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Who delayed the announcement of Sri Lanka’s Asia Cup squad?
It was noticeable that many newspapers had reported that only the Sri Lankan squad was not announced until the last moment. On further investigation, it was reported that the Sri Lanka Selection Committee forwarded the 20-man squad for the approval of the Sports Minister on August 12. But until yesterday (19) it had not received approval.
However, last night (19) at 9.51 on his Twitter account, the Minister of Sports stated that the relevant news was not correct and that he was referred to him for the approval of the squad yesterday (19). It was further stated in the Twitter message that approval was given within an hour of receiving the named squad.
Last night (19) 9.54 making another note, the minister announced the official squad for this year’s Asian Cup breaking the tradition.
I completely refuse the allegation of the news published today (19) on some Media channels regarding the team that selected for Asia cup and I would like to say that I only received the documents today (19/08) and within 1 hour I gave my approval. @adaderanasin @NewsWireLK
— Roshan Ranasinghe (@R_A_Ranasinghe) August 19, 2022
However, Sri Lanka Cricket issued a statement in response to the minister’s announcement. The letter states that the Sri Lanka selection committee met on August 10 and named the squad for the Asian Cup and on August 12, the squad was sent to the Minister of Sports. The announcement further states that the letter indicating that Asitha Fernando and Pramod Madhushan were called up to the squad due to the injuries of two players in the named squad was arranged to be given to the minister on August 16.
Meanwhile, in an announcement on the afternoon of August 20, the Ministry of Sports said that the Sri Lanka Cricket Board was delayed in giving the approval for the squad due to the fact that the documents to be provided along with the player pool were not properly provided.
Under the leadership of Dasun Shanaka, the Sri Lanka squad for the Asia Cup consists of 08 batsmen, 05 fast bowlers, 03 spinners and 04 all-rounders.
ආසියානු කුසලාන ශ්රී ලංකා සංචිතය ප්රකාශයට පත් කිරීම ප්රමාද කරණු ලැබුවේ කවුරුන්ද?
ශ්රී ලංකා සංචිතය පමණක් අවසන් මොහොත දක්වාම ප්රකාශයට පත් නොකිරීම සම්බන්ධයෙන් පුවත්පත් රැසක්ම වාර්ථා කර තිබීම කැපී පෙනෙන්නට විය. මේ පිළිබද වැඩි දුරටත් සෙවීමේදී වාර්ථා වූයේ ශ්රී ලංකා තේරීම් කමිටුව 20 දෙදෙනෙකුගෙන් යුත් සංචිතය අගෝස්තු මස 12 වැනිදා ක්රීඩා අමාත්යවරයාගේ අනුමැතිය සදහා යොමුකර ඇති බවයි. නමුත් ඊයේ (19) වන තෙක් එයට අණුමැතිය නොලැබී තිබූ බවයි.
කෙසේ වෙතත් ඊයේ (19) රාත්රියේ 9.51 සිය Twitter ගිණුමේ සටහනක් තබමින් ක්රීඩා අමාත්යවරයා, අදාල පුවත් නිවැරදි නොවන බවත් සංචිතයේ අනුමැතිය සදහා තමා වෙත යොමු කලේ ඊයේ (19) දින බවත් ප්රකාශකර තිබුණා. නම් කල සංචිතය ලැබී පැයක් ඇතුළත ඊට අනුමැතිය ලබා දුන් බවත් Twitter පණිවිඩයේ වැඩි දුරටත් සදහන් විය.
ඊයේ රාත්රියේ (19) 9.54 තවත් සටහනක් තබමින් අමාත්යවරයා මෙවර ආසියානු කුසලානයට එක්වන නිළ සංචිතය නිවේදනය කලේ සම්ප්රදායද බිද දමමින්ය.
කෙසේ වෙතත් ක්රිකට් ආයතනය විසින් අමාත්යවරයාගේ නිවේදනයට ප්රතිචාර දක්වමින් මෙලෙස නිවේදනයක් නිකුත් කරණු ලැබීය. එම ලිපියේ දැක්වෙන්නේ ශ්රී ලංකා තේරීම් කමිටුව අගෝස්තු මස 10 දින රැස්වී ආසියානු කුසලානය සදහා වන සංචිතය නම් කළ බවත් අගෝස්තු 12 වැනිදා එම සංචිතය ක්රීඩා අමාත්යවරයාගේ අණුමැතිය සදහා යොමු කළ බවයි. තවද නිවේදනයේ වැඩි දුරටත් සදහන් වන්නේ නම් කළ සංචිතයේ ක්රීඩකයන් දෙදෙනෙකු අබාධ වලට ලක්වීම නිසා අසිත ප්රනාන්දු හා ප්රමෝද් මධුෂාන් සංචිතයට කැදවූ බවත් දැක්වෙන ලිපිය අගෝස්තු 16 වැනිදා අමාත්යවරයාට ලබාදීමට කටයුතු කළ බවයි.
මේ අතර අගෝස්තු මස 20 වැනිදා පස්වරුවේ නිවේදනයක් නිකුත් කරමින් ක්රීඩා අමාත්යංශය පැවසුවේ ශ්රී ලංකා ක්රිකට් ආයතනය ක්රීඩක සංචියත් සමග ලබාදිය යුතු ලිපිගොණු හරියාකාරව ලබානොදීම නිසා සංචිතය සදහා අනුමැතිය ලබාදීමට ප්රමාද වූ බවයි.
දසුන් ශානකගේ නායකත්වයෙන් ආසියානු කුසලානයට එක්වන ශ්රී ලංකා සංචිතය පිතිකරුවන් 08ක්, වේග පන්දු යවන්නන් 05ක්, දග පන්දු යවන්නන් 03 දෙනෙකු හා තුන් ඉරියව් ක්රීඩකයින් 04 දෙනෙකුගෙන් සමන්විතය.
ஆசியக் கோப்பைக்கான இலங்கை அணி அறிவிப்பை தாமதப்படுத்தியது யார்?
கடைசி நிமிடம் வரை இலங்கை அணி மட்டும் அறிவிக்கப்படவில்லை என்று பல பத்திரிகைகள் செய்தி வெளியிட்டிருந்ததை கவனிக்க முடிந்தது. மேலதிக விசாரணையில், இலங்கைத் தெரிவுக்குழு 20 பேர் கொண்ட அணியை விளையாட்டு அமைச்சரின் ஒப்புதலுக்கு ஆகஸ்ட் 12 ஆம் திகதி அனுப்பியுள்ளதாக தெரிவிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது. ஆனால் நேற்று (19) வரை அதற்கு உத்தரவு கிடைக்கவில்லை.
எவ்வாறாயினும் நேற்று (19) இரவு 9.51 மணியளவில் விளையாட்டுத்துறை அமைச்சர் தனது டுவிட்டர் கணக்கில், இது தொடர்பான செய்திகள் சரியானதல்ல எனவும், நேற்று (19) குழாமின் ஒப்புதலுக்காக தம்மிடம் பரிந்துரைக்கப்பட்டதாகவும் குறிப்பிட்டுள்ளார். பெயரிடப்பட்ட அணி கிடைத்த ஒரு மணி நேரத்தில் ஒப்புதல் வழங்கப்பட்டதாக ட்விட்டர் செய்தியில் மேலும் தெரிவிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது.
நேற்றிரவு (19) 9.54 க்கு மற்றுமொரு குறிப்பை முன்வைத்து, பாரம்பரியத்தை உடைத்து இந்த ஆண்டுக்கான ஆசிய கோப்பைக்கான உத்தியோகபூர்வ அணியை அமைச்சர் அறிவித்தார்.
எனினும் அமைச்சரின் இந்த அறிவிப்புக்கு பதிலளிக்கும் வகையில் கிரிக்கெட் நிறுவனம் அறிக்கை ஒன்றை வெளியிட்டுள்ளது. இலங்கைத் தெரிவுக்குழு ஆகஸ்ட் 10ஆம் திகதி கூடி ஆசியக் கிண்ணத்திற்கான அணியை அறிவித்ததாகவும், ஆகஸ்ட் 12ஆம் திகதி அந்த அணி விளையாட்டுத்துறை அமைச்சருக்கு அனுப்பப்பட்டதாகவும் அந்தக் கடிதத்தில் குறிப்பிடப்பட்டுள்ளது. பெயரிடப்பட்ட அணியில் இரு வீரர்கள் காயமடைந்ததன் காரணமாக அசித பெர்னாண்டோ மற்றும் பிரமோத் மதுஷன் ஆகியோர் அணிக்கு அழைக்கப்பட்டதை சுட்டிக்காட்டும் கடிதம் ஆகஸ்ட் 16 ஆம் திகதி அமைச்சரிடம் வழங்குவதற்கு ஏற்பாடு செய்யப்பட்டுள்ளதாக அந்த அறிவிப்பில் மேலும் தெரிவிக்கப்பட்டுள்ளது.
இதற்கிடையில், ஆகஸ்ட் 20 ஆம் தேதி பிற்பகல் வெளியிட்ட அறிவிப்பில், வீரர் குழுவுடன் வழங்க வேண்டிய ஆவணங்கள் சரியாக இல்லாததால், இலங்கை கிரிக்கெட் வாரியம் அணிக்கான அனுமதியை வழங்குவதில் தாமதம் ஏற்பட்டதாக விளையாட்டு அமைச்சகம் தெரிவித்துள்ளது. வழங்கப்படும்.
தசுன் ஷனக்கவின் தலைமையில் ஆசியக் கிண்ணத்திற்கான இலங்கை அணியில் 08 துடுப்பாட்ட வீரர்கள், 05 வேகப்பந்து வீச்சாளர்கள், 03 சுழற்பந்து வீச்சாளர்கள் மற்றும் 04 சகலதுறை ஆட்டக்காரர்கள் உள்ளனர்.
Cricket
Sri Lanka Cricket Denies Financial Crisis Claims Amid Transformation Committee Appointment
Sri Lanka Cricket has firmly rejected recent media reports claiming that the organization is facing a financial crisis following the appointment of the Cricket Transformation Committee, stating that such allegations are “entirely false and misleading.”
In an official clarification, SLC emphasized that the Cricket Transformation Committee was appointed by the Hon. Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs under the powers granted by Sections 32 and 33 of the Sports Law No. 25 of 1973, as amended.
According to SLC, once an order is issued under Section 32 of the Sports Law, the powers, administration, management, and control of the affairs and assets of the relevant sports body are legally transferred to the committee appointed by the Minister.
The organization further noted that the duly appointed Transformation Committee is fully authorized to oversee and manage all affairs of Sri Lanka Cricket, including its financial operations and obligations, until a new Executive Committee is elected.
SLC also pointed out that the appointment of the committee has already been officially published in the Government Gazette, thereby granting it full legal authority to act on behalf of the organization in all administrative and financial matters.
Rejecting claims of financial instability, Sri Lanka Cricket reiterated that its operations continue without disruption. The organization stated that all day-to-day activities, including financial and administrative functions, are proceeding smoothly under the supervision of the Transformation Committee.
SLC further assured stakeholders that all payments to suppliers, service providers, employees, players, and other parties continue to be settled on time, with no interruption to the organization’s commitments.
The statement was issued in response to growing speculation in sections of the media regarding the financial status of Sri Lanka Cricket after the recent administrative changes.
Cricket
Sri Lanka, India to Clash in Two-Test Series in August
Sri Lanka and India are set to play a two-match Test series between August 15 and 27 as part of the ongoing ICC World Test Championship cycle.
Although the official schedule is yet to be announced, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has reserved a two-week window for the series following the conclusion of the Lanka Premier League on August 9. Discussions between SLC and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) are continuing to finalise the venues and match dates.
The proposed tour was initially expected to include three Twenty20 Internationals as well, but there has been no confirmation regarding those matches. The T20 games were originally planned as a fundraising initiative for victims affected by Cyclone Ditwah last year.
Meanwhile, BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia is currently in Sri Lanka as part of an International Cricket Council delegation reviewing recent developments in Sri Lanka Cricket administration. The Sri Lankan government recently dissolved the previous SLC body and appointed an interim Sri Lanka Cricket Transformation Committee.
Cricket scheduling remains challenging for India due to a packed international calendar later this year. India are expected to tour Bangladesh in September for a white-ball series, although the tour is still uncertain after being postponed previously because of political tensions between the two nations.
India also have commitments against West Indies and Afghanistan later in the year, along with the Asian Games in Nagoya scheduled from September 9 to October 4.
India’s international season resumes in June with a Test series against Afghanistan before tours of Ireland, England and Zimbabwe.
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ICC Delegation Holds Key Talks With President on Cricket Reforms
Senior representatives of the International Cricket Council (ICC) met President Anura Kumara Dissanayake in Colombo yesterday as discussions intensified over the future of cricket administration in Sri Lanka.
The ICC delegation, which includes Imran Khwaja and Devajit Sakia, is currently in the country following recent changes within Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC). Their visit comes amid growing attention on governance reforms and the restructuring of the national cricket administration.
During their stay, ICC officials also held meetings with members of the newly appointed SLC administration at the board’s headquarters, where discussions focused on restoring stability and strengthening the management framework of Sri Lankan cricket.
The latest developments follow the appointment of a nine-member Cricket Transformation Committee by Sports Minister Sunil Kumara Gamage after the resignation of the previous SLC leadership.
The committee, chaired by Eran Wickremaratne, has been entrusted with overseeing the administration of the sport and implementing a series of reforms until new elections are conducted.
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