Aravinda De Silva

Sri Lankan veteran Sanath Jayasuriya has rated Indian batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar and compatriot Aravinda De Silva as his favourite batsmen.

Some of the most renowned cricketers around the world got together to celebrate their achievement.

It was the best sort of motivating 'tonic' the hapless and ridiculed Sri Lankan cricket team needed against India in the hopelessly one-sided series.

Sri Lanka Cricket today decided to to firmly oppose the revised proposals of the controversial ICC revamp plan which sought to give a larger control to India, Australia and England.

Aravinda De Silva was appointed as the new chairman of Sri Lankan cricket selection committee after the sports ministry sacked the earlier panel.

Television actress Geetanjali Mishra, known for her role in 'Happu Ki Ultan Paltan', recently met Sri Lankan cricket legends Sanath Jayasuriya, Muthiah Muralidaran, and Aravinda De Silva. Mishra, a passionate cricketer herself, shared her excitement about the encounter, highlighting the legends' humility and their discussions on the spirit of the game, fitness, and character building.

Former Sri Lanka captain and legendary batsman Aravinda De Silva has asked the national team cricketers to "start winning games rather than complaining" as he defended the proposed annual players' contracts prepared by the committee under him.

Leg-spinner Jeffrey Vandersay will replace the injured Lasith Malinga in Sri Lanka's cricket squad for the ongoing ICC World Twenty20 in India.

Ben Stokes scored 89 runs off 79 balls with 9 fours, bagged 2 wickets, took two catches - one of them a spectacular effort - and even effected a run out!

Sanath Jayasuriya has been denied central contract by the Sri Lanka Cricket while Muttiah Muralitharan finds his name in the 20 players list.

Former captain Hashan Tillakaratne has denied that he had named ex-skippers Aravinda De Silva and Sanath Jayasuriya as being involved in match-fixing.

Speaking to Aravinda De Silva, one of the best batsmen to have come out of this island, you wonder if a 'Virat Kohli' special would rather have pleased him more. Excerpts from an exclusive interview with TOI...

Sri Lankan captain Tillakaratne Dilshan became the seventh cricketer from the island nation to feature in Lord's Hounour's Board, courtesy his big century in the drawn second Test against England.

Former Sri Lankan cricketer and captain, Aravinda De Silva, on Tuesday hailed the Indian government's efforts to provide humanitarian aid to bankruptcy-hit Sri Lanka.

Cricket Pundits still call Aravinda De Silva the main architect behind Sri Lanka's World Cup triumph in 1996. The man himself disagrees with this.

On the day when International Cricket Council (ICC) handed Sri Lanka captain Dinesh Chandimal, coach Chandika Hathurusinghe and manager Asanka Gurusinha suspension of two Tests and four ODIs, ex-Sri Lanka captain Aravinda De Silva advocated the need of having top coaches and experienced players to guide youngsters.

Iconic cricketers Aravinda De Silva and Virender Sehwag and former India women's team captain Diana Edulji were on Monday inducted into the International Cricket Council's prestigious Hall of Fame.

Former Sri Lanka opener Sanath Jayasuriya raised eyebrows when he was seen in the stands enjoying his country take on India along with former teammate Aravinda De Silva on Saturday.

The Sri Lankan police on Tuesday said it has questioned former national selection committee chairman Aravinda De Silva over ex-Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage's allegation that the national cricket team's loss to India in the 2011 World Cup final was fixed by "certain parties".

Prime Minister Narendra Modi received a warm welcome in Sri Lanka and was honoured with the Mitra Vibhushana, the highest award for a foreign head of state. Sri Lankan cricket legends praised his leadership and India's global influence. The award ceremony, hosted by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, highlighted the strong bond between the two nations.

Virender Sehwag talks the way he uses to bat, carefree, a bit aggressive, totally raw and pure. Coming from somebody else it may sound a bit arrogant but when it comes from the newest inductee into the ICC Hall of Fame, it sounds aggressive but also endearing and true. So on Tuesday when was inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame as a member of class of 2023 along with Diana Edulji and Sri Lankan legend Aravinda De Silva, former West Indies bowler Ian Bishop asked Sehwag how does it feel to be part of the ICC Hall Of Fame, Sehwag responded in typical non-chalant manner, " I think, I am too late."

Asanka Gurusinha is in permanent exile in Melbourne. He is the forgotten man of Sri Lankan cricket, one of the heroes of the country's 1996 World Cup win who left the country soon after, never to return.

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) accused former selection committee chief Kapila Wijegoonawardena of hurting the morale of the national team ahead of their ICC World Twenty20 campaign by making "inaccurate and misleading" statements in the media.

Former World Cup-winning skipper Arjuna Ranatunga slammed Sri Lanka Cricket on Wednesday, accusing it of hiring "garbage" foreign coaches while ignoring local talent.

Former Sri Lanka Cricket president Thilanga Sumathipala on Sunday made the allegation that 1996 World Cup winners Arjuna Ranatunga and Aravinda De Silva were the first players from the country to be named for alleged match-fixing.

The legendary Aravinda De Silva says the 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.

Former World Cup winning Sri Lanka captain Arjuna Ranatunga condemned the government for dragging his name in match-fixing scandal following accusations by an Indian bookmaker.

Indian wrist spinners, Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal, have been making waves at the domestic and international levels and Sri Lankan cricket legend Aravinda De Silva, himself a great player of spin, feels wrist spinners have always been effective.

Sports Minister described Sri Lanka Cricket as the third most corrupt organisation in the country while handing over the new selection panel's reins to Aravinda De Silva.

Trust Virender Sehwag to make a typically blockbuster entry into the ICC Hall of Fame. At a glitzy function here on Tuesday night, former West Indies fast bowler Ian Bishop asked India's opening great about his reaction to being the 112th inductee into the ICC Hall of Fame. Sehwag's response was just like his simple, but dhamakedar (explosive) style of batting: "I think I'm late," Sehwag quipped, inviting peels of laughter.