Mumbai Indians' captain Sachin Tendulkar says the Sri Lankan will be his team's key bowler when it takes on Chennai Super Kings on Wednesday.
Atapattu, 36, last played test cricket against India in 2005 before he was sidelined for 18 months with a serious back injury.
His team may have ended up on the losing side, but explosive Sri Lanka batsman Sanath Jayasuriya rates the century in the first One-Day International at Dambulla as one of the finest he has hit against India. 'It (the century) will be the one I remember most among all the hundreds that I have scored against them (India),' Jayasuriya said.
IMAGES from the T20 World Cup semi-final match played between India and England in Adelaide on Thursday.
India beat Sir Lanka by six wickets in the first ODI of the five-match series which saw Sanath Jayasuriya score 107, his 28th ODI century.
Veteran opener Sanath Jayasuriya on Friday denied having sought Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse's intervention for his inclusion in the ODI team to the West Indies.
Sri Lankan master blaster Sanath Jayasuriya leapfrogged fellow-left-handed opening batsman Adam Gilchrist to become the most expensive foreign player after two rounds of bidding in the Indian Premier League. At the twilight of his international career, the all-rounder was snapped for just under a million dollars, a good $275,000 more than Gilchrist.
The Mukesh Ambani-owned Mumbai franchise made it's presence felt in round two of the Indian Premier League bidding with the purchase of Harbhajan Singh and Sanath Jayasuriya for a total purse of US $18,25,000.
Sanath Jayasuriya has been recalled to Sri Lanka's one-day squad for a tri-series with Bangladesh and Zimbabwe in January. Jayasuriya, 39, was rested for the recent five-match ODI series in Zimbabwe but will return for the limited-overs leg of Sri Lanka's Bangladesh tour.
Unseasonal showers forced the first ODI between India and Sri Lanka to be abandoned after 18.2 overs.
Sanath Jayasuriya and Sri Lanka's latest spin sensation Ajantha Mendis led Sri Lanka to a five-wicket victory over Pakistan in the Canada Twenty20 final.
Sri Lanka's new president has ordered a government probe into Jayasuriya's sacking from the Test squad for India.
When he turns out against the Australians in the fifth ODI, Tendulkar will become only the second player after Sanath Jayasuriya to reach the landmark.
The Sri Lankan all-rounder's recovery from a dislocated shoulder has suffered a setback after a freak accident playing water polo.
Dimitri Mascarenhas hit Yuvraj Singh for five consecutive sixes in the 50th over of England innings.
Rajneesh Gupta presents a detailed statistical analysis of the tournament.
Sri Lanka's chairman of selectors Sanath Jayasuriya has said that the hastily-arranged five-match ODI series in India, to be held in early next month, will help the fringe players prove their worth before next year's World Cup.
Sanath Jayasuriya claimed four for 14 as Sri Lanka completed a 3-0 whitewash with a 39-run victory against Bangladesh in the final weather-affected one-day international on Wednesday.
Sri Lanka beat Bangladesh by five wickets to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series.
Former South Africa captain Shaun Pollock claimed three wickets for 12 runs as Mumbai Indians shot out the Kolkata side for a paltry 67 before winning the IPL match by eight wickets.
Veteran Sanath Jayasuriya was recalled to Sri Lanka's one-day squad for the Asia Cup in June. The 38-year-old opener was dropped for Sri Lanka's West Indies series in April after a lean run that included a highest score of 41 in his previous 20 innings.
Mumbai Indians beat Rajasthan Royals by seven wickets on Wednesday to score their third straight win in the Indian Premier League.
Sanath Jayasuriya and Upul Tharanga produced a record partnership in ODIs to complete Sri Lanka's 5-0 series win
Former Sri Lanka opener Sanath Jayasuriya, currently out of the country's limited-overs' side, is eager to make a mark for Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League, staring April 18, and stake claim for a berth in the national team. "I am looking forward to playing in the tournament and helping Mumbai Indians win the title. It will be a great thing in my career to open with Sachin (Tendulkar), the best player in the world. I am really happy to open with him," he said.
Sachin Tendulkar became the first batsman in the history of one-day cricket to cross the 16,000-run mark, a milestone that could be a distant dream for any other player in the near future.
Yuvraj Singh returned to the side in place of Manoj Tiwary for the second match of the tri-series.
Statistical highlights, India - West Indies, 2nd ODI, Cuttack.
Statistical highlights of the first ODI between India and the West Indies, in Nagpur on Sunday.
Sanath Jayasuriya has been recalled to the one-day international squad after proving his fitness to selectors
India have won the Asia Cup on seven occasions, Sri Lanka on five occasions, with Pakistan winning it twice.
Spinner Muttiah Muralitharan broke Shane Warne's all-time Test wickets record and Sanath Jayasuriya scored 78 in the second innings on the third day of the first Test to pave the way for Sri Lanka to edge into control against England on Monday.
Sri Lanka batsman Sanath Jayasuriya said he would be retiring from Test cricket after the series opener against England in Kandy.
Brett Lee picked up four wickets in the first innings as Sri Lanka slumped to 80 for two after being forced to follow on, on the third day of the first Test in Brisbane on Saturday.
Sri Lanka continued to struggle in their tour match against Queensland on Saturday after going into stumps at 62-4 in their second innings, 23 runs behind the home side's first innings total.
The 38-year-old has told his younger team mates to ignore threats of a short-pitched barrage from Australia's pace attack.
The Sri Lanka all-rounder had made a breezy 34 when he was forced to retire with a painful right arm in the warm up match in Mumbai.
Sanath Jayasuriya made his second half-century in two days as Sri Lanka eased to a comfortable seven-wicket victory over New Zealand.
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