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India vs Sri Lanka, 4th ODI: India win series 3-1

India beat Sri Lanka by 46 runs in the fourth ODI at Premdasa stadium in Colombo. With this win, India have taken an unassailable 3-1 lead in the Idea Cup and thus have won their first ever ODI bilateral series in the Emerald Island.
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Winning the toss and electing to bat first, India made a cautious […]

India vs Sri Lanka 4th ODI: Preview

Sri Lanka go into the fourth ODI against India knowing fully that a loss will mean that this young Indian side has turned the tables on them and that the series is gone 3-1, with a match left to play.
The Sri Lankan batting has simply failed to fire with only their captain coming up with […]

India vs Sri Lanka, 2nd ODI: Preview

India take on Sri Lanka in the second ODI at Dambulla tomorrow and they know that it is now or never time for the team. For the past two months, the Sri Lankans have had the better of their neighbours as one after the other, batsmen have come and gone out to the guile of […]

Sri Lanka wins Asia Cup

Sri Lanka retained the Asia Cup with a crushing win over sub-continental neighbours India, at Karachi’s National Stadium in Pakistan. This was a repeat of the 2004 tournament final and the end result was the same, with the Islanders running away with the game.
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It all started to go wrong for India after Dhoni won the […]

India lose by 100 runs, Sri Lanka win Asia Cup

Sri Lanka has won the Asia Cup 2008. They outperformed India in all departments - Batting, bowling and fielding. Jayasuriya and Mendis will probably remember this night for the rest of their life as both came out and fought for their country when it was in trouble.
Ajantha Mendia is ‘Man of the Match’ for his […]

Asia Cup Final: India vs Sri Lanka

India and Sri Lanka face off in the finals of the Asia Cup, a re-match from their meeting in the final of the same tournament four years ago, when in 2004 in Colombo, Sri Lanka were the champions elect.
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India though have form on their side this time around and the factor of the neutral […]

200 run opening partnership takes Sri Lanka home comfortably

The Asia Cup Super Four match between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh remained one sided as soon as Jayasuriya and Sangakkara opened the Sri Lankan innings. The Lankans were given a thunderous start as both their openers got a century each.
Jayasuriya scored 130 of just 88 balls and his innings included 6 sixes and 16 fours […]

Sri Lanka win again; enter final

Sri Lanka were assured of a place in the final of the Asia Cup after they won by a whopping 158 runs against Bangladesh in the semis league match at Karachi.
Electing to bat on a placid pitch against a pedestrian attack, the Sri Lankans got off to the best start possible as they piled on […]

Sri Lanka on the rampage

Sri Lanka’s Sanath Jayasuriya simply refuses to come out of the IPL mode. The most experienced batsman in his team went on the rampage as Sri Lanka look like setting a record total in an ODI in their semis league match in the Asia Cup in Karachi.
On a pitch that seemed to assist the bowlers […]

Asia Cup: Sri Lanka vs UAE

Sri Lanka play UAE in their second game of the Asia cup at Lahore on Thursday.
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With the Sri Lankana victorious against Bangladesh, they are already through to the next round and it is difficult to see how the UAE team will manage to cause an upset. This also then means that Bangladesh will be through […]

Sri Lanka start with a win

Lifted by a 116 run opening stand in just 15 overs, Sri Lanka made 357 runs in their allotted fifty overs as they started their season with a win against Bangladesh.
Bangladesh won the toss and surprisingly chose to field first on a flat track. Jayasuriya then smacked 72 off just 47 balls as he continued […]

Mumbai end IPL dreams with a win

Mumbai end IPL dreams with a win
The match between Mumbai Indians and Bangalore Royal Challengers today was not of much consequence except for self-price and having said that, the Mumbai Indians came out with a pretty strong statement by winning the game that they will get stronger and come back next year with a vengence.
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Rajasthan sneak game away from Mumbai

In a match that went down to the last ball, the Rajasthan Royals took the game away from Mumbai Indians in the last two overs. Not only did they take the game away, they took the two crucial points which Mumbai needed to qualify in the semi-finals. Mumbai now not only need to win their […]

Kings XI win a thriller

Kings XI Punjab beat Mumbai Indians by one run in the closest match of the IPL tournament so far at the Wankhede.

Mumbai Indians won the toss and chose to field first like they have been doing so far in the competition. However, their bowling didn’t come off the blocks that well this time around and […]

Mumbai Indians win 6 in a row

The Mumbai Indians continued their splendid showing in the IPL by becoming the first team to win six matches in a row. This is an amazing turnaround to a poor start to the tournament, whence they lost four consecutive matches. But since then, a lot has changed and now they sit pretty amongst the top […]

Deccan Chargers vs Mumbai Indians

The Mumbai Indians will visit Hyderabad today in what is a very important match for them in their bid for a semi-final berth.

They are on a roll having won their last 5 matches and have been bolstered by the return of the master blaster Sachin Tendulkar as their captain. Sanath Jayasuriya has been in murderous […]

Jayasuriya thumps Chennai

In a match that was marked for Sachin Tendulkar’s comeback, Sanath Jayasuriya stole the thunder with a sizzling century to set up a nine wicket win against the Chennai Super Kings.

Put into bat, Chennai lost early wickets as they were reduced to 46 for 4 by the ninth over and it almost seemed over for […]

Mumbai Indians thrash Rajasthan Royals

Much to the hope of other team supporters, Mumbai Indians beat Rajasthan Royals by seven wickets in Mumbai to score their third straight win in the Indian Premier League. Rajasthan Royals were bowled out for a meagre 103 runs and the match was pretty much one sided for the remainder of the game with Jayasuriya, […]

Mumbai stun Delhi!

It would only be fair to say that the Delhi DareDevils side took it a little easy, and the Mumbai Indians were just waiting for this opportunity to pounce upon them. And they did! Fielding like tigers - when you see Ashish Nehra save runs in the outfield with his fielding, you would know what […]