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Indian colonialism in Sri Lanka

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- Asoka Bandarage, IPS - March 29, 2025March 30, 2025

Following independence from Britain, both India and Sri Lanka emerged as leaders of the Non-Aligned Movement, which sought to advance developing nations’ interests during the Cold War. Indeed, the term “non-alignment” was itself coined by Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru during his 1954 speech in Colombo. The five principles of the

Sri Lanka wins the toss and bats in second cricket test against Australia

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- Times Report - February 6, 2025February 6, 2025

Dimuth Karunaratne strode to the crease to start his 100th and last test match after Sri Lanka won the toss Thursday and elected to bat against Australia. After an embarrassing defeat by an innings and 242 runs in the first test – Sri Lanka’s worst loss in test cricket – the

Sri Lanka’s 1st T20i series win against West Indies

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- Agence France-Presse - October 18, 2024October 18, 2024

Kusal Mendis hit an unbeaten 68 to help clinch Sri Lanka's first T20 international series win over the West Indies with a thumping nine-wicket victory in the third and final game on Thursday. Sri Lanka chased down their 163-run target with 12 balls to spare as a sell-out home crowd in

Sri Lanka’s test win against England after 10 yrs

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- Agence France-Presse - September 9, 2024September 9, 2024

England went down to their worst defeat under Brendon McCullum as Pathum Nissanka's magnificent century guided Sri Lanka to a famous win at The Kia Oval. England had the opportunity to earn a 100% home summer record for the first time in 20 years but instead paid the price for a

Bangladesh beat Sri Lanka by 2 wickets in opening match

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- Times Report - June 8, 2024June 8, 2024

Bangladesh secured a victory over Sri Lanka in their opening match of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024 in Dallas, Texas on Saturday (Bangladesh time). Over half of the spectators at Grand Prairie Cricket Stadium, filled to capacity, left with smiles brought on by their team's win. To watch this

Sri Lanka unfazed by Bangladesh challenge in do or die game

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- Times Report - June 7, 2024June 7, 2024

Emboldened by its recent success against Bangladesh, Sri Lanka batting coach Thilina Kandambi is confident that they can overcome the challenge posed by the Tigers in the T20 World Cup. The match turned out to be a 'do or die' game for Sri Lanka in a bid to keep their Super

Tigers confident about Taskin’s availability against Sri Lanka

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- Times Report - June 5, 2024

A Bangladesh Cricket Board official said they are hopeful that pacer Taskin Ahmed would be 100 percent fit before the opening game against Sri Lanka but a final call will be made following his bowling session on 5 June. Bangladesh are desperately looking to get Taskin fit before their opening game

Test loss to Sri Lanka is an eye opener, feels Ashraf

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- Agence France-Presse - April 6, 2024April 6, 2024

Bangladesh’s newly appointed chief selector Gazi Ashraf Hossain believes that their disappointing loss against Sri Lanka in the two-match Test series is an eye opener for them, as their strengths and weaknesses were exposed on sporting wickets. Bangladesh opted to play the series on sporting wickets instead of traditional, tailor-made low

Aggression brings the best out of Sri Lanka, says Dhananjaya de Silva

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- Agence France-Presse - April 3, 2024

Sri Lanka captain Dhananjaya de Silva said the key to their success in Bangladesh was aggressive cricket, which they played to the precision to sweep the two-match Test series with absolute ease. The visitors started the tour with 2-1 margin win in the three-match T20 series before losing the ODI series

Mominul hits fifty but Sri Lanka in firm control

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- Times Report - April 2, 2024April 2, 2024

Bangladesh reached 132-4 at tea on Day of the second and final Test against Sri Lanka, chasing an improbable target of 511 for a victory at Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium in Chattogram today. Mominul Haque struck a fluent 50 off 56 with eight fours and one six to lead Bangladesh's charge