Mahela Jayawardene roped in as consultant for Sri Lanka's T20 World Cup campaign
Cricket | September 24, 2021 20:41 ISTThe decision by Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has been taken keeping in mind Jayawardene's tremendous track record with Mumbai Indians
The decision by Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has been taken keeping in mind Jayawardene's tremendous track record with Mumbai Indians
Yohani Diloka De Silva, the Sri Lankan internet sensation, singer, songwriter, rapper, music producer, YouTuber, and businesswoman, has been trending on various social media platforms for her hit song 'Manike Mage Hithe'. Ever since its release the song has gone on to garner more than 116 million views on YouTube in India, and has been adapted into Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam, Bangla and other languages by a number of popular artists.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India announced the schedule for the Indian senior men's team for the 2021-22 home season on Monday.
PCB CEO, Wasim Khan said Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) and Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) showed willingness to play in Pakistan but there was little time in hand for them to send their teams.
Hendricks struck an unbeaten 56 off 42 deliveries while de Kock blasted 59 off 46 deliveries as South Africa, chasing Sri Lanka's modest total of 120/8, reached 121 for no loss in 14.4 overs to romp home to a massive victory.
With a second consecutive win, South Africa have now taken 2-0 unassailable lead in the three-match T20 series.
The squad features 15 players and an additional four reserves as injury replacements and includes former captain Dinesh Chandimal, current captain Dasun Shanaka and opening batsman Kusal Perera.
South Africa won the toss and elected to bat in the three-match series. The visitors made 163-5 before restricting Sri Lanka to 135-6.
Health Minister Keheliya Rambukwella said the curfew will be lifted at 4 a.m. on September 21 after a decision made by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa following a meeting with the Covid-19 Task Force, reports Xinhua news agency.
Sri Lanka won a one-day international series for the first time in 19 months when it sunk South Africa for 125 runs on Tuesday.
Sri Lankan economic crisis: According to Central Bank of Sri Lanka, country's foreign reserves fell to USD 2.8 billion at the end of July, from USD 7.5 billion in November 2019 when the government took office and the rupee has lost more than 20 per cent of its value against the US dollar in that time.
Shamsi took the wind out of the hosts' sails with wickets in the middle overs as the South African came up with figures of 5/49.
Bavuma sustained the injury during the first ODI against Sri Lanka on Thursday.
Nicknamed 'Bawwa', the former Sri Lankan first class cricketer Nuwan Sevenviratne joined the Indian team as throwdown specialist in 2018.
The Covid-19 Task Force met with President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Friday after which it was decided to extend the quarantine lockdown that was to end on August 30.
Sri Lanka, where the Ashoka Vatika belonging to the Ramayana period is established. This is an ancient place called Eliya in Sri Lanka and the Sita temple is built here. Although the name of the temple is Sita Mandir, but along with Sita, Lord Ram and Lakshman, Hanuman ji are also seated here.
Around 60 Indian fishing boats from here were damaged in stone pelting, allegedly by the Sri Lankan navy.
Tim David plays for the Hobart Hurricanes in the Big Bash League and has also represented Surrey in July earlier this year.
SLC clarified that Mathews was not in the contracted players' list because he is "currently unavailable for selection".
The Afghanistan squad is expected to fly to Sri Lanka in four days. The Island nation will host the three-match ODI series between Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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