Sri Lanka in India

Sri Lanka 206 for 6 (Shanaka 56*, Kusal 52, Malik 3-48, Axar 2-24) beat India 190 for 8 (Axar 65, Suryakumar 51, Shanaka 2-4, Rajitha 2-22) by 16 runsAxar Patel tried his absolute best with both bat and ball, but Dasun Shanaka continued his…

India made history on Sunday in Thiruvananthapuram, as they achieved the greatest margin of victory (by runs) in 50-over international cricket. This remarkable feat was accomplished during the third ODI against Sri Lanka, cementing India's…

Virat Kohli smashed his 46th ODI century on Sunday, January 15.Virat Kohli was in a dominating form, smashing an unbeaten 166 runs off 110 balls to help India post 390 for five in 50 overs in the third and final ODI against Sri Lanka at the…

Rohit Sharma won the toss in the dead rubber in Thiruvananthapuram and elected to bat first, wanting to test the bowling attack in potentially dewy conditions. He went ahead and made the task all the more difficult by resting Hardik Pandya,…

Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat first in the second ODI, at Eden Gardens. Captain Dasun Shanaka said he expected the pitch to be good for batting, on top of which the ground favours teams setting scores. Sri Lanka must win this…

Big picture: Can Sri Lanka stage a comeback?The last time India and Sri Lanka played an ODI at Eden Gardens, in 2014, Rohit Sharma smashed a world-record 264. He looked set for a big hundred in Tuesday's ODI in Guwahati as well before…

Toss Sri Lanka chose to bowl vs IndiaSri Lanka won the toss and chose to bowl first in the first ODI, in Guwahati. Rohit Sharma said India would have chased too, largely because substantial dew tends to form in the evening at this ground,…

Big picture: India overwhelming favourites A few years ago, Sri Lanka were truly pathetic in the ODI format, but look, they're a little better now. Or this is at least what we're hoping. In the last year, they've won six of their 10…

In a night game in Rajkot, you expect any captain to bowl first should they win the toss. But in the decider of the T20I series, both India and Sri Lanka captains said they wanted to bat first. At the toss, Hardik Pandya got his pick as…

Big picture: SL eye first T20I series win in India The last time India lost a bilateral T20I series at home was in 2019 when Australia beat them 2-0. Since then they have been on an 11-series unbeaten streak. But that could change on…