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Sri Lanka collapse again to hand India T-20 series
REX CLEMENTINE at Pallekele
Sri Lanka seemed to have learned little from their humbling experience in the first T-20 International against India where their batting collapsed in a heap as the middle order again failed to cash in after an electric start from the top three in the second game at Pallekele on Sunday.
Rain gave India a revised target of 78 in eight overs and they reached there with nine deliveries to spare with eight wickets in hand. They clinched the series with a game to spare.
On a used wicket, after being put into bat, Sri Lanka were 130 for three and with five overs remaining were looking for setting at least a target of 180, but so dramatic was their collapse that they managed to post only 161. The hosts lost seven wickets for 31 runs in 30 deliveries. The previous game they had lost nine wickets for 30 runs,.
The collapse started when Kamindu Mendis took on Hardik Pandya but failed to clear Rinku Singh at mid-wicket. In the same over, Kusal Perera attempted the same shot and was caught by Rinku.
Kusal came back to form top scoring 53 in 34 balls with six fours and two sixes.
Then in the next over, leg-spinner Ravi Bishnoi picked up two wickets in two balls as Dasun Shanaka and Wanindu Hasaranga fell without scoring. Effectively, Sri Lanka lost four wickets for ten runs in the space of ten deliveries.
Shanaka has now picked up back-to-back ducks. Into the bargain he had a poor World Cup as well and his position at number six now has become untenable. Sri Lanka need to move on from Shanaka having depended on him too much.
Monday’s last T-20 International will be a dead rubber but Sri Lanka will be playing for pride. A couple of changes are expected for the game from Sri Lanka.
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Russian Embassy, Russian House, unveil plaque at Public Library in honour of 80th anniversary of victory day
The Russian Embassy in Sri Lanka and the Russian House in Colombo unveiled a plaque at the public library Colombo today (29th April) in honour of the 80th anniversary of victory day.
Victory Day is celebrated on the 9th of May, the day Nazi Germany was defeated in World War II. It is an important date in the Russian calendar and an integral part of Russian culture.
The plaque was jointly unveiled by the Ambassador of the Russian Federation in Sri Lanka Lenav Dzhagaryan and Ms Maria Popova Counsellor of the Russian Embassy in Sri Lanka and Director of the Russian House in Colombo
The Cabinet of Ministers granted approval to the proposal submitted by the Minister of Justice and National Integration to appoint Thilak Nandana Hettiarachchi, a special grade officer in Sri Lanka Administrative Service who served in the post of Additional Secretary of the Ministry of Buddha Shasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs, to the post of Commissioner General of Official Languages with immediate effect.
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Seven Acts under the subject of institutions implemented under the Ministry of Industry and Entrepreneurship Development to be amended
The Cabinet of Ministers has approved the joint proposal presented by the Minister of Industry and Entrepreneurship Development to include the aforesaid amendments of the Acts to the Legal Compilation Program of the government in the year 2025 for the amendment of the following Acts.
• National Gem and Jewellery Authority Act, No. 50 of 1993.
• Technical Development Act No. 36 of 1969
• Sri Lanka institute of textile and apparel Act, no. 12 of 2009
• Sri Lanka Export. Development Act, No. 40 of 1979
• National Enterprise Development Authority Act No. 17 of 2006 and National Enterprise Development Authority Act No.18 of 2014 (Amendment)
• National Crafts Council and Allied Institutions Act No. 35 of 1982
• National Crafts Council and Allied Institutions Act No.4 of 1996 (Special Provisions)
[It has been planned to amend the above acts that come under the subject of institutions implemented under the Ministry of Industry and Entrepreneurship Development this year to create a strong and suitable institutional framework to expedite economic conversion in Sri Lanka]
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