Jehan Mubarak

Young Dinesh Chandimal will lead Sri Lanka in the first two of the five ODIs against visiting South Africa in an stop-gap arrangement in the absence of regular captain Angelo Mathews.

When Lasith Malinga chose to play for Mumbai Indians over his domestic team the Southern Express in the CLT20, he was criticized for preferring a 'foreign' club.

Centurion Dinesh Chandimal said that his plan of countering the Indian spinners worked well as he helped Sri Lanka fightback from a precarious position to stay alive in the first Test.

Australian batsman Hilton Cartwright's freak dismissal against New South Wales in the Sheffield Shield is now very much a part of the list of bizarre dismissals in cricket.

Sri Lanka named a 16-member team for upcoming Test series against India with uncapped 23-year-old pacer Vishwa Fernando the only fresh face.

In the Twenty20 Final in Wormsley, Somerset's Ned Leonard got caught off a rebound from a Ben Cliff delivery in the 19th over, despite Cliff’s 3/30 figures. A similar incident on January 13, 2006, had Andrew Symonds' shot deflect off Michael Clarke's shoe, caught by Tillakaratne Dilshan in Melbourne. Somerset won by 66 runs.

Planning and execution of skills is something the Indian team has set sights on as they take on the SL Board XI in the 3 day warm-up tie, ahead of the Test series.

Angelo Mathews struck his sixth Test ton, but Sri Lanka lost four wickets for 48 runs to hand India the advantage.

Mishra spoke to TOI following his exploits in Sri Lanka.

Maverick pacer Lasith Malinga and all-rounder Farveez Maharoof are among Sri Lanka's 30 probables for the September-slated Champions Trophy in Pakistan.

It was on June 21, 2009, when Pakistan defeated Sri Lanka to win their first T20 World Cup title.

If Sri Lanka would as much as dare to win the trophy in England, Sanath Jayasuriya is their biggest hope once again.

Ashwin's 5 for 42 helped India pick up six wickets for 52 runs in the morning session to restrict Sri Lanka to 124 for 8.

Virat Kohli rang in three changes to his side after winning the toss and opting to bat first at the P Sara Oval in Colombo.

Prasad said that his team conceded the early advantage to India, but vowed to come back stronger and restrict the visitors to around 350 in their first innings.

India have the opportunity to grab a piece of historical pie over the next five days if they beat Sri Lanka and win a Test series on these shores after 22 years.

Ashwin's 5 for 42 helped India pick up eight wickets for 62 runs in the morning session.

When Sri Lanka took lunch at 108/5, trailing India by 84 runs, it appeared that things could quickly go downhill on a surface that was assisting spin.

Statistical highlights on the third day of the first cricket Test between India and Sri Lanka in Galle on Friday.

Virat Kohli and KL Rahul put on 85 runs for the third wicket after India were reduced to 12 for 2.