Rishabh Pant smashed 96 to help India to 357 for six in the first Test against Sri Lanka after Virat Kohli fell agonisingly short of fifty in his 100th five-day match on Friday (4).

Sri Lanka will once again seek their first Test match victory on Indian soil, a feat that has eluded even the best of Sri Lankan sides in 20 matches played over the water.

Sri Lanka’s 32-year-old leg spinner Jeffrey Vandersay is ’’doubtful’’ for the first Test match against India.

Prof. Arjuna de Silva, the Chairman of the medical panel of the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) will personally supervise, guide and monitor the fitness and skin fold level of Bhanuka Rajapaksa.

Sri Lanka captain Dasun Shanaka admitted his team failed in all three departments in the first T20I against India in Lucknow on Thursday.

The 143rd Royal-Thomian annual cricket encounter will be played in July, the Daily Mirror learns.

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) sent two additional players to India for the T20Is and the Test matches to follow thereafter, it is learnt.

Skipper Dasun Shanaka said today that Sri Lanka’s top batters will need to be among the runs against a strong Indian bowling line-up in three Twenty20 internationals beginning this week.

Sri Lanka have retained the same squad that travelled to Australia, for this week’s T20I series against India with spinner Ashain Daniel the only new inclusion.

The National Super League Limited Over tournament will conclude tomorrow with the clash for the title between Kandy and Jaffna scheduled to be played at the Pallekele International Stadium from 2.30 p.m. onwards.

Australia eased to a six-wicket victory against Sri Lanka in the fourth Twenty20 international in Melbourne today, barely needing to shift out of first gear as they heaped misery on the tourists who have yet to register a win in the five-game series.

Sri Lanka’s squad on tour to Australia has been further depleted after fast-bowler Nuwan Thushara and all-rounder Ramesh Mendis picked up injuries ahead of tomorrow’s fourth T20I at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG).

Australia’s Shane McDermott, who recently was Sri Lanka’s fielding coach, will take up the same role with the Bangladesh national team, it is learnt.

Niroshan Dickwella issued a timely reminder to national selectors with a brilliant century against Galle in the National Super League Limited Over Tournament, leading his side to a 66-run win at the Pallekele Stadium today.

Sri Lanka’s top order batsman Bhanuka Rajapaksa is available for the upcoming India tour, it is learnt, after he passed the required fitness tests.

Australia’s Kane Richardson and Ashton Agar combined for a miserly bowling performance as the hosts outclassed Sri Lanka by six wickets in today’s low-scoring third Twenty20 international in Canberra. The home side now have an unassailable 3-0 le

The National Super League Limited Over cricket tournament has reached the final stages with two more matches to be played tomorrow at the Pallekele International Stadium and Rangiri Dambulla Stadium.

Sri Lanka will be boosted by the return of Kusal Mendis for the third T20I against Australia, after he returned a negative Covid-19 test today.

World Cup winning former national captain Arjuna Ranatunga believes Sri Lanka should have lodged a protest against the Australian umpires who didn’t call a wide on the fifth ball of the final over of Sri Lanka’s innings in the second T20I in Sydn

All-rounder Wanindu Hasanranga will feature for the Royal Challengers Bangalore for the upcoming Indian Premier League season after the franchise forked out a massive 10.75 Crore bid (Rs. 287 million) to re-sign at the IPL player auction held today.

Josh Hazlewood and Adam Zampa bowled Australia to victory in a rusty first home limited-overs outing of the summer that nonetheless saw Sri Lanka defeated by 20 runs on the DLS method in a rain-affected T20 International at the SCG.

Limited overs captain Aaron Finch today hailed the “calm” approach Andrew McDonald brings to the Australian team as the interim coach emerges among the favourites to take over from Justin Langer.

Sri Lanka’s five-match T20I series versus reigning T20 world champions Australia which is set to get underway this Friday in Sydney will be massively important ahead of this year’s T20 World Cup, according to Sri Lanka captain Dasun Shanaka.

A captain’s knock of 101 in 120 balls inclusive of ten boundaries and a six by Dhananjaya de Silva laid the foundation for Jaffna to coast to a comfortable 51-run win over Dambulla in the second round match of the National Super League Limited Over

Pakistan U19 skipper Qasim Akram’s all-round performance paved the way for his side to record a massive 238-run win against Sri Lanka U19 in the fifth-place play-off encounter of the ICC U19 World Cup cricket tournament played at North Sound, Antig

Former Test captain Suranga Lakmal will retire from all forms of international cricket after Sri Lanka’s tour of India starting this month.

Three more Sri Lankan women’s cricketers, who recently participated in the Women’s Commonwealth Games Qualifiers in Malaysia, have been approached by the organizers to participate in the world’s first privately funded women’s T20 tournament i

Sri Lanka’s search for a new head coach to replace Mickey Arthur hit a roadblock, after it was announced that Paul Farbrace would remain in the coaching staff at Warwickshire.

Danushka Gunathilaka was included in Sri Lanka’s T20I squad for the tour of Australia next month - his first international assignment since having his one-year suspension lifted earlier this month.

Chamari Atapattu, the Sri Lankan Women’s skipper, led from the front to guide her team to a thrilling 22-run victory over Bangladesh in the Commonwealth Games Women’s Cricket qualifier tournament final played in Kuala Lumpur today.