Afghanistan made history after recording their maiden win over Australia in international cricket. Rashid Khan’s men defeated the Aussies by 21 runs in the T20 World Cup 2024 Super 8 match at the Arnos Vale Ground in Kingstown, St Vincent. The Afghans had lost 4 ODIs and T20I before their last game, but this time around, they made sure of going past the finish line.
With the win, Afghanistan stayed alive in the competition. Najmul Hossain Shanto’s Bangladesh, who lost to India by 50 runs, also kept breathing. India, on the other hand, will have to wait longer to secure their berth in the semi-finals.
After being asked to bat first, Afghanistan got themselves up to a decent score of 148 for 6. Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran put on 118 runs for the opening wicket off 15.5 overs. The duo also racked up their third century stand in the ongoing edition of the mega event after the games against Uganda and New Zealand. Gurbaz, the leading run-scorer of the tournament, scored 60 runs off 49 balls with the help of 4 fours and 4 sixes.
I still remember the day of August 1947 floods, as it was the last school day at Kingswood College Kandy and the height the water soured. Water rose to the height of the Cross of the Chrurch at Getambe and the water was so high that it engulfed the Getambe Rajaponawarma Temple leaving only a few leaves of the Bo-tree visible.
The Colombo Additional Magistrate has ordered the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) to investigate and submit a report over a complaint about the alleged illegal assets gained by model Piumi Hansamali.
Heritage properties are major tourist attractions world over. Sri Lanka is no exception in this matter. From Colombo, Galle, most of the mountain cities including Nuwara Eliya, Bandarawela, Hatton and Kandy and in the North, hundreds of heritage properties are spread across.
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