FOR SRI LANKA WC SANS WANINDU

No Wanindu in World Cup squad

A 15-member squad has been officially announced by Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) for the upcoming ICC Cricket World Cup 2023.

Wanindu Hasaranga has not been included in the squad on account of the fact that he is still recovering from an injury. In the event he is declared fit to play during the tournament, however, Hasaranga will be considered as a replacement if another squad member is injured during play, SLC said in an official statement.

Accordingly, the following squad, selected by the SLC Cricket Selection Committee, will take part in the World Cup due to be held in India from 05 October to 19 November.

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(Previous News : 26^th Sep. 2023 at 11:50am)

SL squad for 2023 World Cup announced

The Sri Lanka squad scheduled to take part in the upcoming ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 has been announced.

Accordingly, Dasun Shanaka will continue as the Captain of the squad.

The squad named by the Sri Lanka Cricket Selection Committee include Kusal Mendis, Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Janith, Dimuth Karunaratne, Charith Asalanka, Dhananjaya de Silva, Sadeera Samarawickrama, Dunith Wellalage, Kasun Rajitha, Matheesha Pathirana and Lahiru Kumara.

Wanindu Hasaranga, Maheesh Theekshana and Dilshan Madushanka have been named as players subject to fitness while Dushan Hemantha and Chamika Karunaratne have been named as travelling reserves.

The team participating in the World Cup cricket series scheduled to commence in India on October 5 is scheduled to leave the country today (26).

SPORTS

Sports Minister revokes gazette appointing Rugby stabilization committee

Minister of Sports Roshan Ranasinghe has revoked the gazette issued for the appointment of the Sri Lanka Rugby Stabilization Committee in April.

The gazette notification in this regard has been issued under Sections 31 and 41 of the Sports Law No. 25 of 1973.

Following uncertainty over the then Chairman of Sri Lanka Rugby and the sanctions imposed by the World and Asian Rugby governing bodies, Sports Minister Roshan Ranasinghe suspended the registration of the Rugby Federation of Sri Lanka on the 11th of April.

The Sports Minister by virtue of the powers vested in him under Section 32 (b) and 33 of the Sports Law No. 25 of 1973, suspended the registration of the Rugby Federation of Sri Lanka and appointed a Stabilization Committee as a temporary operational procedure in order to further maintain the functions of Sri Lanka Rugby for a period of six months.

Chula Dharmadasa was appointed as the Chairman of the nine-member committee with Shanaka Ranasinghe as the Secretary.

At the time, the committee was vested with powers to call a Special General Meeting and conduct the election of the Rugby Federation of Sri Lanka under the supervision of the Director General of the Department of Sports Development.

(newsradio.lk)

(Except for the headline, this story, originally published by newsradio.lk has not been edited by SLM staff)

NEWS

Asian Games : SL Women bag silver medal in cricket

India women defeated Sri Lanka women by 19 runs to bag the gold medal in the Asian Games while Sri Lanka Women had to settle for the silver.

Sri Lanka women could only score 97-8 in the chase of 117. For Sri Lanka to chase down the target, they needed a special innings from captain Chamari Attapattu but the batter was out for 12.

Hasini Perera (25) played a couple of crisp shots and revived the chase with a 36-run partnership with Nilakshi de Silva (23) but the damage was already done.

India women won the toss and opted to bat on a sluggish pitch. Apart from Smriti Mandhana and Jemimah Rodrigues, who scored 46 and 42 respectively, none of the batters were able to resist the Sri Lanka batting.

India lost Shafali Varma early but Mandhana and Rodrigues stabilised the innings with a 73-run partnership. India were going at 6 till the 15th over and was set to go berserk in the final five overs.

However, both Mandhana and Rodrigues fell in quick succession and India suffered a huge collapse, being reduced to 116-7 in 20 overs.

This is India’s second gold in Asian games so far. Earlier, the men’s 10m air rifle team, consisting of Rudrankksh Patil, Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar and Divyansh Singh Panwar, bagged gold for India.

India so far has bagged 11 medals, including 2 Golds, 3 Silvers and 6 Bronze.

Meanwhile, this is Sri Lanka’s first medal in 2023 Asian Games being held in Hangzhou, China.

(Excerpts : Agencies)