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Fighting Nepal end with 230
India’s first bowling effort in the Asia Cup had a mixture of good and bad in equal measure, and Nepal managed to make use of the largesse when on offer and ended up with a fighting total of 230.
Having been put in to bat, Nepal’s openers were given three lives in the first five overs. Shreyas Iyer put down a sharp chance at first slip while Virat Kohli, at cover, and wicketkeeper Ishan Kishan put down sitters.
Khushal Bhurtel got going first announcing his intent with a sensational pull off Mohammad Siraj that cleared the stands beyond the boundary comfortably. He capitalised whenever the pacers erred in length, hitting 38 off just 25 balls before he fell in the same vein. Trying to drive Shardul Thakur, he was caught behind soon after pulling him for another six.
Bhurtel’s partner, Aasif Sheikh, had tarted off scratchily being beaten by the seam movement on offer for the seamers but gradually settled in to guide the innings. He proved to be more adept against spin and moved on to bring up his 10th ODI fifty.
Spin and Jadeja in particular proved to be a thorn for the middle order. The spinner struck in just his second over when Bhim Shakri got an inside edge onto the stumps. He struck again soon after as Rohit Sharma plucked a sharp chance at slip to get rid of his counterpart Rohit Paudel for 5. Kushal Malla tried to hit out against Jadeja but spooned a simple catch to mid off, giving the left-armer his third wicket in five overs.
While Sheikh’s knock steadied one end, Nepal were rattled once more when Siraj was brought back for spell in the middle overs. The pacer had Sheikh chipping a simple catch to Kohli at short cover before reducing Nepal to 144/6 when Gulsan Jha nicked behind.
But a sprightly partnership between Dipendra Singh Airee and Sompal Kami for the seventh wicket before the rain interruption propped up the innings once more. While the former was trapped by Hardik Pandya’s slower ball soon after resumption, Kami led the fight with the lower order, falling only two short of a half century against Mohammed Shami but ensuring that Nepal had a total to fight with.
Brief Scores:
Nepal 230 all out (Aasif Sheikh 58, Sompal Kamo 48; Ravindra Jadeja 3-40, Mohammad Siraj 3-61) vs India
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Landslide early warnings issued to the Districts of Colombo, Gampaha, Kalutara, Kegalle, Nuwara Eliya and Ratnapura
The National Building Research Institute [NBRI] has issued Landslide Early Warnings to the Districts of Colombo, Gampaha, Kalutara, Kegalle, Nuwara Eliya and Ratnapura valid upto 0900 AM on 23rd May 2026.
Accordingly,
LEVEL I [RED] landslide early warnings have been issued to the Divisional Secretaries Divisions and surrounding areas of Deraniyagala, Ruwanwella and Dehiowita in the Kegalle district and Ratnapura, Ayagama, Kuruwita and Eheliyagoda in the Ratnapura district.
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Based on the heavy rainfall currently being received in the Kalu River Basin and the analysis of water level data recorded at hydrological gauging stations maintained by the Irrigation Department within the Kalu River Basin, it is hereby warned that a Minor Flood Situation is likely to occur within the next
few hours in the low-lying floodplain areas of the Kalu River.
The affected areas include the Divisional Secretariat Divisions of Ratnapura, Kuruwita, Ayagama, Elapatha, Kiriella in Ratnapura District.
The public residing in these areas, as well as motorists and passengers travelling through the affected regions, are strongly requested to act with utmost vigilance and to take all necessary
precautions. Disaster Management Authorities are requested to take necessary actions in this regard.
A considerable rainfall has occurred in the catchment areas of the Aththanagalu Oya Basin as atb5.00 AM today (22).
By analyzing the current rainfall situation and river water levels of Hydrological Stations on the Aththanagalu Oya, there is a possibility of a flood situation occuring in some low lying
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