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Task at hand: Mathews feels that pacers like Asitha will have a role to play with the new ball. | Photo Credit: PTI As Sri Lanka looks to end its decade-long win drought against India in Tests, former Lanka skipper Angelo Mathews said the team has to play a positive brand of cricket to tame the visitors. “You’ve…
Allies turned rivals: India head coach Gambhir and his Sri Lanka counterpart Kirsten go a long way back. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Gary Kirsten guided India to some of its greatest achievements during his three-year tenure as head coach. The defining moment came in his final assignment, when Virat Kohli and Suresh Raina carried him on their shoulders after India…
Indian batters will be keen to fine-tune their skills against spin during a three-day warm-up match against a local Sri Lanka XI at the Nondescripts Cricket Club in Colombo on Friday (August 7, 2026) as they gear up for a two-match Test series against the Islanders next week. Quality spin proved to be India’s Achilles…
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India’s Washington Sundar and KL Rahul celebrate the dismissal of Sri Lanka’s Avishka Fernando during their 2nd ODI match, at R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on August 4, 2024 | Photo Credit: ANI For the Indian fans, the memories of Sri Lankan bowlers like Chaminda Vaas, Muttiah Muralitharan and Ajantha Mendis running through the Men…
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It is often said, ‘lightning never strikes twice’. India and Sri Lanka, though, seem to be on a mission to prove the saying wrong after playing their second tied encounter in as many games, albeit in different formats. In the third and final T20I in Pallekele, the Lankans made a mess of a small chase,…
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If Sri Lanka squandered games from winning positions in the three-match T20I series, it was India’s turn to make a mess of a relatively simple chase as the two sides played out a sensational tied encounter in the first ODI at the R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on August 2. Chasing 231, the visitor needed…
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Suryakumar Yadav in action during the first Twenty20 International against Sri Lanka in Pallekele on July 27, 2024. | Photo Credit: PTI It is uncommon for a cricket series to unfold in Sri Lanka without rain unsettling the proceedings in at least a game. Sunday’s second T20I in Pallekele ensured the ‘tradition’ stayed true as…
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Indian players are seen during a practice session ahead of the first T20 international against Sri Lanka in Kandy on July 26, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP It is rare for an Indian cricket series to be obscured from the nation’s eye by another sporting event. But, such is the glow of the Olympics, that…
Tough decision: Both are audacious stroke-makers — Pant’s falling pull shots are fascinating while Samson, on his day, can hit the fastest of bowlers over extra cover. | Photo Credit: Emmanual Yogini New India head coach Gautam Gambhir will have the onerous task of choosing between Rishabh Pant and Sanju Samson during the three-match T20I…
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