SL vs IND: R Ashwin becomes fastest cricketer to achieve Test double of 2000 runs & 250 wickets
He achieved his feat in the 123 over of their innings when he stepped out to smash Rangana Herath for a fabulous six over long-off. With that, he not only notched up his 11th Test fifty, but brought up 2000 Test runs.
Aug 04, 2017, 14:26 PM IST
WATCH: Virat Kohli becomes third Indian Test skipper to be dismissed on 'unlucky 13' twice
With the fall of his wicket, he found his name alongside former Indian skippers Sunil Gavaskar and Gundappa Viswanath, for Indian Test captains to be dismissed on "unlucky 13" most times. All three of them were dismissed twice in their Test career.
Aug 03, 2017, 16:15 PM IST
SL vs IND, 2nd Test: Virat Kohli faces opening conundrum as India look to seal series against Sri Lanka – Preview
KL Rahul has recovered amply and if he is successful in proving his fitness for the energy-sapping humid conditions predicted during this Test, the toss-up will be between Shikhar Dhawan and Abhinav Mukund for the second opener's slot.
Aug 02, 2017, 15:25 PM IST
India's Tour of Sri Lanka: Pneumonia-hit Dinesh Chandimal to lead hosts in recovery bid
Chandimal, who was only appointed last month, sat out the first Test in Galle when Virat Kohli`s India won by 304 runs -- their biggest margin of victory in terms of runs on foreign soil.
Aug 01, 2017, 18:32 PM IST
ICC Test Rankings: Ben Stokes, Shikhar Dhawan earn big boost - See Full Lists!
Stokes was the chief orchestrator for England as they securing a 239- run win over the Proteas on Monday to take a 2-1 lead in the four-match series.
Aug 01, 2017, 13:59 PM IST
India's Tour of Sri Lanka: Kohli & Co wrap up Galle Test inside four days, register biggest overseas win
For Sri Lanka, it was their biggest defeat (in terms of runs), surpassing their 301-run loss against Pakistan in 1994.
Jul 29, 2017, 17:02 PM IST
India's Tour of Sri Lanka 2017: Galle Test, Day 4 – As it happened...
Welcome to the live coverage of Day 4 of the Galle Test between India and Sri Lanka, played at Galle International Stadium.
Jul 29, 2017, 15:52 PM IST
India's Tour of Sri Lanka 2017, 1st Test, Day 3 — As it happened...
At the end of day's play, Kohli was unbeaten on 76 (114 balls) as India took a mammoth 598-run second innings lead. Kohli and Abhinav Mukund 81(116), who got out off the last ball of day, put up a
Jul 28, 2017, 18:27 PM IST
India's Tour of Sri Lanka: Muttiah Muralitharan blames Lankan youngsters for not doing enough
At stumps on the second day of first Test in Galle, Sri Lanka were 154 for five in reply to India's mammoth 600 with centuries from Shikhar Dhawan and Cheteshwar Pujara.
Jul 27, 2017, 22:20 PM IST
WATCH: Hardik Pandya, Mohammed Shami share a laugh after latter slams Rangana Herath for six
Pandya smashed five fours and three sixes to help India post a mammoth total, and was duly helped by Shami in the late effort.
Jul 27, 2017, 16:10 PM IST
SL vs IND, 1st Test: India look to extend domination over Sri Lanka from where journey to glory began – Preview
India will look to extend their domination in Tests when they take on a jaded Sri Lanka in the first game of a three-match series starting here tomorrow, back to a place where they were humiliated before soaring to world No.1.
Jul 25, 2017, 13:18 PM IST
SL vs IND: Ailing Sri Lanka captain Dinesh Chandimal to miss out on Galle Test; Rangana Herath to lead side
It was only earlier this month that Chandimal was announced as the new captain of the Asian nation after former skipper Angelo Mathews stepped down following the team's first ODI series defeat to Zimbabwe. The 27-year-old then, successfully led his side to a comprehensive four-wicket victory over Zimbabwe in the one-off Test, at Colombo.
Jul 21, 2017, 15:34 PM IST
ICC Rankings: Ravichandran Ashwin slips to 3rd place, Ravindra Jadeja maintains numero uno spot
Herath leapfrogged Ashwin to move within 32 points of Ravindra Jadeja, making it a 1-2 for left-arm spinners.
Jul 19, 2017, 17:04 PM IST
Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe: Graeme Cremer restricts hosts to 293 for seven on Day1 of lone Test
Sri Lanka trail Zimbabwe by 63 runs in their first innings after the touring side were all out for 356, having resumed the second morning on 344 for eight.
Jul 15, 2017, 20:17 PM IST
Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe: Craig Ervine ton lifts visitors out of Test trouble on Day 1
Ervine's career-best effort lifted Zimbabwe from a precarious 70-4 to 344-8 at stumps. Sri Lanka spinner Rangana Herath took four wickets.
Jul 14, 2017, 23:33 PM IST
SL vs BAN, 1st Test: Record-breaker Rangana Herath claims 6/59 to guide Sri Lanka to
Herath, who turns 39 on March 19, dismissed Liton to enter the record books and went on to complete a nine-wicket match haul which took his tally to 366 in 79 matches.
Mar 11, 2017, 14:42 PM IST
Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh, 1st Test day 3 report: Spinners put hosts in command on rain-hit day
The visitors, replying to Sri Lanka's first innings total of 494, were all out for 312 on the third day, trailing the hosts by a massive 182 runs.
Mar 09, 2017, 20:42 PM IST
SL vs BAN: Niroshan Dickwella, Asela Gunaratne named in Test squad for series against Bangladesh
The 23-year-old Dickwella played the last of his four tests in July, 2014, in New Zealand and the opener who can also keep has scored heavily in the domestic circuit as well.
Mar 01, 2017, 12:39 PM IST
SL vs BAN: Rangana Herath to lead Sri Lanka in Test series against Bangladesh
Herath led the Sri Lankan team to victory in November last year, with a clean sweep of 2-0 against Zimbabwe in his first series as captain.
Feb 28, 2017, 12:17 PM IST
Ind vs Aus: Nathan Lyon, Steve O'Keefe turn to spin greats for help ahead of tour to India
The front-line pair approached New Zealand`s Daniel Vettori and Sri Lanka's Rangana Herath, for advice ahead of the four-Test tour.
Feb 07, 2017, 11:05 AM IST