Sri Lanka Cricket has appointed Kusal Mendis as the new Test captain with immediate effect following Dhananjaya de Silva’s resignation from the role on October 8, 2026. The decision was confirmed by the SLC Selection Committee after it met at the board’s headquarters on the same day. Mendis already leads Sri Lanka in both ODIs and […]

Dhananjaya de Silva has stepped down as Sri Lanka’s Test captain with immediate effect, ending his two-and-a-half-year stint at the helm. Sri Lanka Cricket confirmed the development on Thursday, October 8, after the experienced all-rounder informed the national selection committee about his decision. De Silva took over the Test captaincy in January 2024 after Dimuth Karunaratne […]

Former India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin applauded 25-year-old Sonal Dinusha after the second Test against Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka put up a spirited effort to draw the game in Colombo, led by Dinusha’s heroics with the bat as well. R Ashwin, however, compared him to that one question in a question paper that would be out […]

Sri Lanka head coach Gary Kirsten applauded Sonal Dinusha, saying that the young batter thrives in “tough situations” and it is a treat to watch him playing Test cricket as well. Dinusha scored twin hundreds at the Sinhalese Sports Club, helping Sri Lanka draw the second Test against India as well. “I think it’s never […]

Former Indian player Sanjay Manjrekar applauded Sri Lankan batter Pasindu Sooriyabandara for his compact technique, comparing him with a young Indian batter Virat Kohli as well. After getting a duck on his debut in the first Test, Pasindu scored a sublime 80 in the first innings of the Colombo Test as well. He came in […]

Former India batter Mohammad Kaif has applauded Sonal Dinusha for playing a fighting knock in the second Test between India and Sri Lanka as well. He also added that the Sri Lankan youngster has scored runs consistently in the lower-middle order, while Devdutt Padikkal has done so batting at No. 3 as well. However, Dinusha […]

Sri Lanka has announced a 14-member squad for the second and final Test against India, with the series decider set to begin on Sunday, August 23, at the Sinhalese Sports Club in Colombo. The hosts have made several changes to their squad following the opening Test defeat in Galle, including replacements for two experienced players. […]

India’s High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, Santosh Jha, hosted the Indian men’s cricket team at India House in Colombo on Thursday, ahead of the second Test against Sri Lanka. The Sri Lankan team was also hosted as both sides prepare for the final match of the two-Test series. The Board of Control for Cricket in India […]

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 head coach Gary Kirsten has outlined a flexible, situation-based approach ahead of the first Test against India, which begins on August 15 at the Galle International Stadium. The two-Test series marks India’s first Test tour of Sri Lanka in nine years, with the visitors returning to the island for the first time since […]