In his first series as full-time T20I captain, Suryakumar won the 'Player of The Series' award after two brilliant knocks in the first two games
Pictures from the 2nd ODI between India and Sri Lanka being played in Colombo, Sri Lanka
Wanindu Hasaranga will make his comeback after missing the Asia Cup and the 50-overs World Cup.
Shanaka added that they would need to replicate their Super 4 performance against India if they wanted to have a chance of winning the Asia Cup.
Credit to bowlers for executing their plans on a tricky surface: Shanaka
Captain Suryakumar Yadav smashed a brilliant half-century as India overpowered Sri Lanka by 43 runs in the first T20 International.
Rohit Sharma urged the Indian batters to have a 'serious look' at their individual plans against spin bowling.
Bangladesh captain Shakib al Hasan said that the wicket was not suitable to score 300 runs,
Leg-spinner Wanindu Hasaranga took a career-best 6/24 as Sri Lanka opened their ICC World Cup Qualifier group league campaign with a crushing 175-run victory over minnows United Arab Emirates
Following Sri Lanka's win over Pakistan in the Super 4 clash of the ongoing Asia Cup, former India all-rounder Irfan Pathan hailed the Lankan side, calling it a team for the future.
Babar Azam acknowledged that Sri Lanka outperformed his team
Victory left New Zealand on 10 points and in pole position to bag the last semi-final spot and join India, South Africa and Australia. Pakistan will now need to beat England by a massive margin to leapfrog New Zealand on net run rate.
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.
'So, if one or two (batsmen) from the top-order can bowl it will definitely help the team, of course, depending on pitch conditions and situations. Also, it will be a surprise element to the opposition, if a batter can bowl.'
Binura Fernando, Pramod Madushan, Dushan Hemantha back in Sri Lanka squad
India's previous bilateral ODI series defeat against Sri Lanka came way back in 1997.
India edged Sri Lanka via the Super Over in a low-scoring thriller to register a 3-0 whitewash in the T20 International series in Pallekele, on Tuesday.
The fate of the series was decided after India swept aside Sri Lanka in the first two games, leaving the possibility of an embarrassing whitewash hanging over the hosts' heads.
IMAGES from the second T20 played between Sri Lanka and India in Pallekele on Sunday.
Sri Lanka have called up leg-spinning all-rounder Dushan Hemantha, while Chamika Karunaratne will be the travelling reserve player.
Australia will aim to secure a Super Eight berth when they face lower-ranked Namibia
Sri Lanka and Bangladesh will be eager to shake off modest ODI form and spate of injuries to key players as they seek to start their Asia Cup campaign on a winning note when they face each other in Pallekele on Thursday.
'It was a great fightback from India. The way Kuldeep played, it was massive. Look at Jasprit Bumrah, look at the fight while defending a small total.'
Sri Lanka were made to work hard for an 82-run win over Scotland to top Group B
The Gautam Gambhir-led Indian team management has an opportunity to decide who among KL Rahul and Rishabh Pant will be India's long-term first-choice wicketkeeper-batter in ODIs
Kuldeep Yadav becomes fastest Indian spinner to reach 150 ODI wickets
IMAGES from the ICC World Cup match between New Zealand and Sri Lanka at the M Chinnaswamy stadium, in Bengaluru, on Thursday.
Asalanka came in and smashed 10 fours and a six for his maiden ODI century
New Zealand find themselves in the a difficult group with two-time champions West Indies and Afghanistan also vying for the the top two spots.
New Zealand eye consolatory win over PNG
In overcast conditions, the ball swung both ways and after Jasprit Bumrah took out opener Kusal Perera for a duck, it was all Siraj thereafter.
Rohit Sharma on Tuesday said it was good to play a high-pressure game against Sri Lanka in the Super 4 stage
IMAGES from the Asia Cup match between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh played in Pallekele on Thursday.
IMAGES from the 3rd ODI played between Sri Lanka and India, in Colombo, on Wednesday.
United Arab Emirates spinner Karthik Meiyappan dismissed Sri Lanka's Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Charith Asalanka and captain Dasun Shanaka to claim a hat-trick in the Twenty20 World Cup Group A match.
England face fellow strugglers Sri Lanka in a must-win World Cup match on Thursday.
Indian batters Shubman Gill and Ishan Kishan made significant improvements in the latest ICC ODI Rankings for men's batters after their impressive performances in the ongoing Asia Cup 2023.
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.
In the ODI rankings, Sri Lanka's two ODI matches at home against Zimbabwe =saw a number of movers, most notably on the bowling side through spinner Maheesh Theekshana, who moved to a career high rating (634) and rank (11th) with four wickets across the matches.
Sri Lankan skipper Dasun Shanaka attributed his side's humiliating loss in the Asia Cup final to lack of application from batters and credited wrecker-in-chief Mohammed Siraj for his "outstanding" spell which set up India's 10-wicket win.
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