Thisara Perera

Virat Kohli achieved a special milestone in IPL 2026, smashing five consecutive fours off Kagiso Rabada in a single over. This rare feat places him alongside Chris Gayle and Shane Watson in Royal Challengers Bengaluru history. Despite Rabada striking back later, Kohli's explosive start set a strong tone for RCB.

The comments date back to last year, when Imad spoke about Raza’s late arrival for the PSL 10 final at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore. Raza had taken a partial leave from the Qalandars squad to play a one-off Test for Zimbabwe against England in Nottingham.

Sri Lanka Cricket today said that the BCCI has cleared its all-rounder Thisara Perera of alleged match-fixing in this year's IPL.

Manipal Tigers won Legends League Cricket final against Urbanrisers Hyderabad at Lalabhai Contractor Stadium. Harbhajan Singh leads Manipal Tigers to victory. Rikki Clarke and Gurkeerat Singh score for Urbanrisers Hyderabad. Robin Uthappa and Chadwick Walton set the foundation for Manipal Tigers. Asela Gunaratne, Angelo Perera, and Thisara Perera secure Manipal Tigers' win.

Sri Lanka have recalled all-rounder Thisara Perera to the 15-member Twenty20 to play two matches against the visiting West Indies.

Fast bowler Tendai Chatara claimed four wickets to help Zimbabwe edge Sri Lanka by 12 runs in the second one-day international of the tri-nation tournament in Dhaka on Wednesday.

Over the past two years, Sri Lanka have lost ODI series to Pakistan, New Zealand, England, Australia and South Africa while drawing one with Bangladesh.

The Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association has over the years concentrated a lot on preparations of their teams, and it's no wonder all its teams are doing well in BCCI-organised tournaments.

Young Dinesh Chandimal will lead Sri Lanka in the first two of the five ODIs against visiting South Africa in an stop-gap arrangement in the absence of regular captain Angelo Mathews.

Senior Sri Lankan batsman Mahela Jayawardene and off-spinner Rangana Herath have been rested for the one-day series against Bangladesh starting February 17.

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Monday said the scheduled home series against Sri Lanka will go ahead despite top players from the island nation pulling out of the tour.

A place in the final at stake, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh would expect their batsmen to fire as they lock horns in a virtual semi-final of the Nidahas Twenty20 tri-series on Friday.

Skipper Thisara Perera is confident of a Sri Lanka comeback in the T20 series against India, insisting that his side would look to "flush out" the negativity following defeats in the preceding Tests and ODIs.

Smarting from Rohit Sharma's onslaught, Sri Lanka skipper Thisara Perera said they were well prepared for the ODI series decider against India and would look to do "something special" in conditions similar to those back home.

Both Jayawardene and Malinga are currently playing in the ongoing Champions League Twenty20 in South Africa.

All-rounder Thisara Perera will lead a 15-man Sri Lankan squad for the three-match Twenty20 series against Pakistan announced on Saturday, the last of which will be played in Lahore.

The local flavour will be provided by Thisara Perera, Wanindu Hasaranga, Angelo Mathews and Sri Lanka's limited-overs skipper Dasun Shanaka. Colombo Strikers, Dambulla Aura, Galle Titans, Jaffna Kings and B-Love Kandy will be the five teams fighting for the title.

The controversy that erupted during the last over of the Bangladesh innings against Sri Lanka in a must-win encounter of the Nidahas Trophy seems to have spilled outside the field.

Skipper Asghar Stanikzai's crucial half-century, coupled with Samiullah Shenwari's 13-ball 31, the quickest for Afghanistan, got their side a useful 153/7, 106 of which came in final ten.

Thisara Perera says he did not realise that he had taken a hat-trick till his team-mates informed him about it, as his entire concentration was on bowling on Friday.

Sri Lanka Test captain Dinesh Chandimal was withdrawn Monday from the 16-member squad for the Asian Cup because of an injury during a recent domestic tournament, the board said.

The 32-year-old Perera, who represented Sri Lanka in six Tests, 166 ODIs and 84 T20Is, is expected to keep playing franchise cricket around the world.

Sri Lanka is set to name a new ODI captain next week, replacing current skipper Thisara Perera either with Angelo Mathews or Dinesh Chandimal, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) said.

Gujarat Giants registered an emphatic win over rivals Manipal Tigers in the second match of the Legends League played at Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Stadium on Monday. This was Gujarat’s second consecutive victory and Manipal Tigers’ second defeat in a row.

All-rounder Thisara Perera achieved the feat during his unbeaten 13-ball 52 while captaining Sri Lanka Army in a group match against Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club in the Major Clubs Limited Over List A tournament at the Army Ground in Panagoda town on Sunday.

Parthiv Patel and Thisara Perera held their nerves under pressure to guide Gujarat Giants to a two-wicket win over Manipal Tigers in the Legends League Cricket. Chasing a modest 121 on Monday night, the Giants were 2 for 2 in 1.3 overs after former Zimbabwe pacer Chris Mpofu (2/26) dismissed skipper Virender Sehwag (1) and Tillakaratne Dilshan (0) in a span of three balls.

The second edition of the Lanka Premier League (LPL) T20 tournament will be held in a bio-secure environment between July 30 and August 22, the game's governing body in the country said on Tuesday.

A close look at the culprits and the crime

India vs Sri Lanka T20: More than a decade ago in Johannesburg, when India played their first Twenty20 International rather reluctantly as the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) was yet to realize the moneyspinning potential of the newest format, Dinesh Karthik was in the team. MS Dhoni was just an excitable youngster in that team.

Indian captain Virat Kohli won the toss and elected to bat against Sri Lanka in the fourth one-day international at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata.