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At stumps on the second day of first Test in Galle, Sri Lanka were 154 for five in reply to India's mammoth 600 with centuries from Shikhar Dhawan and Cheteshwar Pujara. Kolkata: Muttiah Muralitharan on Thursday blamed non-performing youngsters and an ...

Sri Lankan legend and Thiruvallur Veerans mentor Muttiah Muralitharan says that Chennai Super Kings will find it difficult to restore the same domination in the Indian Premier League. The post Sri Lanka spin legend Muttiah Muralitharan says rebuilding Chennai ...

Muttiah Muralitharan, the most successful bowler in Tests and One Day Internationals, was today inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame here. The Sri Lankan spin great was honoured during the innings break of the India versus Sri Lanka Champions Trophy ...

‘No we can never replace Murali. But cricket goes on and we had Rangana Herath replacing him as a spinner’ IMAGE: Mahela Jayawardene (left) and Kumar Sangakkara. Photograph: Gareth Copley/Getty Images He has been roped in to arrest the downslide in Sri Lankan cricket and Asanka Gurusinha's assessment of the fall is quite simple -- not grooming anyone to fill in Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara's shoes. “The main reason why the rebuilding phase is taking long is ...

The International Cricket Council and its member boards may keep harping on the primacy of Test cricket but barring England and Australia and some pockets of India, there are hardly any takers for the format. The three-Test series between India and Sri Lanka, ...

Arjuna Ranatunga has worn many hats. As player and captain, he put Sri Lankan cricket on the world map. And as a cricket administrator, he tried to set many things right though quite often he didn't get the mandate to do so. Sri Lanka's first and only World ...

Former Pakistan batsman Mohammad Yousuf believes that India captain Virat Kohli is not in the league of legends like Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid. "The quality of cricket nowadays does not match the quality we had in the past. Virat Kohli is a very good ...

The sight of a home team sweating hours in the nets while the visiting team enjoying sun and sand is very rare. But, that has been the case as the current Sri Lankan team are clearly not in India's weight category. Virat Kohli and his company crushed Sri ...

As Ashwin plays his 50th Test, Rajneesh Gupta gives us the offie's awesome numbers. IMAGE: Ravichandran Ashwin celebrates his 50th Test match. Photograph: BCCI/Twitter Since making his Test debut against the West Indies in November 2011, Ravichandran Ashwin has grown in stature. His ability to consistently fox batsmen has seen him become India's leading Test bowler with 275 scalps in 49 games. As the off-spinner plays his landmark 50th Test in Galle Rajneesh Gupta gives us Ashwin's numbers.