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Sri Lanka beat depleted Indian team by 4 wickets to keep series alive

A depleted Indian team, playing with only five batsmen, could not defend a modest target of 133 despite a valiant effort from its players

IND vs SL 1st T20 highlights: India win by 38 runs; Bhuvi, Yadav shine

India cricket team will take on Sri Lanka at R Premadasa stadium for the first T20 match. Catch all the live updates here

IND vs SL HIGHLIGHTS, 3rd ODI: SL win by 3 wickets, India win series 2-1

Five players made debut for India, including Sanju Samson, Nitish Rana, Chetan Sakariya, K Gowtham, Rahul Chahar.

India vs Sri Lanka 3rd ODI: India wins the toss and opts to bat

Sanju Samson among five debutants in India playing 11. Check IND vs SL playing 11 probables and head to head stats here

India vs Sri Lanka 2nd ODI toss result, playing 11 and telecast details

Sri Lanka made one change in its playing 11 while India is unchanged. Check IND vs SL 2nd ODI playing 11and head to head stats and live telecast details here

Ind vs SL, 2nd ODI: We responded back like a champion team, says Dravid

India head coach for Sri Lanka series Rahul Dravid delivered a winning speech in the dressing room after the team's memorable victory against Sri Lanka here at the R Premadasa Stadium on Tuesday."We said they were going to respond, we knew. We have to respect the opposition. They are also an international team. They responded and we responded back like a champion team. With our back to the wall, we found a way to win," said Rahul Dravid in a video posted by BCCI."Obviously we finished on the right side of the result which was incredible and fantastic. Very well (done) to all of you. Not the time to talk about individual players but there were fantastic individual performances in the end. But if you look at the whole game, there were very good team performance right across the bowling, batting, and even at the start and guys, in the end, finishing it off. So it was a very fantastic team performance and very well done to you," Dravid said.India needed 16 runs to win in the last three ...

India vs Sri Lanka 2nd ODI HIGHLIGHTS: Chahar stars as India win by 3 wkts

Chasing 276 for a win, the Indian top-order failed to fire but a middle and lower order resurrection saw the visitors cross the finishing line. Check IND vs SL 2nd ODI highlights and scorecards here

India vs Sri Lanka 1st ODI highlights: India win by 7 wkts; lead series 1-0

Sri Lanka scored 262 for nine after opting to bat in the first One-day International (ODI) against India. Check IND vs SL highlights and scorecards here

India vs Sri Lanka 1st ODI playing 11: Surya, Kishan make debut today

The 1st ODI match between the Sri Lanka and India will begin at 3:00 pm IST. Check IND vs SL live toss time and head to head stats here

India vs Sri Lanka 1st ODI: Shikhar Dhawan completes 6,000 ODI runs

India's temporary white-ball captain Shikhar Dhawan completed 6,000 ODI runs during the first ODI against Sri Lanka and became the 10th Indian to achieve the feat

India vs Sri Lanka full schedule, squad, match time, live telecast details

India's tour of Sri Lanka 2021 will begin with three-match ODI series from July 18, 2021. Check IND vs SL 2021 full schedule, match, toss timings, and head to head stats here

ICC T20 World Cup 2021: India to face Pakistan after 5 years in T20 cricket

India enjoys a 5-0 superiority against Pakistan across all editions of the T20 World Cup.

IND vs SL: Madugalle to be match referee; Dharmasena among five umpires

World cricket's most experienced match referee Ranjan Madugalle will be in charge of the six-match white ball series between India and Sri Lanka starting here on July 18.

India-Sri Lanka series to now start from July 18: BCCI secretary Jay Shah

Indian team's six-match limited-overs series in Sri Lanka will now start from July 18, says BCCI secretary Jay Shah, a day after a Covid-19 outbreak in the home team camp forced the postponement

Sri Lanka batting coach tests Covid positive ahead of India series

Sri Lanka's batting coach Grant Flower tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday, 48 hours after the squad's arrival from England and less than a week before the home series against India. Sri Lanka are set to take on India in a six-match white-ball series starting July 13. Flower has been isolated from the rest of the squad which is undergoing hard quarantine on arrival. "Batting Coach of the Sri Lanka National Team Grant Flower has tested positive for COVID-19," Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) said in a statement. "He was found to be positive during a PCR test carried out on him today when Flower showed mild symptoms of the disease. "Immediately upon identification, Flower was isolated from the rest of the team members (players and coaches) who are undergoing quarantine following their return from England," it further stated. The SLC said Flower is "now undergoing due medical protocols." All the other players who are quarantining have also been tested. Flower is a former Zimbabwe batti

Shanaka to replace Perera as captain for series against India: Reports

All-rounder Dasun Shanaka is all set to replace Kusal Perera as the captain of Sri Lanka's limited-overs team ahead of the ODI and T20 series against India, beginning July 1

De Silva refutes Ranatunga's second string remark on visiting Indian side

Aravinda De Silva says Indian cricket has so much depth that the team selected for the Sri Lanka tour can not be termed a "second-string" side, as claimed by his former teammate Arjuna Ranatunga

Sri Lanka cricket board set to make big financial gains amid India series

The India series is set to start on July 13.

SLC forms five-member panel to probe bubble-breach in England

The breach was made by Kusal Mendis, Niroshan Dickwella and Danushka Gunathilaka during the recent tour of England.

SLC sets July 8 deadline to resolve contracts row ahead of India series

Sri Lanka Cricket and its cricketers are heading for a further showdown with the players being offered only 36 hours from Tuesday to sign the contentious national contracts.