Kaushal Silva

Sri Lankan opener Kaushal Silva has asserted the need for his team to bat well in the morning session of Day 3 of second Test against India at P Sara Oval.

Wriddhiman Saha (56) has posted his second fifty in Tests - his highest is 60 vs Sri Lanka at Galle in the first Test of the present series.

Kumar Sangakkara and Kaushal Silva struck an unbeaten 64-run partnership to guide Sri Lanka to 65 for 1 at tea on Day two.

Sri Lanka A won the toss and elected to bat in the three-day practice cricket match against India at Grace Road on Friday.

Spinners Ravichandran Ashwin and Amit Mishra exploited the spinning conditions well to keep Sri Lanka to 140/3 in reply to India's 393

Looking for a proper tune-up before the three-match Test series gets underway, India would be hoping that rain stays away from their one and only practice game.

Sri Lanka named a 16-member team for upcoming Test series against India with uncapped 23-year-old pacer Vishwa Fernando the only fresh face.

SLC, which had a bitter dispute with its players over payments last year, has announced a 7% hike for them across all categories in its latest list of contracts issued.

Sangakkara walked out to bat for one final time in international cricket amid a standing ovation at the P Sara Oval and guard of honour by the Indian team.

Sri Lanka ended Day 4 at 67/3, needing 319 runs more to triumph. India need 7 wickets to record their first Test series win in Lanka since 1993.

Virat Kohli rang in three changes to his side after winning the toss and opting to bat first at the P Sara Oval in Colombo.

Virat Kohli's aggressive strategy to deploy five specialist bowlers will be tested when India go into the three-match cricket Test series against Sri Lanka on Wednesday, hoping to end a 22-year-old wait for a series triumph on Lankan soil.

Though India are atop world Test rankings and hold the rubber against all nine Test-playing countries.

Ishant Sharma has fired off a shot in the direction of Kumar Sangakkara ahead of the three-Test series, saying he "will go hard" at the retiring SL batsman.

Planning and execution of skills is something the Indian team has set sights on as they take on the SL Board XI in the 3 day warm-up tie, ahead of the Test series.

Four batsmen scored half-centuries to take Sri Lanka to 411 for six on day one of their two-day warm-up against Board President's XI on Saturday.

Who saw it coming? Anyone who has followed Indian cricket closely, probably, and knows the team's fourth-inning struggles away from home.

Indian bowling coach Bharat Arun has said that his side is looking at a 100-run first innings lead against Sri Lanka in the second cricket Test.

On Tuesday, Virat Kohli and Co. also became the first team to triumph in a three-match away series after being 0-1 down, winning the third and final Test by 117 runs.

Wriddhiman Saha scored his second Test fifty, and along with a useful contribution from Amit Mishra, took India to 386 for 8 at lunch on the second day of the Colombo Test.