Akila Dananjaya's career-best 6-54 was in vain as India beat Sri Lanka by three wickets in their second one-day international to go 2-0 up in the five-match series in Pallekele on Thursday.
Images from the first T20 between India and Sri Lanka, in Colombo, on Sunday.
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'In South Africa you want to play on seaming tracks and do well there. In England you want pitches and conditions that suit swing bowling. Hopefully going forward wickets will have more life in them,' said the Indian skipper.
Indian medium-pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar feels that the bowlers need to adopt a 'patient' approach on a lifeless Trent Bridge wicket if the visitors want to bowl England out twice and win the first cricket Test in Nottingham.
Paceman Bhuvneshwar Kumar will miss India's three-match Twenty20 series in Australia with a thumb injury and will be replaced by all-rounder Rishi Dhawan.
The India pacer bowled an impressive first spell, comprising pace and swing, as he finished with brilliant figures of 6.1-2-9-3, including the wicket of the dangerous David Warner, in the second One-Day International at the Eden Gardens, in Kolkata, on Thursday, which India won by 50 runs to take a 2-0 lead in the five-match series.
Images from Sunday's IPL match between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Kolkata Knight Riders, in Hyderabad.
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'We have got quite a few days before our next home game. If he's not available I don't see any issues. Bhuvi will lead our side since he's is our vice-captain'
Sunrisers Hyderabad seamer Bhuvneshwar Kumar says their bowling unit is one of the best in IPL.
Images from the Indian Premier League match between Rajasthan Royals and Sunrisers Hyderabad in Ahmedabad, on Thursday.
Images from Sunday night's IPL game between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Royal Challengers Bangalore.
Once again, the Sunrisers bowlers did the job on a slow track.
India's top bowler in the ongoing Test series against England with 11 wickets to his credit, pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar says his good form with the bat has been a major factor in helping him perform well with the ball.
India medium pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar is of the view that the onus is on his bowling to quickly get rid of the remaining English batsmen on Saturday, Day 3 of the second Test, at Lord's. He had figures of 4 for 46 as the hosts' scored 219 for 6 in their first innings by stumps in reply to India's 295.
Images from Day 1 in the second test between India and England at Lord's Cricket Ground.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar has witnessed Jasprit Bumrah evolve into a potent weapon for India and said that the Gujarat bowler has worked a lot on his action, which is paying dividends.
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Photos of Day 5 of the first Test between India and England, being played in Nottingham
Photos from Day 4 of the first Test match between India and England in Nottingham, on Saturday.
Images from the third day's play in the first Test between India and England, at Trent Bridge, Nottingham.
Images from the second's day play in the opening Test between England and India at Trent Bridge, Nottingham.
Images from the IPL game between Sunrisers Hyderabad and Rajasthan Royals.
India have won the first two Tests by comprehensive margins -- by 304 runs in Galle and an innings and 53 runs in Colombo.
Kolkata Knight Riders will have no margin for error when they take on hosts Sunrisers Hyderabad, who will fancy their chances despite coming off a defeat, in the Indian Premier League match in Hyderabad on Saturday.
I could execute my plans because Bumrah left me 16 to defend in last over, says Shami
Sunrisers Hyderabad unit would look to consolidate its position at the top of the points table
Skipper Virat Kohli had put in a lot of emphasis on workload management before the IPL last year. It has been learnt that the national selectors will sit down and take a call after checking the workload and medical database of all centrally contracted players.
Following is a fact box on the second Test of the four-match series between Australia and India:
India may have lost Shikhar Dhawan to injury and pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar is ruled out of the next few games, but the team is so strong that despite the setbacks it will qualify for the World Cup semi-finals, reckons former skipper Sourav Ganguly.
The Indian Playing XI will also have Bhuvneshwar Kumar on Sunday as he replaces Mohammed Shami, who was hit on the leg in his follow through during the third match.
MS Dhoni, who has not played since the World Cup semi-final loss to New Zealand in July, will be making his highly awaited comeback in the IPL beginning March 29. The national selection committee has not changed the panel's stance on Dhoni, who will 'have to perform' in the upcoming Indian Premier League to be considered for T20 World Cup selection.
Left shaken by a bunch of world-class operators, the Indian team's white-ball stars will be aiming to put up an improved batting effort in the second T20 International against England in Ahmedabad on Sunday.
Talking about the SRH set up, Bhuvneshwar said since the bowling unit has been together for the past two-three years, the players understand each other well.
The Royals are aware of the challenges facing them at the Sawai Mansingh Stadum, a few days after Sunrisers Hyderabad got the better of Kings XI Punjab to grab the second position in the standings.
The mood in the Indian camp was summed up best by the skipper after a green pitch was unveiled on eve of the maiden Test at the new facility.
Playing alongside Dale Steyn and Ishant Sharma, who work up genuine pace, Sunrisers Hyderabad bowler Bhuvneshwar Kumar says speed is not his strength and therefore he relies on swing to get wickets.
Gujarat Lions will have to fight off the fiery pacers of the Sunrisers Hyderabad when the two teams clash in the Indian Premier League Qualifier 2, in New Delhi, on Friday.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar believes bowling alongside world's best fast bowler Dale Steyn in the IPL will help him pick up the "little things" from the South African and make him a better bowler.
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