Sri Lanka tour of India 2021/22
Bengaluru pitch gets 'below average' rating from ICC match referee
Javagal Srinath says the surface didn't offer an even contest between bat and ball
May 09, 2024
Test rankings: Bumrah No. 4 in bowlers' list, Karunaratne at career-best No. 5 among batters
Jason Holder returns to the top spot for allrounders following the Antigua Test against England
May 09, 2024
India brush aside Sri Lanka despite Dimuth Karunaratne's resistance
R Ashwin and Jasprit Bumrah shared seven between them to wrap up a dominant series sweep
May 09, 2024
Rohit: 'Pant is somebody who can change the game in 40 minutes'
"His keeping was the best I've seen", says India's Test captain
May 10, 2024
Shreyas Iyer: On this pitch, a fifty feels like a century
"You can't just play very negatively on that wicket and just keep defending the ball," he says after hitting 92 off 98
May 11, 2024
Bumrah, Pant and Iyer leave Sri Lanka struggling to survive
Having set a target of 447, India made an early incision in the last half hour of day two
May 10, 2024
Sri Lanka in strife after Shreyas Iyer gives India 252 on turning track
The pitch offered square turn and uncertain bounce from ball one, but it was India's pacers who did all the damage at the top
May 11, 2024
Pathum Nissanka out of second Test with back injury
Dushmantha Chameera not available for selection either as he recovers from an ankle injury
May 09, 2024
Injury-hit Sri Lanka run into pink ball and red-hot India
This will be the last Test for Suranga Lakmal. Can Sri Lanka make it a memorable one for him?
May 10, 2024
Jasprit Bumrah: 'We're still very new' to pink-ball cricket
"We are not used to catching the pink ball, bowling with the pink ball, and as batters, playing against the pink ball"
May 09, 2024
Karunaratne wants Sri Lanka to 'reverse a little pressure' and put plans 'in motion' during pink-ball Test
Sri Lanka captain to go with two spinners for the Test as he hopes the team can give the retiring Suranga Lakmal a 'great farewell'
May 09, 2024
KSCA allows 100% stadium capacity for Bengaluru Test
ESPNcricinfo understands an increased demand for tickets led to the association seeking government approval to throw open the entire stadium
May 17, 2024
Axar Patel returns to India squad for second Test in Bengaluru
The left-arm spinner, who has recovered from a shin injury and a bout of Covid-19, has replaced Kuldeep Yadav
May 11, 2024
Ravindra Jadeja's epic all-round show gives India win inside three days
Match haul of nine wickets to go with his 175 not out; R Ashwin ends game with six scalps to go past Kapil Dev
May 10, 2024
Rohit hails 'all-time great' Ashwin and 'top allrounder' Jadeja after innings win
India captain wants to use Jadeja "a lot more with the bat", citing example of his promotion in the T20I series
May 09, 2024
India on top after supreme Jadeja-led all-round show
Allrounder slams 175* to set up declaration, and then joins the wicket-takers' party to push Sri Lanka on the back foot
May 09, 2024
Pant 96 off 97 as India pile up 357 on day one against Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka's limited attack stood exposed in Mohali
May 09, 2024
History is stacked against Sri Lanka, but India are a team in transition
This is not being treated as a high-profile series, but it has the potential to throw up some really good cricket - especially if Sri Lanka's spinners can deliver
May 16, 2024
'Whole credit goes to Virat Kohli for getting us going in Test cricket' - Rohit Sharma
New Test captain also toasts contributions of Rahane, Pujara as India prepare for a proper changing of the guard
May 09, 2024
Dimuth Karunaratne quietly confident of Sri Lanka doing to India what they did in South Africa
"We were underdogs then too, and we had nothing to lose, so we produced our best... The pressure is on India to not let a match slip"
May 16, 2024
Virat Kohli: 'I have given my heart and soul to Test cricket'
"Feels surreal, never imagined I would play 100 Tests for India"
May 09, 2024
ICC T20I rankings: Shreyas Iyer and Nissanka move up, Kohli drops out of top ten
Kagiso Rabada moves up to No. 3 on Test bowlers' table, while in ODIs, Rashid Khan has re-entered the top ten
May 16, 2024
Fans allowed to attend Mohali Test at 50% capacity
The match, which is set to be Virat Kohli's 100th Test, was initially scheduled to be played behind closed doors
May 17, 2024
Ishan Kishan ruled out of third T20I
The India keeper-batter suffered a blow to the helmet while batting in the second match on Saturday
May 09, 2024
Shreyas' third straight fifty powers India to 3-0 sweep
Avesh Khan and Mohammed Siraj blew away Sri Lanka's top order, and the visitors couldn't recover despite Dasun Shanaka's 74
May 09, 2024
Shreyas Iyer's path to coveted No. 3 spot is a road well travelled
After eight innings at No. 3, Shreyas has hit 340 runs at a strike rate of 147
May 14, 2024
Sri Lanka have a top three and the Dinesh Chandimal experiment is over, right?
Four things Sri Lanka might have learned from their T20 February, with an eye to the World Cup
May 09, 2024
Wrist injury rules Gaikwad out of rest of Sri Lanka T20I series
Mayank Agarwal has been drafted into the squad for the last two T20Is
May 17, 2024
India vs Sri Lanka Test series: Bengaluru will allow spectators, Mohali to keep doors closed
Most of the Indian cricketers are expected to join their IPL teams after the second Test in a bubble-to-bubble transfer
May 16, 2024
Shreyas 74* trumps Nissanka 75 as India seal T20I series
Samson and Jadeja also played aggressive knocks as India romped home with 17 balls remaining
May 09, 2024
Maheesh Theekshana, Kusal Mendis ruled out of T20I series
Test squad members Dickwella and de Silva added to T20I squad for remaining games
May 09, 2024
Dharamsala weather in focus as India hunt for 11th straight T20I win against injury-hit Sri Lanka
SL's batting line-up could be bolstered after new squad members were added
May 12, 2024
Mendis, Dickwella and Thirimanne return to Sri Lanka Test squad
Legspinner Jeffrey Vandersay has also been included in the squad, which is without the injured Ramesh Mendis
May 10, 2024
Kishan, Shreyas fifties muscle India to huge win
The pair took the hosts to 199 for 2 and Sri Lanka wilted in the chase despite a half-century from Charith Asalanka
May 16, 2024
Depleted Sri Lanka face uphill task to upset heavyweights India
Both teams are missing big players, but India's strength in depth makes them heavy favourites
May 12, 2024
Rohit 'looking forward to playing all games' but admits managing workload will be key
"We've already seen a lot of injuries within our squad so we have got to be careful with what we do with individuals and how we rotate them"
May 10, 2024
Samson's got talent; Rohit wants him to 'maximise' it, and fast
"You need that kind of shot-making ability" at the T20 World Cup in Australia later this year, says the India captain
May 10, 2024
Hasaranga tests positive for Covid-19 again, likely to miss entire T20I series in India
SLC medical department chief: "It's not that he has got a new infection, it's just that he has not cleared the old infection, according to their (Australia's) level"
May 09, 2024
Injured Deepak Chahar, Suryakumar Yadav ruled out of SL T20Is
Both players suffered injuries on the field during the third T20I against West Indies
May 09, 2024
BCCI: 'We will speak to Saha and want to know if he was threatened'
On Saturday, Saha had posted a tweet which alleged that a "respected" journalist took an aggressive tone with him
May 09, 2024
Bhanuka Rajapaksa left out of India T20Is for fitness reasons
The uncapped offspinner Ashian Daniel has been included after strong showings in domestic List A cricket
May 09, 2024
Pujara, Rahane, Ishant, Saha will be hurting but selections are not made from individual's point of view
Careers in competitive sport rarely end in a perfect manner. If it is indeed the end, it is just a fact of life
May 13, 2024
Rahul Dravid on Wriddhiman Saha - 'Not hurt at all, have deep respect for him'
"The easiest thing for me is to not have these conversations but that's not who I am," says India coach
May 09, 2024
Ravindra Jadeja, Sanju Samson back in India squad for Sri Lanka T20Is
Jasprit Bumrah named vice-captain; Shardul Thakur rested for both Test and T20I series
May 09, 2024
Pujara, Rahane, Ishant, Saha dropped for Sri Lanka Test series
Rohit Sharma named Test captain, while Ravindra Jadeja returns from injury
May 12, 2024
Kohli, Pant exit Kolkata bubble; will be rested for Sri Lanka T20Is too
The decision to rest Kohli is understood to be part of a policy aimed at ensuring the all-format regulars are given breaks periodically
May 11, 2024
Sri Lanka's tour of India to begin on February 24 with T20I series
The tour starts with the first T20I on February 24 in Lucknow before back-to-back T20Is in Dharamsala
May 16, 2024
Suranga Lakmal signs for Derbyshire after announcing international retirement
Fast bowler has announced that the tour of India in 2022 will be his swansong
May 09, 2024
Sri Lanka tour of India set to begin with T20Is; Bengaluru to host day-night Test
SLC requests BCCI to play the shorter format first, since SL's T20I squad will have just concluded a series in Australia
May 11, 2024