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This is the highest partnership for the first wicket in a Cricket World Cup match. [ 9 ] By dismissing Chris Gayle of West Indies , Sri Lanka's Suranga Lakmal became the third bowler to take a wicket with the first ball bowled in a Test match at a new venue, joining Kapil Dev of India and Imran Khan of Pakistan .
The R. Premadasa Stadium was also one of the three grounds in Sri Lanka that hosted matches for the 1996 Cricket World Cup. The other two were the Asgiriya Stadium and the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground. [6] The R. Premadasa Stadium was the venue for the match in 1997 where Sri Lanka scored a record 952 runs for 6 wickets against India. [7]
The inaugural One Day International (ODI) match was played between Sri Lanka and England in March 2001.; Floodlights were installed in 2003. This stadium hosted all the matches of the Asia Cup 2010, due to renovation of other grounds for the 2011 Cricket World Cup.
The 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup was the eighth edition of the ICC Men's T20 World Cup, formerly known as the ICC World Twenty20. [1] It was played in Australia from 16 October to 13 November 2022.
Although none of the buildings at the stadium was near completion, the 2nd Test of the West Indies tour of Sri Lanka in 2010, was held at the venue in 23–27 November. Sri Lanka Cricket defended choosing the stadium saying that the decision to stage a game was to allow cricketers to acclimatize themselves to the ground ahead of the World Cup ...
The Sri Lanka Thailand Free Trade Agreement covering trade in goods, investment, custom procedures and intellectual property rights was signed in the capital Colombo in the presence of Sri Lanka ...
Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement (APTA) PTA Bangladesh, China, Laos, Mongolia, South Korea, Sri Lanka 1975 ASEAN-India Trade in Goods Agreement: CECA ASEAN: 13 August 2009 1 January 2010 [7] ASEAN-India Trade in Services Agreement: November 2014 1 July 2015 [7] [19] ASEAN-India Investment Agreement: November 2014 1 July 2015 [7] [19]
Sri Lanka's cabinet approved issuing free tourist visas to visitors from 35 countries including China, India and Russia, a top official said on Thursday, in an effort to boost tourism and help ...