Sri Lankan players are not allowed to eat biscuits in the dressing room, according to the team manager, Asanka Gurusinha. Speaking exclusively from Sri Lanka on the rumor that the manager had a fight with the players on this issue and they broke the crockery in protest, the manager said, “our physio and trainer are in charge of food at game and they have banned biscuits in the changing room”. (more…)
At a loss to explain Sri Lanka’s dismal performance against India, skipper Dinesh Chandimal on Monday said the 0-3 thrashing was the “worst” Test series of his career and his team has no excuses to offer. (more…)
Test captain Dinesh Chandimal admitted that Sri Lanka lost the second Test to India at the SSC because of their poor batting display in the first innings. Replying to India’s massive first innings of 622-9 declared, Sri Lanka was shot out for 183 and although they came up with a fighting batting display in their second innings to score 386 they still lost the Test by an innings. (more…)
India beat Sri Lanka by 304 runs in the first Test match at Galle. Set a target of 550, Sri Lanka crumbled for 245 with only Dimuth Karunaratne offering any resistance with a well-made 97. Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja thrived on a wicket that offered turn, picking up three wickets each. Earlier in the day, Virat Kohli slammed his 17th century as India declared at 240/3. Get full cricket score of India vs Sri Lanka, 1st Test, Day 4 from Galle here.
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According to recent media reports, the Sri Lankan duo of Lasith Malinga and Asela Gunaratne will be unavailable for the first few days of the Indian Premier League (IPL) because of national duty. (more…)
MS Dhoni was unveiled as the new CEO of the Gulf Oil India. But the former Indian captain held that position only for a day. It was something that was kept under the wraps by the company and Dhoni himself and so, it was a surprise for the employees when he walked in as their new CEO. (more…)
Abdul Qadir, citing the two Pakistan players who were implicated in 2000 for match-fixing, said that Ataur Rehman and Salim Malik were mere scapegoats and questioned why Justice Malik Muhammad Qayyum’s report on match-fixing wasn’t enforced. (more…)
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, an old Royalist was a keen spectator on the second day of the 138th Battle of the Blues cricket encounter between Royal and S. Thomas’ played at the SSC grounds yesterday. (more…)
Seekkuge Prasanna and Asela Gunaratne received Army promotions in light of their stellar performance in cricket . Seekkuge was promoted to Army Warrant Officer 1st Class, while Guneratne was promoted to Army Warrant Officer 2nd Class. (more…)
