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What will Sri Lanka’s squad look like for the 2022 Asia Cup?

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The Sri Lankan cricketers have proved in the last two years that they can play according to the situation. Although there was some decline in cricket with players like Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardena retiring from the game, the emergence of young cricketers has been a notable feature, as they have been able to showcase their talent in various T20 leagues around the world.

Pathum Nishanka and Dhanushka Gunathilaka are scheduled to open the Sri Lankan innings. Both of them are known for scoring runs fast. But they can give Sri Lanka a very steady start. Charith at number three has the potential to get in close range and anchor the innings if a few quick wickets fall.

Kusal Mendis at number four and Bhanuka Rajapaksa at number five have the ability to show an aggressive style of play. Rajapaksa’s scoring consistency is questionable, but he can give a good start. The team is led by Dasun Shanaka who is a very good batsman.

Wanindu Hasaranga is currently the most important player in the Sri Lankan cricket team. He managed to take 26 wickets in the last league representing the Royal Challengers Bangalore team in the IPL. Can be a threatening bowler on UAE pitches. As he is an all-rounder, he can provide the necessary support to the team with the batting as well.

Dushmantha Chamira’s injury has been a big loss for the Sri Lankan team. Chamika Karunaratne has to take on additional responsibility in the tournament. He can also contribute with the bat, which will strengthen the team’s middle order. Meanwhile, Nuwan Thushara has been included in the squad instead of Chamira who was injured.

19-year-old Mathisa Pathirana will be an important bowler in this team. A surprising change can be made in the tournament by Pathirana known as ‘Baby Malinga’. with Right-arm off-spinner Mahesh Thiekshana completes the squad.

Sri Lanka Predicted Squad – Pathum Nissanka, Danushka Gunathilaka, Charith Asalanka, Kusal Mendis, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Dasun Shanaka, Wanindu Hasaranga, Chamika Karunaratne, Nuwan Thusara, Maheesh Theeksana, Matheesa Pathirana

2022 ආසියානු කුසලානය සඳහා වන ශ්‍රී ලංකාවේ සංයුතිය කෙසේ වේද?

තත්වයට ගැලපෙන අයුරින් ක්‍රීඩා කල හැකි බව ශ්‍රී ලංකා ක්‍රිකට් ක්‍රීඩකයින් පසුගිය වසර දෙකක කාලය තුළ ඔප්පු කර ඇත. කුමාර් සංගක්කාර, මහේල ජයවර්ධන වැනි ක්‍රීඩකයන් ක්‍රීඩාවෙන් විශ්‍රාම ගැනීමත් සමග ක්‍රිකට් ක්‍රීඩාවේ යම් කිසි පසුබෑමක් දක්නට ලැබුනත්, නවක ක්‍රිකට් ක්‍රීඩකයින් දක්ෂතා අතරට පැමිණීම කැපී පෙනෙන ලක්ෂණයක් විය, ඔවුන් ලොව පුරා විවිධ T20 ලීගවල දක්ෂතා පෙන්වීමට සමත්ව ඇත.

පැතුම් නිශ්ශංක සහ ධනුෂ්ක ගුණතිලක ශ්‍රී ලංකා ඉනිම ආරම්භ කිරීමට නියමිතය. ඔවුන් දෙදෙනා වේගවත් ලකුණු ලකුණු ලබා ගැනීම සදහා ප්‍රසිද්ධ නොමැත. නමුත් ඔවුන්ට ශ්‍රී ලංකාවට ඉතා ස්ථාවර ආරම්භයක් ලබා දිය හැකිය. අංක තුනේ සිටින චරිත් අසලංකට ලකුණු අතරට පිවිසිය හැකි අතරම ඉක්මන් කඩුලු කිහිපයක් බිද වැටීමකදී ඉනිමට නැංගුරමක් වීමේ හැකියාව පවතී.

අංක හතරේ කුසල් මෙන්ඩිස් හා පහේ භානුක රාජපක්ෂට ආක්‍රමණශීලී ක්‍රීඩා රටාවක් පෙන්නුම් කිරීමේ හැකියාවක් පවතී. රාජපක්ෂගේ ලකුණු ලබා ගැනීමේ ස්ථාවරත්වය පිළිබද ප්‍රශ්නාර්ථයක් ඇති නමුත් ඔහුට හොඳ ආරම්භයක් ලබා දිය හැකිය. කණ්ඩායමේ නායකත්වය දසුන් ශානක විසින් මෙහෙයවනු ලබන අතර ඔහු ඉතා හොඳින් පන්දුවට පහරදීමට හැකි ක්‍රීඩකයෙකි.

වනිඳු හසරංග මේ වන විට ශ්‍රී ලංකා ක්‍රිකට් කණ්ඩායමේ වැදගත්ම ක්‍රීඩකයා වේ. IPL තරඟාවලියේ Royal Challengers Bangalore කණ්ඩායම නියෝජනය කරමින් පසුගිය ලීගයේ කඩුලු 26ක් දවා ගැනීමට සමත් විය. එක්සත් අරාබි එමීර් රාජ්‍යයේ තණතීරුවල තර්ජනාත්මක පන්දු යවන්නෙකු විය හැකිය. ඔහු තුන් ඉරියව් ක්‍රීඩකයෙකු වන බැවින් පිතිකරණයෙන්ද කණ්ඩායමට අවශ්‍ය සහයෝගය ලබා දිය හැකිය.

දුෂ්මන්ත චමීරගේ ආබාධය ලංකා කණ්ඩායමට විශාල පාඩුවක් වී ඇත. චාමික කරුණාරත්නට තරගාවලියේ අමතර වගකීමක් භාර ගැනීමට සිදුවේ. ඔහුට පිත්තෙන් ද දායක විය හැකි අතර, එය කණ්ඩායමේ මැද පෙළට ශක්තියක් වනු ඇත. මේ අතර ආබාධයකට ලක්වූ චමීර වෙනුවට නුවන් තුෂාර සංචිතයට ඇතුළත් කර ඇත.

19 හැවිරිදි මතීස පතිරණ මෙම කණ්ඩයමේ වැදගත් පන්දු යවන්නෙකු වනු ඇත. ‘බේබි මාලිංග’ ලෙසින් හැඳින්වෙන පතිරණ තරගාවලියේ දී පුදුම සහගත වෙනසක් කල හැකිය. දකුණත් පිට දඟ පන්දු යවන මහීෂ් තීක්‍ෂණ කණ්ඩායමට ඇතුළත් වීමෙන් කණ්ඩායම සම්පූර්ණ වේ.

ශ්‍රී ලංකා අනුමාන කල හැකි කණ්ඩායම – Pathum Nissanka, Danushka Gunathilaka, Charith Asalanka, Kusal Mendis, Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Dasun Shanaka, Wanindu Hasaranga, Chamika Karunaratne, Nuwan Thusara, Maheesh Theeksana, Matheesa Pathirana

2022 ஆசிய கோப்பைக்கான இலங்கை அணி எப்படி இருக்கும்?

சூழ்நிலைக்கு ஏற்ப விளையாட முடியும் என்பதை இலங்கை கிரிக்கெட் வீரர்கள் கடந்த இரண்டு ஆண்டுகளில் நிரூபித்துள்ளனர். குமார் சங்கக்கார மற்றும் மஹேல ஜயவர்தன போன்ற வீரர்கள் விளையாட்டிலிருந்து ஓய்வு பெற்றதன் மூலம் கிரிக்கெட்டில் சில சரிவு ஏற்பட்டாலும், இளம் கிரிக்கெட் வீரர்கள் உலகம் முழுவதும் உள்ள பல்வேறு T20 லீக்குகளில் தங்கள் திறமையை வெளிப்படுத்த முடிந்தது குறிப்பிடத்தக்க அம்சமாகும்.

இலங்கை இன்னிங்ஸை பாத்தும் நிஷங்க மற்றும் தனுஷ்க குணதிலகா தொடக்கி வைக்க உள்ளனர். இருவரும் வேகமாக ரன் குவிப்பதில் பெயர் பெற்றவர்கள். மற்றும் அவர்களால் இலங்கைக்கு மிகவும் நிலையான தொடக்கத்தை கொடுக்க முடியும். மூன்றாவது இடத்தில் இருக்கும் சாரிட், ஒரு சில விரைவான விக்கெட்டுகளை வீழ்ந்தாலும், இன்னிங்ஸை நெருங்கி, நங்கூரமிடவும் திறன் கொண்டவர்.

நான்காம் இடத்தில் உள்ள குசல் மெண்டிஸும் ஐந்தாவது இடத்தில் உள்ள பானுகா ராஜபக்சவும் ஆக்ரோஷமான ஆட்டத்தை வெளிப்படுத்தும் திறன் பெற்றுள்ளனர். ராஜபக்சேவின் ஸ்கோரின் நிலைத்தன்மை கேள்விக்குறியாக இருந்தாலும், அவர் ஒரு நல்ல தொடக்கத்தை கொடுக்க முடியும். சிறந்த பேட்ஸ்மேனாக திகழும் தசுன் ஷனக தலைமையில் இந்த அணி உள்ளது.

வனிந்து ஹசரங்க தற்போது இலங்கை கிரிக்கெட் அணியின் முக்கிய வீரராக உள்ளார். ஐபிஎல் தொடரில் பெங்களூர் ராயல் சேலஞ்சர்ஸ் அணியை பிரதிநிதித்துவப்படுத்தும் கடைசி லீக்கில் 26 விக்கெட்டுகளை வீழ்த்தினார். UAE ஆடுகளங்களில் அச்சுறுத்தும் பந்துவீச்சாளராக இருக்கலாம். ஆல்-ரவுண்டர் என்பதால், பேட்டிங்கிலும் அணிக்கு தேவையான ஆதரவை அவரால் வழங்க முடியும்.

துஷ்மந்த சமிரவின் காயம் இலங்கை அணிக்கு பெரும் இழப்பாகும். சாமிக்க கருணாரத்ன போட்டியில் கூடுதல் பொறுப்பை ஏற்க வேண்டியுள்ளது. அவர் பேட்டிங்கிலும் பங்களிக்க முடியும், இது அணியின் மிடில் ஆர்டரை பலப்படுத்தும். இதேவேளை, காயமடைந்த சமிரவுக்கு பதிலாக நுவன் துஷார அணியில் இணைக்கப்பட்டுள்ளார்.

19 வயதான மதிச பத்திரன இந்த அணியில் முக்கியமான பந்துவீச்சாளராக இருப்பார். ‘பேபி மலிங்கா’ என போற்றப்படும் பத்திரன போட்டியில் வியப்பூட்டும் மாற்றத்தை ஏற்படுத்த முடியும். வலது கை ஆஃப் ஸ்பின்னர் மகேஷ் தீக்ஷனாவுடன் அணியை நிறைவடைகிறது.

இலங்கை அணி – பதும் நிஸ்ஸங்க, தனுஷ்க குணதிலக்க, சரித் அசலங்கா, குசல் மெண்டிஸ், பானுக ராஜபக்ச, தசுன் ஷனக, வனிந்து ஹசரங்க, சாமிக்க கருணாரத்ன, நுவான் துசார, மஹீஷ் தீக்சன, மதீச பத்திரன

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Kamindu Mendis Shines as Sunrisers Hyderabad Break Chepauk Curse, Crush CSK’s Playoff Hopes | IPL 2025

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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

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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.

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SAFF Championship Postponement Exposes Deeper Issues Within FFSL

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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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