Spinner Muttiah Muralitharan claimed a match haul of 9-140 to propel Sri Lanka to an 88-run victory in the first Test against England on Wednesday.
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.
Tendulkar made way for Ganguly while Zaheer was included as the sixth Indian in the revised 14-member team.
Lasith Malinga and Mitchell McClenaghan came up with stellar bowling display to help Mumbai Indians defend a modest score and beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by 20 runs in their Indian Premier League match at the Wankhede stadium.
Mumbai Indians would look to bounce back when they take on a formidable Royal Challengers Bangalore.
The 23-year-old is flying to England on Thursday to join-up with Kent as a replacement for South African all-rounder Andrew Hall.
His earlier thoughts of a 'more challenging' contest in One-day Internationals did not materialise as Sri Lanka hardly gave a fight to the Indians but the visiting captain Virat Kohli on Sunday expressed happiness at winning the series 5-0.
S Sreesanth replaced Munaf Patel, who is down with a stiff back, for the deciding fourth ODI against Sri Lanka.
India dropped opener Robin Uthappa and middle-order batsman Yuvraj Singh, who missed the previous two games with a back injury, returned to the side.
The tourists, out for 89 in the first Test, were bowled out for a meagre 62 in 25.2 overs in the first over after the lunch interval in the second Test.
They won the fourth ODI at Auckland, leveling their five-game series at 2-2.
Former Australian skipper Ricky Ponting picked Indian stalwart Mahendra Singh Dhoni as the captain of his all-time Indian Premier League XI, which comprises seven Indians and four foreigners.
Sri Lankan batting once again promised a lot but delivered too little losing as many as seven wickets for 53 runs after they were cruising along at 185 for 3.
Images from the World Cup Pool A match between Sri Lanka and Afghanistan in Dunedin on Sunday
Sarfraz Ahmed will continue as Pakistan captain at the World Cup in May despite serving a suspension for breaching the anti-racism code, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Ehsan Mani said on Tuesday.
Rohit keeps own batting order under wraps
England will be determined to get their act together against defending champions Sri Lanka.
For the first time, Dhoni entered the field of play for an angry confrontation with umpire Gandhe
Mumbai Indians' hopes of starting Indian Premier League's season 10 well got a boost with information received that West Indies T20 specialists, Kieron Pollard and Lendl Simmons, would reach in time for their lung-opener against Rising Pune Giant on April 6.
Mithali Raj will come out with her autobiography next year which will provide a candid and revealing look into her personal and sporting life.
Sri Lanka need another 43 runs on day 4 to beat Bangladesh in the second and final Test.
The Sri Lankan off-spinner joined Australia's Shane Warne as the only player to reach the landmark.
Mumbai Indians' consistency on the big day paid off again during a season where there were more than 30 last-over finishes.
Mumbai Indians have won three out of the four IPL finals they have been part of, including the two against CSK in 2013 and 2015.
Several injury-prone pace bowlers including Nuwan Zoysa, Dilhara Fernando and Nuwan Kulasekera have missed out
Images from Sunday's IPL match between Mumbai Indians and Kolkata Knight Riders, in Mumbai.
Come February, the longstanding rivalry between Virender Sehwag and Shoaib Akhtar will be renewed but this time it will play out on an ice field rather than on a cricket ground.
Sri Lanka were 302 for 8 at close on the second day of the second and final Test against Bangladesh.
The fast bowler was included in Sri Lanka's 14-man squad for the ICC Champions Trophy.
Rajneesh Gupta brings you all the numbers from the first 35 games in IPL-12.
Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting began his new innings as the head coach of the Mumbai Indians who commenced their training at the Wankhede Stadium ahead of the Indian Premier League season 8, scheduled to start on April 8.
India coach Ravi Shastri is happy that his team responded magnificently after he sought accountability post back-to-back defeat in the first two Tests.
Mumbai Indians will have their task cut out when they lock horns with Chennai Super Kings.
Harbhajan Singh slammed an entertaining half-century but could not prevent Mumbai Indians from going down to Kings XI Punjab by 18 runs in the Indian Premier League match at the Wankhede stadium in Mumbai, on Sunday.
The fast bowler will leave for New Zealand to provide pace bowling back-up after Nuwan Zoysa dislocated his finger.
Images from Tuesday's IPL Qualifier 1 between Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians, in Chennai.
India's One-day skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni reckons the current Indian squad is very balanced' ahead of the three-match series against Sri Lanka and insisted that maintaining fitness will be a crucial factor for his side during next month's World Twenty20.
New Zealand led Sri Lanka by 127 runs with eight second-innings wickets in hand after the fourth day of the opening Test.
Rising Pune Supergiant head coach Stephen Fleming described their showing in the tenth edition of the Indian Premier League as a grand finish to a good competition.
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