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Jayawardene blames batsmen

Sri Lankan skipper Mahela Jayawardene blamed inconsistent batting for his side’s defeat in the One-Day series against India.
“Our batsmen have not been consistent with the bat. I was really disappointed with the way we played. We had our opportunities but our batsmen did not grab it,” he said after the match.

India vs Sri Lanka, 4th […]

India win toss & bat; make shaky start

India won the toss against Sri Lanka in the first ODI at Dambulla and elected to bat first. The major change for India was the absence of Virender Sehwag as he hurt his ankle in the nets on Sunday and is thus missing the game. In his place Virat Kohli made his ODI debut for […]

Sri Lanka vs India ODI Series Preview

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.
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Sri Lanka seem to have tabs on the Indian team […]

India will come back hard: Jayasuriya

Sanath Jayasuriya is back for the ODIs against India and although he has been quite successful against the Indians in the past encounters, he is wary of the threat they pose, especially in the wake of the test series loss.
“It will be an exciting series. Although, we have beaten them in the Tests, but complacency […]

Daredevils triumph leaving Mumbai and Chennai hanging

The match between Mumbai Indians and Delhi Daredevils seemed pretty much one sided with Mumbai Indians’ Sachin Tendulkar and Sanath Jayasuriya hitting fours and sixes like kids play. The semi-final hopes of Delhi were almost down until Tendulkar was bowled out by Yo Mahesh.
However, Jayasuriya’s bat kept firing till he scored 66 of 42 balls […]