A total of 62 players were sold at the auction for the 13th edition with the eight franchises spending a total of 1.403 billion rupees ($19.73 million). Australia's Pat Cummins became the most expensive overseas buy ever in the Indian Premier League when the Kolkata Knight Riders paid a staggering Rs 15.50 crore ($2.18 million) for the fast bowler in Thursday's auction in Kolkata on Thursday.
England captain Alastair Cook broke legendary batsman Sachin's Tendulkar's record to become the youngest batsman in the history of the game to score 10,000 Test runs.
The Indian skipper joined South African great Hashim Amla as the fastest to 50 centuries in international cricket in 348 innings.
Sri Lanka beat West Indies by 30 runs in the first Twenty20 International on Monday to go 1-0 up in the two-match series and extend the visitors' losing streak.
Sri Lanka beat Zimbabwe by 144 runs in their second qualifying match of the ICC Champions Trophy.
Chaminda Vaas claimed four for 28 as England were bowled out for 81 in just 30.5 overs in the third and final Test against Sri Lanka on Thursday. England finished the day in disarray after being asked to follow on, reaching the close on 2-0 and still trailing by 416 runs with two days left in the game.
Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene says teams need to play really well to beat his side.
Sri Lanka were 102 for 3 when rain interrupted play in the first One-Day International against India at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Thursday.
Sri Lanka are anticipating an easy victory against a depleted South Africa in the first match of the Unitech Cup.
The duo, who added a Test and first-class record 624 for the third wicket in Sri Lanka's innings victory over South Africa moved into the top 10 of the LG ICC Player Rankings for Test batsmen.
Jayawardene's marathon innings guided his team to a formidable 756 for five declared.
Sri Lanka were 128-2 at the end of day one after bowling out South Africa for 169 in the opening Test of the series.
Sri Lanka's leading pace bowler has been ruled out of the first Test against South Africa, starting on Thursday.
Swapnil Gugale and Ankit Bawane, the Maharashtra batting duo, who stitched together a record partnership of 594 runs in the Ranji Trophy match against Delhi, on Friday, regretted when informed that they were 30 runs short of breaking the world record 624-run partnership held by Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene.
Sri Lanka piled on 240 for two in the second innings of their New Zealand tour match against Otago on Saturday.
Sri Lanka's captain says his part-time spinners can adjust to different conditions.
A career-best unbeaten 138 by wicketkeeper-batsman Kumar Sangakkara marked the revival of Sri Lankan batting fortunes.
After the gruelling league phase of the ongoing IPL, the stage is set for the play-offs with CSK and MI clashing against each other for a place in May 12 final.
Bangladesh slumped to 36-3 in the second innings, and need another 147 runs to make Sri Lanka bat in the first Test.
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 beat Bangladesh by 78 runs to win the series 2-1
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.
Images from the World Cup final between England and New Zealand, at Lord's on Sunday.
Rohit Sharma won the prestigious Maruti Suzuki ESPN Cricinfo award for the third year in a row.
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.
Sanath Jayasuriya will make a comeback against England at Trent Bridge just a month after retiring
Three months after subjecting Sri Lanka to a 9-0 whitewash across all formats, Virat Kohli's men prevailed 1-0 in the latest round of a duel between the neighbours to seal their record-equalling ninth consecutive test series win.
Former batsman Mahela Jayawardene feels the fear of failure is impeding the growth of the Sri Lankan cricket team, which is currently being outplayed by India.
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 country which produced champion players of spin bowling such as Roy Dias, Arjuna Ranatunga, Aravinda de Silva, Sanath Jayasuriya, Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara, it has been sharp downward slide for Dinesh Chandimal's men, who have consistently failed against Indian spin duo of Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja.
"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.
