Afghanistan’s victory against Pakistan in the World Cup 2023 was not just a moral win, it was more than what words can express for a team that has seen so much in the past decade. The chief architect of that win was their mentor, Ajay Jadeja, who was hired right before the mega-event to provide crucial insights to the team.
In 2019, England won the ICC Men’s World Cup final in a nerve-wracking fashion with a dramatic victory over New Zealand at the Lord’s in London. On their road to glory, they had suffered three defeats including one against Sri Lanka.
Chamindu Nethsara shone with an allround performance in St. Mary’s College, Chilaw’s thrilling one run win over Maris Stella College Thimbirigaskatuwa in the Under 19 inter-school limited over tournament encounter played at Thimibirigaskatuwa.
A quick-fire 56-ball knock of 85, which had 11 boundaries and two sixes by Pavan Ratnayake, supported by useful knocks from Navod Paranavithana, Shevon Daniel, and skipper Ahan Wickramasinghe, paved the way for Sri Lanka Emerging XI to record a comfortable five-wicket win over the visiting Bangladesh Emerging XI’s in the deciding ODI encounter played at the Rangiri Dambulla Stadium yesterday.
Virat Kohli hit 95 to lead India to a four-wicket victory over New Zealand and a fifth win in five matches at the World Cup on Sunday although the superstar batsman just missed equalling Sachin Tendulkar’s record of 49 one-day international centuries.
Seamer Matheesha Pathirana is likely to be ruled out of the World Cup due to a right shoulder injury. The 20-year-old didn’t feature in Sri Lanka’s last two matches against Australia and Netherlands and will not play further part in the 13th edition of the Men’s ICC World Cup as he is still experiencing the pain in his bowling arm.
Coming into the World Cup, Sri Lanka Skipper Dasun Shanaka had hoped that the 2023 Asia Cup finalists would put on a strong show in Indian soil. What transpired during the last couple of weeks were three heartbreaking defeats and him, Shanaka, out of the tournament with an injury.
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