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What will Sri Lanka’s squad look like for the 2022 Asia Cup?
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
Cricket
Virat Kohli half-century and bowlers help RCB retain IPL title
Royal Challengers Bengaluru successfully defended their IPL crown with a composed five-wicket victory over Gujarat Titans in the IPL 2026 final, powered by a masterful unbeaten 75 from Virat Kohli and a disciplined bowling performance.
After being asked to bat first, Gujarat Titans struggled to build momentum against a relentless RCB attack and were restricted to 155 for 8 in their allotted 20 overs.
The Titans lost both openers early as Bhuvneshwar Kumar removed Sai Sudharsan and skipper Shubman Gill inside the first four overs. Nishant Sindhu briefly resisted with 20, but wickets fell at regular intervals as RCB tightened their grip on the contest.
Washington Sundar stood firm amid the collapse, producing a fighting unbeaten 50 off 37 deliveries that featured five boundaries. However, he received little support from the middle order. Rasikh Salam emerged as the pick of the bowlers with impressive figures of 3 for 27, while Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Josh Hazlewood claimed two wickets apiece. Krunal Pandya also chipped in with a crucial scalp as Gujarat finished below a par total.
In reply, RCB got off to a flying start through Venkatesh Iyer, who blasted 32 from just 16 balls. Although the defending champions lost a few quick wickets in the middle overs, Kohli anchored the chase with another vintage innings under pressure.
The veteran star struck nine fours and three sixes in his unbeaten 75 off 42 balls, controlling the innings with a blend of aggression and composure. Rajat Patidar contributed 15, while Tim David added a valuable 24 before falling with the target in sight.
Kohli then guided RCB home alongside wicketkeeper Jitesh Sharma, who remained unbeaten on 11, as Bengaluru reached 161 for 5 in just 18 overs.
The victory secured back-to-back IPL titles for RCB and once again highlighted Kohli’s enduring class on the biggest stage.
Brief Scores:
Gujarat Titans 155/8 in 20 overs (Washington Sundar 50; Rasikh Salam 3/27, Bhuvneshwar Kumar 2/29, Josh Hazlewood 2/37) lost to Royal Challengers Bengaluru 161/5 in 18 overs (Virat Kohli 75, Venkatesh Iyer 32, Tim David 24; Rashid Khan 2/25) by five wickets.
Athletics
Tarushi Abisheka Wins Gold for Sri Lanka at Asian Under-20 Athletics Championships
Sri Lankan athlete Tarushi Abisheka secured a gold medal in the girls’ 1500m event at the Asian Under-20 Athletics Championships currently being held in Hong Kong on Thursday (May 28).
Abisheka delivered an impressive performance to finish first with a timing of 4 minutes and 31.41 seconds, bringing glory to Sri Lanka on the international stage.
Iran’s Maryam Baluoutaki claimed the silver medal, while South Korea’s Song Dawson finished in third place to secure the bronze.
The talented Sri Lankan middle-distance runner is also competing in the 800m event at the championship.
The Asian Under-20 Athletics Championships has attracted athletes from 40 countries, competing across 46 events.
Sri Lanka has fielded a 22-member contingent for the tournament, consisting of 15 male athletes and seven female athletes.
News
India Outplay Sri Lanka to Crown FIBA U-18 Asia Cup 2026 Champions
India produced a dominant performance to defeat hosts Sri Lanka 78-56 and clinch the FIBA U-18 Asia Cup 2026 title at the Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium on Friday.
The Indian youngsters controlled the game from the opening whistle and displayed excellent teamwork, strong defence and accurate shooting to overpower the home side in front of a large crowd. Sri Lanka struggled to cope with India’s fast-paced attack and fell behind early in the contest.
India held a commanding 42-22 advantage at halftime after a superb first-half display. Their aggressive defence forced several Sri Lankan turnovers, while quick counterattacks allowed them to build a comfortable lead before the break.
Sri Lanka showed improved energy in the second half and attempted to reduce the deficit through determined play and better ball movement. However, India maintained composure and continued to dominate both offensively and defensively to keep the hosts at bay.
The Indian side impressed with their discipline and consistency throughout the tournament and deservedly lifted the championship trophy after remaining unbeaten. Sri Lanka, despite the defeat, earned praise for reaching the final and competing strongly against some of the region’s top youth basketball nations.
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