Sri Lanka Cricket chairman Jayantha Dharmadasa said it was improper to punish the skipper alone for team's slow overrates
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"Every match is important and poses a different challenge, there's nothing like preparation. We will go match by match. If we do better here then we will think of the SA series," he said.
Kolkata Knight Riders coach Dave Whatmore on Wednesday questioned selection of Yuvraj Singh ahead of in-form Cheteshwar Pujara for the Sri Lanka Test series, saying that the young Gujarat player has matured as a batsman and is a must in senior side now.
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The International Cricket Council confirmed on Friday that following remedial work and retest, the bowling action of the West Indies' Sunil Narine has been found to be legal, and the off-spinner can now resume bowling in both international cricket and domestic cricket events worldwide.
'RCB will make decision regarding captaincy after mega auction'
Virender Sehwag heaped praise on his Delhi teammates Gautam Gambhir and Virat Kohli after India beat Sri Lanka in the fourth ODI, saying Delhi batsmen are always hungry for runs.
The Englishman, who was bought for Rs 1.5 crore by Delhi Capitals at the IPL auction, has not played a T20 match since August 2018, and last played a T20I for England in November 2015.
The selectors have named the India team for only the first two Tests in the Sri Lanka series, giving the skipper room to take a break.
Kolkata Knight Riders' coach Dav Whatmore on Tuesday said players should learn to strike a balance between cricket matches and IPL parties.
Angelo Mathews was the top performer in the opening match of the third edition of the Indian Permier League, scoring an unbeaten on 65 off 46 deliveries and claiming one wicket as Kolkata Knight Riders beat Deccan Chargers by 11 runs.
# Harbhajan Singh, with his three for 60, has surpassed Anil Kumble's record at Eden Gardens. Harbhajan's wicket-aggregate of 41 wickets at an average of 22.87 in just seven Tests has eclipsed Kumble's tally of 40 wickets (avg 30.82) in eight Tests.
The opening match of the India-Sri Lanka series will be a day-night affair at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata.
Featuring Gayle, Kohli, Root, Dilshan and Butler.
Images from the ICC World Cup match between India and South Africa at the Eden Gardens, in Kolkata, on Sunday.
Anushka and Virat always make hearts melt with their PDA.
The rotation policy followed by the BCCI and the travel route for the visiting team forced the BCCI to schedule the first match of the tour in Delhi
Ishan Kishan's Rs 15.25 crore winning bid from Mumbai Indians bettered the Rs 14 crore figure that Chennai Super Kings paid to retain Deepak Chahar.
Virender Sehwag returns to the side after missing last month's one-day series against the West Indies because of poor form.
The Mumbai youngster took the place of Kedar Jadhav, who was dropped from the T20I squad after his below-par showing in the three-match series against Australia.
A festival celebrating South Asian women will begin November 30 in Kolkata.
Rohit Sharma made an sensational return from injury on Thursday, scoring a world record 264, off just 173 balls, in the fourth One-Day International against Sri Lanka at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata. Congratulate him.
Lakmal's sensational spell, in which he struck thrice without conceding a run in six overs, saw him remove opener Lokesh Rahul on the first ball of the match after play began three and a half hours late due to wet conditions.
The BCCI is set to try out the 'Super Sub' rule in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy T20 tournament next month.
Sri Lankan opener Tillakaratne Dilshan said it would be a mistake to write off the defending champions after they returned to winning ways with a six-wicket victory over Afghanistan in their opening match of the ICC World Twenty20 in Kolkata on Thursday. "We have a team where whoever gets going finishes the job for us. We can go a long way, with our brand of cricket we can beat any team," the former Sri Lankan captain said after they chased down a victory target of 154 in their Group 1 Super 10 opener at the Eden Gardens last night. After a string of three defeats in the Asia Cup and two defeats on the trot in the warm-ups, Sri Lanka bounced back riding on Dilshan's sparkling 83 not out from 56 balls to seal the win with seven balls to spare. "Every team has seniors who can do the job, there's no doubt about that. Whoever got the start need to finish well. We're looking forward to do well."
Ajit Agarkar and Yuvraj Singh, who missed the first two matches, will play in the third ODI against Sri Lanka.
Gautam Gambhir, Suresh Raina and Ramesh Powar were dropped for the first two Sri Lanka ODIs.
Veteran India off- pinner Harbhajan Singh on Tuesday rejected the perception that he is jealous of Ravinchandran Ashwin, saying the Tamil Nadu bowler is a "legend in making".
'Once he failed in the Australia series at home, there was very little chance for him but selectors didn't want to change things ahead of WTC final.'
The former India captain not just rejected the accusations thrown at him but also offered a gentle reminder to his critics -- much before becoming the BCCI boss, he was a celebrated India cricketer and played in a whopping 424 international matches -- 113 of them Tests.
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.
A sellout crowd of 88,000 would turn out at the Eden Gardens in the opening game of the four-match India-Sri Lanka ODI series.
North Zone were 627 for 7 in reply to Sri Lanka A's first innings' 296, at close on day 3 of the Duleep Trophy match.
The World Bank also approved $200 million for Pakistan, $100 million for Afghanistan, $7.3 million for the Maldives and $128.6 million for Sri Lanka.
India are yet to drop a point in the nine-team championship, having won three series in a row.
Rohit Sharma registered the highest score in One-Day Internationals and also became the first in the history of cricket to hit two double centuries in the 50-overs' format in the fourth ODI against Sri Lanka, at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata.
DK and Rohit Sharma are the only two Indian players from the inaugural T20 World Cup in 2007 to find themselves in this year's T20 World Cup squad!
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