The Lanka T10 League 2024 is currently ongoing at the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium. However, the allegations of match-fixing have broken the tournament’s reputation. According to a report by PTI, the authorities of Sri Lanka have taken strong action by arresting an individual involved in the league.

Prem Thakkur, the co-owner of the Galle Marvels team in the Lanka T10 League, has been arrested by Sri Lankan Police. This arrest got initiated after complaints came in from multiple players accusing him in attempting to fix matches.

“The owner of the ‘Galle Marvels’ team in the Lanka T10 Super League, was arrested and will be produced before court on Friday,” Police said, as quoted by PTI.

The owner of the 'Galle Marvels' team in the Lanka T10 Super League, was arrested by the police from Pallekele for allegedly approaching a player to fix matches, and will be produced before court on December 13- Hiru #LKA pic.twitter.com/t0XiLTdICA

— Sri Lanka Tweet 🇱🇰 (@SriLankaTweet) December 12, 2024

A number of players have accused Prem Thakkar of attempting to involve them in match-fixing. The players who rejected this offer reported this incident to the anti-corruption unit. An investigation was carried out regarding these reports, and Thakkar was arrested. Authorities are now trying to break through the larger network of these match-fixing operators within the league.

Though the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has not released an official statement related to the topic as of now, the tournament director of the Lanka T10 League, Samantha Dodanwela has confirmed that the tournament will proceed as planned.

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South Africa are at the top with a 63.33 win percentage. This is their sixth win out of the ten Tests. Australia is following in closely with a percentage of 60.71. Indian team has secured nine wins out of the 16 total Tests they have played, and have a win percentage of 57.29.

After the whitewash on South African soil, Sri Lanka has kept their fourth position with a win percentage of 45.45, and they a over England by a little bit as they are at 45.24.

Coming to India, the team can still secure their chance to enter the WTC finals if they win the remaining three Tests against Australia and secure the series 4-1. This will take their win percentage to 63.15 and solidify their place in WTC Finals. However, if the team loses even one more Test, their win percentage will drop to 57.89.

In case such thing happens, Indian will have to be dependent on the outcomes of other teams, and will have to hope that Pakistan beats South Africa 2-0 and for Sri Lanka to whitewash Australia at home, with one or both Tests ending in a draw.

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After consulting with Sri Lanka Cricket Board, the Pakistan Cricket Board gave the confirmation about postponing the last two ODI matches between Pakistan Shaheens and Sri Lanka A.

After Pakistan Shaheens beat the visitors by 108 runs in the first game, the rest of the two matches that have been postponed were going to be held in Rawalpindi.

The PCB have stated that the two boards will work together to finalise the dates to complete the series.

The former Pakistan captain and Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan, started a protest match towards main Islamabad on Sunday.
There have been reports of incidents about clashes and violence between protestors and law-enforcements.

The federal interior minister Mohsin Naqvi, also the chairman of PCB had announced that the army had been called in to put this issue to rest.

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Gill supported his teammates by saying that the players came after taking long flights, and that they were not used to the conditions provided by Zimbabwe but the way that hey adapted according to the situations was impressive.

“Excellent series. The hunger that we showed after the first loss was phenomenal to watch. Lot of the players had long flights, they weren’t used to the conditions. The way they adapted was remarkable. I have been there (Sri Lanka) once for Asia Cup, looking forward to go there and performing” said Gill during the post-match conference.

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5) Bangladesh Women

The Bangladesh women team sits at the bottom of the list with not even being over 400 runs. The team has registered 372 runs in 17 innings.

4) South Africa Women

South African women are just above the 400-run mark against Indian attack. They have scored 406 runs in 17 innings.

3) Sri Lankan Women

India’s neighbouring island nation sits at the middle of the list with 429 runs in 20 innings.

2) England Women

England team is just below the top spot as they are just a few runs short of securing the top place. They have scored 724 runs in 21 innings.

1) Australia Women

The Australian women team tops the list with the most runs, as they have scored 731 runs in 25 innings.

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Indian women will surely aim to qualify for the semi-finals after they dominated against Sri Lanka. The most easy way to do so is to defeat Australia in the upcoming match, along with hoping both New Zealand and Pakistan to lose at least one of their two remaining matches. In such case, India will easily qualify to the semifinals without having to rely on the net run rate (NRR). India can also qualify for semifinals if Australia loses both of their remaining matches.

If India wins over Australia in the final league game, a triple tie with Australia, and New Zealand will be there at 6 points. Even if India wins by 1 run, it will leave New Zealand in the hunts, from where they will have to win their two remaining matches against Sri Lanka and Pakistan with a combined margin of 38 runs. Then only they could surpass the NRR of India. However, If India wins by 10 runs, the margin for New Zealand will go a high as up to 48.

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Sri Lanka won their first bilateral ODI series against India in 27 years, all because of the leadership of Jayasuriya. Sri Lanka also defeated England in a Test for the first time in 10 years, and recently whitewashed New Zealand in home Tests to qualify for the World Test Championship finals.

“The Executive Committee of Sri Lanka Cricket made this decision taking into consideration the team’s good performances in the recent tours against India, England, and New Zealand, where Jayasuriya was in charge as the ‘interim head coach‘,” the board statement said.

This is going to be first serious time for Jayasuriya in coaching. He has previously said in interviews that he perceives at his primary role to be creating an environment in which players can operate with freedom.

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Terrance Hinds and Shamar Springer have received their maiden call-up due to their recent performances. Brandon King still remains rested due to injury and has been replaced by Evin Lewis.

“The tour of Sri Lanka gives us a chance to test our depth and assess players in different situations, especially with several senior players missing out for various reasons, including a need for rest and rehabilitation from injury. We are confident in the squad’s ability to compete strongly against Sri Lanka,” said head coach Daren Sammy.

King, however, has been names in the ODI squad. Shai Hope is going to be leading the team with Alzarri Joseph as his deputy. Wicketkeeper-batter Jewel Andrew will also play his maiden ODI match.

“As we continue to build our ODI team, this tour offers a valuable opportunity to evaluate strategies and give opportunities to emerging talent. We are excited to see young players like Jewel Andrew, who has earned his place as an exciting prospect for the future.”

West Indies T20I squad:

Rovman Powell (c), Roston Chase (vc), Fabian Allen, Alick Athanaze, Andre Fletcher, Terrance Hinds, Shai Hope, Alzarri Joseph, Shamar Joseph, Brandon King, Evin Lewis, Gudakesh Motie, Sherfane Rutherford, Romario Shepherd, Shamar Springer

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As per cricket.com.au, Samaraweera broke clause 2.23 of CA’s Code of Conduct. This was “contrary to the spirit of cricket, is unbecoming of a representative or official, is or could be harmful to the interests of cricket, or does or could bring the game of cricket into disrepute”.

Cricket Victoria CEO Nick Cummins praised the female victim for the courageous move taken by her to step up against what was wrong.

“We strongly support the decision taken by the Code of Conduct Commission today, banning Dulip Samaraweera for 20 years,” said Cummins.

“It is our view that the conduct was utterly reprehensible and a betrayal of everything we stand for at Cricket Victoria.”

“The victim in this case has demonstrated incredible strength of character and courage in speaking up. She will continue to receive our ongoing support to allow her to achieve her goals on and off the field”

“From an organisation perspective, the safety and wellbeing of everyone at Cricket Victoria is paramount. We will not tolerate any behaviour which compromises that position, or our people, and will always support our culture of speaking up.”

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The first Test is going to be played on the red-soil pitch which offers advantage to pacers, but the black-soil pitch is to assist the spinners, which is the reason India has taken extra care to practice spin.

The unusual pattern of weather in Chennai can possibly affect the nature of the game as the game goes further down the line.
Though the first four days are expected to be cloudy, rain showers are expected on Day 5.

In Sri Lanka, players like Shubhman Gill, Rishabh Pant, and even star batter Virat Kohli were not able to face spin. According to a report in PTI, some of the India batters were spotted practicing hard against spin, since they know that players like Shakib Al Hasan and Mehidy Hasan Miraz are there in Bangladesh team.

Shakib and Miraz turned out to be troublesome for Pakistan batters in Rawalpindi, and it won’t be surprising if it goes the same way against Indians as well.

The Indian batters had a stretched session on Tuesday since Wednesday is expected to be an optional one. There are high chances for many of the players not turning up a day ahead of the game.

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