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Aravinda de Silva to be inducted into ICC’s Hall of Fame 2023

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Cricketer Aravinda de Silva is to be inducted into the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Hall of Fame 2023 in a ceremonial event in Mumbai.

According to reports, Aravinda de Silva will be officially welcomed into the ICC Hall of Fame alongside other Sri Lanka cricketing greats Muttiah Muralitharan (2017), Kumar Sangakkara (2021) and Mahela Jayawardene (2021) who were earlier awarded the privilege.

Sri Lanka’s 1996 World Cup-winning hero Aravinda de Silva has played 401 times for Sri Lanka in both Test and ODI.

Aravinda de Silva amassed 6361 runs in 93 Tests and 9284 runs in 308 ODIs during his remarkable 19-year career.

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SL – Bangladesh 1st ODI today

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The first ODI between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh is scheduled to be held today (July 02).

Charith Asalanka leading Sri Lanka and Mehidy Hasan Miraz captaining Bangladesh in ODIs for the first time full-time.

Sri Lanka, having won the Test series 1-0, will take the field with confidence.

Speaking at a media briefing yesterday, ODI skipper Asalanka said there is a strong possibility that Milan Ratnayake will be included in the squad for today’s match.

The series opener will be held at the R. Premadasa International Cricket Stadium in Colombo, starting at 2.30 p.m. as a day/night match.

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SL clinch series with innings victory over Bangladesh

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Sri Lanka defeated Bangladesh by an innings and 78 runs in the second Test match, sealing the two-match series 1-0.

It was Sri Lanka’s ninth innings-victory over Bangladesh, which also gave them crucial World Test Championship points.

On the fourth day of the match at SSC Grounds today (June 28), Bangladesh resumed their second innings at 115 for 06 but were bowled out for just 133 runs.

No Bangladesh batsman managed to cross 30 runs, with Mushfiqur Rahim top-scoring with 26.

Prabath Jayasuriya starred with the ball, claiming 05 for 56, while captain Dhananjaya de Silva and Tharindu Ratnayake picked up 02 wickets each.

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SL squad named for ODI series against Bangladesh

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The Sri Lanka Cricket Selection Committee has selected the following 16-member Sri Lanka squad to play in the upcoming ODI series vs. Bangladesh. 

The ODI series will be played on the 2nd, 5th, and 8th of July. 

The first two ODIs will be played at the RPICS, Colombo, before the series moves to the PICs, Pallekele, for the final game.

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