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Indian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2024 Sri Lanka: India: Dates: 27 July – 7 August 2024: Captains: Charith Asalanka: Rohit Sharma (ODIs) Suryakumar Yadav (T20Is) One Day International series; Results: Sri Lanka won the 3-match series 2–0: Most runs: Avishka Fernando (137) Rohit Sharma (157) Most wickets: Jeffrey Vandersay (8) Washington ...
The Sri Lanka national baseball team [2] is the national baseball team of Sri Lanka. Baseball was introduced to Sri Lanka in the mid 1980s. American baseball coach Jim Dimick [3] was the first official coach to teach the game to the players. The team represents Sri Lanka in international competitions. Sri Lanka took part in the first ever Asian ...
The British were very powerful during their rule in Sri Lanka and left more of a lasting impact than any other power. [ 1 ] The formation of the Batavian Republic in the Netherlands as an ally and of the French Directory , led to a British attack on Ceylon in 1795 as part of Britain's war against the French Republic.
Services accounted for 58.2% of Sri Lanka's economy in 2019 up from 54.6% in 2010, industry 27.4% up from 26.4% a decade earlier and agriculture 7.4%. [42] Though there is a competitive export agricultural sector, technological advances have been slow to enter the protected domestic sector. [43]
The Board of Investment of Sri Lanka (BoI) (Sinhala: ශ්රී ලංකා ආයෝජන මණ්ඩලය Shri Lanka Ayojana Mandalaya) is the investment promotion agency of Sri Lanka. It was established in 1992, expanding the scope of the Greater Colombo Economic Commission (GCEC) which was formed in 1978. References
Press freedom is a major concern in Sri Lanka. Both sides in the war make efforts to silence inconvenient reporters. Around 15 reporters received death threats from one faction or the other in 2004 [2] The assassinated reporter Aiyathurai Nadesan, correspondent in Batticaloa for several Tamil media stated just prior to his assassination in 2005:
It has been noted that in recent years the exam has become extremely competitive and even traumatic for most high school students in Sri Lanka. For the academic year of 2013, out of 55,241 candidates who applied for university admission, only 43.8% were able to gain access to the state universities through the University Grants Commission (UGC ...
The team have competed against 15 countries in T20Is, and have played 18 matches against Pakistan. Sri Lanka have defeated Australia 8 occasions, which is their best win record against opponents. [15] Sri Lanka was the best T20I team in the world, where they ranked number one in more than 32 months, and reached World Twenty20 final in three times.