Many would call today’s match a rain affected game that resulted in India losing, others would call it the sheer brilliance of the Lankan bowlers, but the fact of the matter is that the Indian batting order failed miserably once again as they have done several times in the past. The Indians had the upper [...]
Idea Cup, 2008 Sri Lanka vs India, 5th ODI R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, August 29, 2008 Match Information Umpires: Billy Doctrove (WI) & Tyron Wijewardene (SL) Third Umpire: MG Silva (SL) Match Referee: Chris Broad (Eng) Toss: Sri Lanka (Elected to bat) Match Status: Sri Lanka won by 112 runs Match State Rain reduced game [...]
Idea Cup, 2008 Sri Lanka vs India, 4th ODI R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, August 26, 2008 Match Information Umpires: Billy Doctrove (WI) & MG Silva (SL) Third Umpire: Tyron Wijewardene (SL) Match Referee: Chris Broad (Eng) Toss: India (Elected to bat) Match Status: India won by 46 runs Batting: Sri Lanka Innings Batsmen Sri Lanka [...]
Idea Cup, 2008 Sri Lanka vs India, 3rd ODI R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, August 24, 2008 Match Information Umpires: Billy Doctrove (WI) & Tyron Wijewardene (SL) Third Umpire: MG Silva (SL) Match Referee: Chris Broad (Eng) Toss: India (Elected to bat) Match Status: India won by 33 runs Batting: Sri Lanka Innings Batsmen Sri Lanka [...]
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni heaped praise on his fast bowlers for their fine show in the three wicket win in the second one-dayer against Sri Lanka but warned that they would have to toil harder in the remaining three games. “Most of the times we have played in Sri Lanka it is not a [...]
Idea Cup, 2008 Sri Lanka vs India, 2nd ODI Rangiri International Stadium, Dambulla, August 20, 2008 Match Information Umpires: Billy Doctrove (WI) & MG Silva (SL) Third Umpire: Tyron Wijewardene (SL) Match Referee: Chris Broad (Eng) Toss: India (Elected to field) Match Status: India won by 3 wkts Batting: India Innings Batsmen India (143/7 in [...]
Idea Cup, 2008 Sri Lanka vs India, 1st ODI Rangiri International Stadium, Dambulla, August 18, 2008 Match Information Umpires: Billy Doctrove (WI) & Asoka De Silva (SL) Third Umpire: MG Silva (SL) Match Referee: Chris Broad (Eng) Toss: India (Elected to bat) Match Status: Sri Lanka won by 8 wkts Batting: Sri Lanka Innings Batsmen [...]
India will be badly hit for the first ODI against Sri Lanka as their dashing opener Virender Sehwag might not be able to play in the match due to an injury scare. Sehwag was hit on the ankles during a session in the nets and is sure to miss the first match as a result. [...]
Sri Lanka and India go head to head in a five match ODI series from tomorrow. The first two matches are day games that will be played in Dambulla while the next three matches are day night games to played in the Premdasa Stadium in Colombo. Scorecard Sri Lanka seem to have tabs on the [...]
Yuvarj Singh delivered on his promise of a good showing in the upcoming five match ODI series as he took the Sri Lanka XI attack to the sword as he notched up a brilliant century and scored 172 runs propelling the Indian score to 342 in 50 overs. Suresh Raina scored 45 and Gautam Gambhir [...]
India were staring at defeat in the third test against Sri Lanka at Colombo at the end of the third day’s play. India led by a mere 14 runs when the day’s play was called off. Sehwag and Gambhir dashed off to another good start before Dammika Prasad sent the duo back to the pavilion. [...]
India were staring down the barrell at tea in the third test against Sri Lanka in Colombo. Having elected to bat first, all the known batsmen were gone after a short stint at the wicket for each of them. The visitors lost six wickets before tea was taken and with just 190 runs on the [...]
Sri Lanka and India will be playing the third test at the historical P Saravanamuttu Stadium in Colombo from tomorrow. This is the same ground where the Lankans beat the Indians for the first time in tests in their history in the 80s. Also since test cricket returned here in 2002, the home team haven’t [...]
The 1st Idea Cup Test Match between India and Sri Lanka was all about Muralitharan and Mendis. Not only did both these bowlers rout India, but they will be the cause of Indian nightmares for a long time. Scorecard Sri Lanka remained on top of the Indians throughout the match, specially after Warnapura, Jayawardene, Samaraweera [...]
On a pitch where four Sri Lankan batsmen struck centuries, it was nothing short of a capitulation that the mighty Indian batting line up folded up for 223 when faced with the guile and spin of Mendis and Muralitharan. Scorecard The Sri Lankan spin duo showed what they could do, in face of the dismal [...]
Speaking at the press conference before the first test against Sri Lanka, Indian captain re-iterated the fact that all the pressure to perform would be on test debutant Ajantha Mendis. “It’s not just Mendis, every bowler is discussed. It’s his first Test, let’s not forget that. The pressure is on him,” Kumble said, implying that [...]
Today’s Asia Cup match between Sri Lanka and Pakistan was an interesting one right from the word Go. The pitch was flat and a whole lot was being expected from the batsmen. A high scoring match was always on the cards as we saw Sri Lanka score a massive 302 runs in their allotted 50 [...]