Asia Cup champions Sri Lanka to rejoice title victory with double-decker journey in Colombo

Asia Cup champions Sri Lanka cricket staff will journey by Colombo on a double-decker bus within the victory parade to rejoice their sixth title within the continental cup on Tuesday.

Sri Lanka defeated Pakistan by 23 runs to win their sixth Asia Cup title in Dubai on Sunday, bringing a lot cheer to the folks of the crisis-hit island nation, who’ve been hit laborious by the worst financial turmoil in a number of a long time.

The Dasun Shanaka-led staff will arrive on Tuesday morning at 5 am, and will probably be welcomed by officers from Sri Lanka Cricket and the Sports Ministry on the Bandaranaike International Airport right here, officers mentioned.

The staff will then take part in a victory parade at 6.30 am, and can undertake a double-decker bus tour from Colombo to Katunayake and work together with followers, officers mentioned.

Sri Lanka’s netball staff additionally introduced glory to the nation by successful the 2022 Asian Championships on Sunday.

“Believe in our cricketersa lot of bad things are going around. As cricketers, they too should enjoy their lives as well, not spreading bad things. They have private lives too. Keep believing, that is the key. As a captain, I give confidence to the players, [whatever] I can. I can’t ask for more than that,” captain Shanaka mentioned on the post-match convention, as Sri Lanka’s unprecedented financial disaster shaped the backdrop of the cricket staff’s Asia Cup marketing campaign.

“Congratulations to the #lka cricket team on the win against #Pakistan in the #AsiaCup2022Final in Dubai. The commitment and teamwork shown by the #SriLankan team have been remarkable,” ousted President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who returned to Colombo from Thailand on September 2, tweeted on Sunday.

His successor, President Ranil Wickremesinghe, praised the nationwide cricket staff for successful the Asia Cup and underlined that it reveals that with dedication and willpower crisis-hit Sri Lanka can overcome challenges as a nation.

“Congratulations to the Sri Lankan cricket team on winning the Asia Cup 2022. Well played Pakistan!

“The second championship for at this time,” he said, adding that it “goes to point out that, with dedication and willpower, we will overcome challenges as a nation. Onwards and upwards Sri Lanka!”

Sri Lanka, a rustic of twenty-two million folks, declared in mid-April its worldwide debt default because of the foreign exchange disaster.

A crippling scarcity of overseas reserves has led to lengthy queues for gas, cooking fuel, and different necessities whereas energy cuts and hovering meals costs have heaped distress on the folks.

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