AFTER GAINING EARLY MOMENTUM in the series, the Sri Lankan team failed to capitalize on the lead and crumbled in the next two games to lose the series against the formidable Indians.
THE INDIAN TEAM once again came up with a clinical performance to win the final game of the T20 series against Sri Lanka yesterday and have hung on to their numero uno status in ICC World T20 rankings.
OFF-SPINNER Ravichandran Ashwin (4/8) spearheaded an incisive bowling attack to help India beat Sri Lanka by nine wickets in their third and final T20 International and win the series 2-1 in Visakhapatnam on Sunday.
AUSTRALIAN ALL-ROUNDER Shane Watson's preparation for the World T20 hit a hurdle on Sunday as he will sit out the remainder of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) with an abdominal injury.
THE INDIAN PREMIER LEAGUE (IPL) has been a great platform for Indian cricketers to get into the national team over the years. Now, arch rivals Pakistan too, have finally launched their own Pakistan Super League (PSL) to help their domestic cricketers and future generation.
AFTER BOLLYWOOD STAR SHAH RUKH KHAN bought the Trinidad and Tobago Caribbean Premier League (CPL) franchise a few days ago, India’s flamboyant industrialist Dr. Vijay Mallya too has followed suite by buying the Barbados Tridents team.
FORMER SOUTH AFRICAN CRICKETER HERSCHELLE GIBBS feels that his countryman AB de Villiers will have to step it up with the bat in the upcoming World T20 in India. While, de Villiers has arguably been the most devastating batsman in ODI and Test cricket, his performance in the T20I hasn’t been very impressive by his own standards.
SRI LANKA MIGHT HAVE LOST the second game of the T20 series against India, but the visitors were thrilled and excited after Thisara Perera got his hat-trick yesterday. The all-rounder also became the first Lankan to achieve this feat in T20 internationals.
INDIA'S AMAZING TRACK RECORD and an unbeaten run in the tournament makes coach Rahul Dravid's boys overwhelming favourites to defeat the West Indies in the final of the ICC Under-19 cricket World Cup at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur on Sunday.
INDIA WOULD LOOK TO SEAL their second T20 series on the trot as they take on Sri Lanka in the final game in Vizag on Sunday.
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