Category: Cricket

Sri Lanka Monday named a 15-member squad led by the newly appointed Twenty20 skipper Upul Tharanga for a one-off match against India at the Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. Sri Lanka squad: Upul Tharanga (captain), Angelo Mathews, Niroshan Dickwella, Dilshan Munaweera, Dasun Shanaka, Milinda Siriwardana, Wanidu Hasaranga, Akila Dananjaya, Jeffrey Vandersay, Isuru Udana, Seekkuge Prasanna, Thisara Perera, Lasith Malinga, Suranga Lakmal […]

Star India today completed its virtual monopoly of cricket broadcast by winning the coveted Indian Premier League (IPL) media rights for a whopping 16,347.50 crore (USD 2.55 billion) for the next five years. The staggering deal, which will run from 2018 to 2022, has turned out to be a financial windfall for the BCCI despite the administrative crisis it is […]

Former India captain MS Dhoni has become the first wicketkeeper in the history of ODI cricket to effect 100 stumpings, going past Kumar Sangakkara’s mark of 99 during the fifth match against Sri Lanka at R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Sunday. Dhoni reached the landmark in his record 301st ODI when he stumped Akila Dananjaya.

Indian opener Shikhar Dhawan will leave from Sri Lanka for Delhi on Sunday attend his ailing mother. The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said this in a statement on Saturday. ‘Dhawan’s mother is stable and is recovering well at the moment,’ read the statement issued by the BCCI.

A rampaging India will fancy their chances of completing a 5-0 whitewash of Sri Lanka when they face the beleaguered hosts in the fifth and final One-day International match in Colombo on Sunday. The visitors already swept the Test series 3-0, and given their dominant run on this trip, would like to sweep the ODI series as well. Sri Lanka […]

Sri Lanka has failed to seal a direct qualification place in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 in the ongoing ODI series against India after not being able to win two matches. The 1996 World champions needed two wins in the five-match series to secure a place in the ICC’s pinnacle 50-over event, which will take place from May 30 […]