLC, the move was taken to ensure the safety of players, officials, and support staff, while also maintaining the quality of playing conditions amid continued unfavorable weather.

Tournament organizers stated that revised schedules for the affected competitions will be released in due course after further evaluation of weather forecasts and ground conditions.

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