Category: Cricket

Yuvraj Singh was excluded from the Indian squad that will face Sri Lanka in a five-match One-Day International (ODI) series and a lone Twenty20 International on Sunday Yuvraj was below-par in the last couple of tournaments, scoring 105 runs in the ICC Champions Trophy and 57 runs during the West Indies tour. Also, experienced spin-twins Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja […]

Left-arm spinner Axar Patel has been named as a replacement for suspended Ravindra Jadeja in the 15-member Indian team for the third cricket Test against Sri Lanka, starting in Kandy on August 12. “The All-India Senior Selection Committee on Tuesday named Axar Patel as the replacement for Ravindra Jadeja in the team for the 3rd Test, which starts from August […]

The Kerala High Court on Monday ordered Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) to lift the lifetime ban on cricketer S Sreesanth that was imposed on the basis of spot-fixing charges against him. The court issued the order after considering a petition filed by the cricketer in March challenging BCCI’s decision not to lift the ban despite a […]

India spinner Ravindra Jadeja has been suspended for the upcoming Pallekele Test after his accumulated demerit points reached six within a 24-month period following his latest breach of the ICC Code of Conduct for which he received a 50 per cent fine and three demerit points. During the third day’s play in the Colombo Test against Sri Lanka on Saturday, […]

India won the Colombo Test by an innings and 53 runs. Ravindra Jadeja and R Ashwin picked up five-wicket hauls in the match. Sri Lanka put up a lion-hearted effort through centuries from Dimuth Karunaratne and Kusal Mendis. Brief scores: India 622/9 decl beat Sri Lanka 386 all out (Karunaratne 141, Mathews 36) and 183 all out, by an innings […]

Ravindra Jadeja on Saturday became the second fastest Indian to reach 150 Test wickets, behind teammate Ravichandran Ashwin, when he bowled Dhananjay de Silva during the second Test against Sri Lanka. Jadeja achieved the feat while bowling in Sri Lanka’s first innings on Day Three of the second Test.