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Bangla Tigers lift Lanka T10 Super League title

Player of the match and player of the series was Titan’s skipper Dasun Shanaka.

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Hambantota Bangla Tigers beat favorites Jaffna Titans by 26 runs in Thursday’s Lanka T10 Super League final at the Pallekele Stadium in Kandy.

The Tigers produced a fine all-round performance to beat the Titans, who had won all their matches in the lead up to the final.

Player of the match and player of the series was Titan’s skipper Dasun Shanaka.

Hambantota Bangla Tigers, put into bat first, posted 133 for seven from their allotted 10 overs through some useful contributions from their top order batsmen.

The openers Mohammad Shahzad and Kusal Perera added 35 runs from 2.4 overs before they suffered a middle order collapse and reached 59 for three at the halfway stage of the innings.

However, skipper Dasun Shanaka and Shevon Daniel revived the innings with a fourth-wicket partnership of 44 runs in three overs.

Shanaka made 21 with two sixes and two boundaries while Daniel struck 26 with one six and three boundaries before Kennar Lewis and Dhananjaya Lakshan added the finishing touches.

Chasing 133 runs for victory, Jaffna Titans lost wickets at regular intervals and they eventually finished at 107 for six despite a fighting unbeaten half century from middle order batsman Tom Abell.
Richard Gleeson wrecked the Hambantota Bangla Tigers’ innings with excellent figures of three wickets for 21 while Shanaka captured two wickets for four runs.

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Afghanistan’s national futsal team heads to Morocco

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Afghanistan’s national futsal team has departed for Morocco to participate in a four-nation futsal tournament.

Afghanistan Football Federation (AFF) has announced that Morocco will host the four-nation futsal competition.

In this tournament, the national futsal teams of Afghanistan, Portugal, Morocco, and China will compete against each other from April 9 to 13, 2025.

According to the football federation, all matches, except for the final, will be played without television broadcasts.

Afghanistan’s national futsal team will also play a friendly match against Morocco’s national futsal team on April 15.

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Afghanistan Under-19s beat Nepal by 1 run in second ODI, win series

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Afghanistan Under-19 cricket team defeated Nepal by 1 run on Sunday, taking an unassailable 2-0 lead against the hosts in the three-match Youth ODI series.

Batting first after winning the toss, Afghanistan Under-19 scored 168 runs before being bowled in the 50 overs.

Nepal were bowled out for 167 runs in 49.3 overs.

Afghan captain Mahboob Khan was declared Man of the Match as he scored 58 runs and took a wicket.

This was the second consecutive victory of the Afghanistan Under-19 cricket team against Nepal, with which they won the bilateral series.

The third and final game of the series will be played on Wednesday.

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Iyer blitz powers Kolkata to big IPL win over Hyderabad

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India batter Venkatesh Iyer smashed 60 off 29 balls to fire holders Kolkata Knight Riders to an 80-run hammering of Sunrisers Hyderabad in a comeback IPL win on Thursday.

Iyer’s knock and 91-run stand with fellow left-hander Rinku Singh propelled Kolkata to 200-6 at their home in Eden Gardens after being invited to bat first in a rematch of last year’s final, AFP reported.

Iyer proved his worth in a blitz laced with seven fours and three sixes after Kolkata paid a whopping $2.81 million for him in the November auction.

Skipper Ajinkya Rahane, who hit 38, and Angkrish Raghuvanshi, who struck 50, lay the foundations of the total in their partnership of 81 after openers fell early.

Bowlers led by impact substitute Vaibhav Arora bowled Hyderabad out for 120 in 16.4 overs as Kolkata bounced back from a crushing defeat to Mumbai Indian in their previous game early this week.

“This game was really important for us,” said Rahane. “Winning by a big margin was crucial for us.”

“Last two games were not up to the mark for us. But we learned a lot from our mistakes. This is a great example for us as a batting unit.”

Kolkata moved from the bottom to fifth in the 10-team table and Hyderabad sunk to the last spot with three defeats in four matches.

“Not a great night tonight,” said Hyderabad skipper Pat Cummins.

“In the mid-innings break, we thought it was gettable. It was a pretty good wicket. Gave away few too many in the field and obviously fell short (with the bat).”

Arora impact

Arora, who was named player of the match for his figures of 3-29, and spinner Varun Chakravarthy took three wickets each.

Iyer and batters set up victory despite the loss of Quinton de Kock, for one, and Sunil Narine, for seven, inside the first three overs.

Cummins took down De Kock and fellow quick Mohammed Shami dismissed Narine before Rahane hit back with a flurry of boundaries.

The 20-year-old Raghuvanshi joined forces with the captain as he reached his fifty and hit five fours and two sixes in his 32-ball knock.

Kolkata seemed to slip after Rahane and then Raghuvanshi departed and Iyer took time to get going but once set he proved destructive and smashed Cummins for three fours and a six in a 21-run 19th over.

Iyer, who fell in the final over, and Rinku, who hit 32, combined to pummel the opposition bowlers in the last five overs, which produced 78 runs.

In reply, Hyderabad were in trouble at 9-3 and then 44-4 after seam bowler Arora struck two early blows including Australia’s Travis Head out on the second ball for four.

Left-handed opener Abhishek Sharma fell to Harshit Rana and Arora made it three down after he dismissed another left-hander Ishant Kishan for two.

Sri Lanka’s IPL debutant Kamindu Mendis hit 27 before he became Sunil Narine’s wicket and the rest of the batting crumbled.

South African wicketkeeper-batsman Heinrich Klaasen made 33 in a disappointing show by Hyderabad.

Friday’s Match

Ariana Television will broadcast today’s match live and exclusively in Afghanistan. Fans can tune in from 6:15pm to watch Match 16, between Lucknow Super Giants and Mumbai Indians, at the Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow.

 
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