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Two Sinhala Bowlers win Tamil Indian Hearts via Chennai Super Kings-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis Venkat B Krishna in The Indian Express, 24 May 2023…. where the title reads “How CSK’s Tamil fans fell in love with two Sinhalese players Pathirana and Theekshana”” Things have changed after years of strained relationship when CSK were forced not to play Sri Lankan players at home, and a famous actor had to pull out of a Muralitharan biopic. There is something special brewing in Chennai this season apart from their obsession with MS Dhoni. Two Sri Lankan cricketers – Matheesha Pathirana and Maheesh Theekshana – have become the fans favourite at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, where not so long ago players from the Island nation couldn’t take the field because political tensions in the aftermath of the Eelam war that ended in 2009. ...

Jun 2, 2023 Posted by In Articles, Michael Roberts Tagged , , ,
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How CSK’s fans fell in love with two SL players Pathirana and Theekshana Source:Dailymirror There is something special brewing in Chennai this season apart from their obsession with MS Dhoni. Two Sri Lankan cricketers – Matheesha Pathirana and Maheesh Theekshana – have become the fans favourite at the MA Chidambaram Stadium, where not so long ago players from the Island nation couldn’t take the field because political tensions in the aftermath of the Eelam war that ended in 2009. It feels quite remarkable how the two Sinhalese Sri Lankans have managed to win over the hearts of the people in a city that even Muttiah Muralitharan, a Tamil, couldn’t manage two years back. In 2020, as news filtered in that popular actor Vijay Sethupathi will play Muralidharan’s role in his biopic, and photos of him in Sri Lanka jersey went viral, he received widespread criticism. And in a matter of ...

May 26, 2023 Posted by In Articles Tagged , ,
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Sri Lanka Legends edge South Africa in a thriller-by Dhammika Ratnaweera Tillakaratne Dilshan celebrates a wicket. Source:Dailynews Sri Lanka Legends made a superb team effort to beat South Africa Legends by 11 runs in their Road Safety World Series cricket match played at Indore in India yesterday. It was a very thrilling game until the very last over which was bowled by all-rounder Ishan Jayaratne. Sri Lanka Legends led by T.M. Dilshan well depended on 166 total to seal their third back-to-back victory. SA Legends managed to get 154 for 6 wickets in the allotted 20 overs with 11 runs behind. South African Morné van Wyk was the successful stroke-maker scoring 76 in 56 balls with 4 fours and 6 sixes to build up the innings but his efforts were not enough to seal the deal for the Proteas. ...

Sep 19, 2022 Posted by In Articles Tagged , , , ,
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Seven former Sri Lankan stars to play for Asia team-by Dhammika Ratnaweera Source:Dailynews Seven former star Sri Lankan cricketers Sanath Jayasuriya, Muttiah Muralitharan, Chaminda Vaas, Romesh Kaluwitharana, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Nuwan Kulasekara and Upul Tharanga have been drawn in to the Asia team for the Legends Cricket League 2022, which is set to begin from January 20th at the Oman Cricket Stadium.In addition some legendary names will confirm their participation in the tournament which is going to be keen tussle. All seven players were involved the first tournament held last year . Two Pakistan star players paceman Shoaib Akhtar and all-rounder Shahid Afridi also among the Asian team with Sri Lanka players. However, the tournament will not see Indian legend Sachin Tendulkar, who was a major attraction in the first edition of the tournament held in Ranchi last year. Even though the tournament promo included the name of Tendulkar, the master ...

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