Sunrisers Hyderabad sign Sri Lanka pacer Dilshan Madushanka as a replacement for injured Brydon Carse for the remainder of IPL 2026.
Madushanka's hat-trick heroics see Sri Lanka hold off hosts Zimbabwe
Matheesha Pathirana has been ruled out of the remainder of the T20 World Cup due to a muscle strain, further impacting Sri Lanka's campaign after Wanindu Hasaranga's earlier injury.
England and Sri Lanka prepare for a crucial Super Eight match in the T20 World Cup, with spin bowling expected to play a key role. England aims to replicate their recent series win in Sri Lanka, while the hosts seek to capitalize on home advantage.
Jofra Archer and Will Jacks tore through Sri Lanka's batting line-up after Phil Salt's 40-ball 62 to power England to a thumping 51-run win in an eventful Super 8s match of the ICC T20 World Cup.
Mumbai Indians replace Dilshan Madushanka with Kwena Maphaka
New Zealand reached the Twenty20 World Cup semi-finals after Pakistan crashed out despite a victory against Sri Lanka in a Group Two Super Eights match in Pallekele on Saturday.
Pakistan's chances of reaching the T20 World Cup semifinals depend on a dominant win against Sri Lanka and a significant victory for England against New Zealand. The team's batting woes and reliance on individual performances pose a challenge.
Binura Fernando and Kasun Rajitha, who were named in the original squad, will not tour owing to injuries sustained during the SLC Invitational T20 League 2022.
Zimbabwe beat Sri Lanka by six wickets in T20 World Cup match to top Group B in Colombo
NZ thrash SL by 61 runs to take one step closer to semis; Ravindra shines with 4/27
Let's take a look at the standout performers in the bowling department:
Tournament co-hosts India will be out to defend their Twenty20 World Cup title in familiar home conditions next month.
Sri Lanka pacers Matheesha Pathirana and Dilshan Madushanka will miss August's three-match One-Day International (ODI) series against India due to injuries
Mohammed Shami and Mohammed Siraj sent Sri Lanka crashing for 55 as India scored a thumping 302-run victory to qualify for semis.
Five-time champions Mumbai Indians on Monday named England left-arm fast bowler Luke Wood as injured Australian Jason Behrendorff's replacement for the upcoming edition of the Indian Premier League.
Pacer Nuwan Thushara's injury is a big setback for Sri Lanka.
Wanindu Hasaranga has been ruled out of last two matches of the ongoing ODI series between India and Sri Lanka due to a hamstring injury.
Injury-hit Sri Lanka and South Africa seek winning start to World Cup
The Netherlands will have a spring in their stride when they take on a struggling Sri Lanka on Saturday.
Mathews made his T20 comeback for Sri Lanka in January after a three-year gap.
Jasprit Bumrah is firmly perched at the top of the bowlers' list.
India's newly-forged coach-captain combination of Gautam Gambhir and Suryakumar Yadav will look to make instant impact against a Sri Lankan team in disarray.
Former Mumbai Indians captain Rohit Sharma hoped the new faces roped in by his side for this edition of the IPL are able to make a mark from the outset as the franchise aims for a record sixth title under new skipper Hardik Pandya.
Spinner Maheesh Theekshana took 4-31 as Sri Lanka claimed victory over Netherlands by 128 runs in the final of the 2023 Cricket World Cup qualifier tournament.
IMAGES from the World Cup match between India and Sri Lanka played at the Wankhede stadium in Mumbai on Thursday
The setback against Afghanistan leaves the Lankans with little room for error, needing them to win all three of their remaining games, including the tough match against tournament hosts India next up, to have any hope of reaching the last four.
IMAGES from the ICC World Cup match played between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, in New Delhi, on Monday.
Binura Fernando, Pramod Madushan, Dushan Hemantha back in Sri Lanka squad
Sri Lanka, who won the T20 World Cup in 2014, have two warm-up games in Melbourne before they begin their World Cup campaign with a qualifying match against Namibia on October 16.
Hardik Pandya is touted as a possible captaincy option for Mumbai Indians in the future.
Sri Lanka have called up leg-spinning all-rounder Dushan Hemantha, while Chamika Karunaratne will be the travelling reserve player.
Images from the ICC Men's ODI World Cup match between Sri Lanka and Australia at the Ekana Sports City Stadium in Lucknow.
India head coach Rahul Dravid on Sunday hinted that injuries to the likes of Shreyas Iyer and Axar Patel could cost his team going into the ODI World Cup and makes the task of managing players "trickier".
Seamers Harshal Patel and Shardul Thakur along with veteran pacer Umesh Yadav are the three Indian capped players who are in the highest base price bracket of Rs 2 crore.
There could be some eye-popping deals for players, who would have struggled otherwise to attract attention in the mega auction.
Seifert smashed six sixes in his 43-ball blitz as New Zealand romped home
Sri Lanka Cricket picked a 20-member squad for the white-ball series starting on January 3.
Dushmantha Chameera has been ruled out of Thursday's crunch T20 World Cup clash against Netherlands
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