Sri Lanka veteran batter Dinesh Chandimal has been ruled out of the remainder of the first Test against India at the Galle International Cricket Stadium after failing a concussion assessment. Uncapped batter Pasindu Sooriyabandara has been approved as his concussion substitute and will replace Chandimal for the rest of the match. Chandimal suffered the injury early […]

Sri Lanka made an early breakthrough in India’s second innings as Yashasvi Jaiswal was dismissed for a duck on Day 3 of the first Test in Galle. The young opener attempted an aggressive cut shot but failed to get into the right position, giving Sri Lanka an important opening after India had secured a sizeable […]

Veteran Team India batter KL Rahul applauded Karnataka teammate Devdutt Padikkal’s maiden Test hundred and backed the youngster to become a more consistent run-scorer for India as well. Padikkal, batting at No. 3 in place of the injured Sai Sudharsan, hit a stunning 167 off 230 balls in the first Test against Sri Lanka in […]

Former India batter-turned-commentator Cheteshwar Pujara was slightly critical of India spinner Kuldeep Yadav’s bowling performance on Day 3 of the Galle Test against Sri Lanka as well. Pujara said that he could have bowled better against the left-handed duo of Sonal Dinusha (100) and Niroshan Dickwella (80) as well. Responding to India’s first innings total […]

Former India batter-turned-commentator Cheteshwar Pujara has advised India to be a little braver with their possible declaration on Day 4 of the Galle Test against Sri Lanka as well. He stated that India need to win both Tests of the series to stay in the hunt for a place in the World Test Championship (WTC) […]

Veteran cricketer-turned-commentator Aakash Chopra has said that Manav Suthar has sealed his place in India’s Test side in Asian conditions, and he could be in the plan even on pitches that don’t favour the spinners. He added that the left-arm spinner is an upgraded version of Ravindra Jadeja as a bowler as well. Suthar registered […]

Young Team India all-rounder Manav Suthar has said that he wants to learn a lot of things from the veteran India all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja. The left-arm spinner shared that he wants to be consistent like Jadeja, while also using the crease well. However, Suthar impressed with figures of 4-76 from 21.4 overs as India bundled […]

Former India player turned commentator Ajay Jadeja has applauded Manav Suthar for bowling a stunning spell in the first Test against Sri Lanka. With former India batter Mohammad Kaif calling Ravindra Jadeja the Kohinoor diamond, Ajay Jadeja added that his fellow left-arm spinner is an unpolished jewel now. Suthar registered figures of 4/76 in 21.4 […]

Veteran cricketer-turned-commentator Aakash Chopra has shared that India should bat for 40 overs on Day 4 and set a target close to 350 in the first Test against Sri Lanka. However, he added that the visitors could even lose the game with that approach as well. India bundled out Sri Lanka for 284 in their […]

Former India player turned commentator Mohammad Kaif has applauded Ravindra Jadeja for becoming just the fourth player to claim 350 wickets and score 4,000 runs in Tests as well. He said that while stalwarts like Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, and Ravichandran Ashwin have retired from Tests, but the spin-bowling allrounder Ravindra Jadeja is still plying […]