After being appointed as Sri Lanka’s ODI skipper, Kusal Perera on Thursday said that his side needs to play fearless cricket in order to win more matches of cricket. Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) on Wednesday announced an 18-member squad for the upcoming three-match ODI series against Bangladesh. The team will depart for Bangladesh … Read more
Four members of an Indian family, including two children, have been arrested for allegedly entering Sri Lanka’s Jaffna peninsula illegally and violating the local immigration and the quarantine laws, police said on Thursday. The family, which consists of a 61-year old woman, her 34-year-old daughter and her two children, said they had entered Sri Lanka … Read more
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) on Wednesday announced an 18-member squad for the upcoming three-match ODI series against Bangladesh. The team will depart for Bangladesh on May 16 and the Minister of Youth and Sports, Namal Rajapaksa gave his approval for the squad. Sri Lanka will be led by Kusal Perera while Kusal Mendis … Read more
Veteran opener Shikhar Dhawan and flamboyant allrounder- turned specialist batsman Hardik Pandya will be locked in a two-way fight for India captaincy if Shreyas Iyer doesn’t get fit in time for the white-ball tour of Sri Lanka in July. India’s limited overs specialists will be playing three T20 Internationals and as many ODIs … Read more
NEW DELHI: Veteran opener Shikhar Dhawan and flamboyant allrounder- turned specialist batsman Hardik Pandya will be locked in a two-way fight for India captaincy if Shreyas Iyer doesn’t get fit in time for the white-ball tour of Sri Lanka in July. India’s limited overs specialists will be playing three T20 Internationals and as many ODIs … Read more
Former Sri Lanka Test player Avishka Gunawardene has been cleared of match-fixing charges by an independent tribunal, cricket’s world governing body announced Monday. The independent anti-corruption tribunal also dismissed three out of four charges made against another former Sri Lankan international, Nuwan Zoysa, who was last month banned from cricket for six years. … Read more
‘Remainder of IPL 2021 Can’t Be Held in India,’ Says BCCI President Sourav Ganguly “We have planned a white ball series for the senior men’s team during the month of July where they will play T20 Internationals and ODIs in Sri Lanka,” Ganguly told PTI in an interaction. Asked how will India segregate the two … Read more
BCCI president Sourav Ganguly on Sunday said that the Indian team, sans the top players, will tour Sri Lanka in July for a limited overs bilateral series. Big names such as skipper Virat Kohli and vice-captain Rohit Sharma will not be part of the tour as they will be engaged in a marquee … Read more
Big names such as skipper Virat Kohli and vice-captain Rohit Sharma will not be part of the tour as they will be engaged in a marquee five-match Test series in England. (Getty Images) KOLKATA: BCCI president Sourav Ganguly on Sunday said that the Indian team, sans the top players, will tour Sri Lanka in July … Read more
DHAKA/COLOMBO: India’s neighbours – Sri Lanka and Bangladesh – have reported the first cases of the Indian variant of coronavirus, also known as B.1.617, prompting authorities to exercise caution to contain its spread. Bangladesh overnight detected six people, who had recently visited India, infected with the Indian variant of the Covid-19, directorate general of health … Read more