Sri Lanka beat Bangladesh by 78 runs to win the series 2-1
Sri Lanka made 269 for nine wickets in their 50 overs and then restricted Bangladesh to 181 for 9 in the first ODI.
Sri Lanka were 262 for 5, on day 4 in the second Test against South Africa, still needing 90 to win the match.
The former Sri Lanka captain returns after a five-month absence having recovered from an acute disc problem in his lower back that required surgery in May.
Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene vowed to extend South Africa's misery on Saturday after the hosts took control of the first Test.
They recorded unbeaten double hundreds and put Sri Lanka in total control of the first Test against South Africa on Friday.
The victory moved South Africa to eight points on the table, one behind Sri Lanka.
Captain Mahela Jayawardene scored a second successive hundred as Sri Lanka won the fourth ODI by 33 runs.
Come February, the longstanding rivalry between Virender Sehwag and Shoaib Akhtar will be renewed but this time it will play out on an ice field rather than on a cricket ground.
Sanath Jayasuriya will make a comeback against England at Trent Bridge just a month after retiring
Seam bowlers Dilhara Fernando and Farveez Maharoof snared three wickets each to lead the hosts to a six-wicket win in the last match of the series.
A 22 year old took the honours on Day 3.
"They (Sri Lanka) had a guy that finished 94 not out and that was the difference -- we did not have someone who batted all the way through," added Dravid.
New Zealand skipper Brendon McCullum and B J Watling broke the world record for the highest sixth-wicket partnership with a 352-run stand against India in the ongoing second Test in Wellington on Monday.
Sri Lanka's preparations for the second Test against the West Indies are being hampered by a flu virus that forced four players to miss team practice on Wednesday.
Jayawardene said his team had adapted well to the conditions of the wicket here as they were exposed to similar conditions in the warm-up match at Bangalore.
The duo have been left out of the training squad for the New Zealand series.
Mahela Jayawardene will skip the fourth ODI against India.
Rajneesh Gupta presents some interesting numbers from Day 1 of the Chennai Test
It will be an uphill task for the defending champs given their opponents' form and formidable line-up.
The Sri Lanka captain became just the fourth player to score hundreds against all nine Test opponents.
Captain Mahela Jayawardene stroked a superb 123 to help Sri Lanka to a dramatic one-wicket victory over South Africa on the final day of the second Test.
Chasing a target of 268, Africa XI finished at 250 against Asia XI to level the three-match series.
The Sri Lankan batsman will strengthen the Asia XI batting for the second Afro-Asia Cup ODI against Africa XI.
As the stylish left-hander, Kumar Sangakkara, draws curtains to his illustrious career, here are tributes pouring from him from across the world.
'It is hugely disappointing because of the amount of work ethics that goes in behind the scenes. It is embarrassing (defeat). Players should be embarrassed with their own performances. Net practice means nothing if you don't get out and put runs on the board'
Sri Lanka have included pace spearhead Lasith Malinga in their 15-man squad for the Cricket World Cup despite concerns over his fitness after ankle surgery, the country's cricket board said on Wednesday.
Alastair Cook said he has no intention of stepping down as captain after his England side lost the seventh and final match of the One-Day International series against Sri Lanka in Colombo.
Alastair Cook said he has no intention of stepping down as captain after his England side lost the seventh and final match of the One-Day International series against Sri Lanka in Colombo.
Australia's David Warner, on Friday, completed 1000 runs in 2014 en route his century in the second innings of the first cricket Test against India in Adelaide, becoming the first opener to achieve the feat since England skipper Alastair Cook in 2012.
Sri Lanka posted 303 for three on the first day of the second Test against South Africa on Wednesday.
Thilan Samaraweera and Mahela Jayawardene hit centuries as Sri Lanka posted 563 for 5, in reply to England's 265, at the close on day 3 in the third Test.
Rajneesh Gupta presents the numbers from Day 4 of the first Test.
Adam Voges and Shaun Marsh put together the highest fourth wicket stand in the history of Test cricket on Friday, their combined 449 pushing Australia to 583 for four at lunch on day two of the first Test against West Indies.
Marvan Atapattu scored a chanceless, unbeaten 108 as Sri Lanka reached 250-4 on the opening day of the first Test against the Windies.
Sri Lanka's coach said the batsman innings of 237 in the first Test against South Africa was chanceless.
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