Ajantha Mendis

For former India leg-spinner Amit Mishra, the issue wasn’t about Chakravarthy being "decoded" but about execution under pressure.

Sanju Samson's stellar batting, including 89 runs in the T20 World Cup final, helped India post a massive total. Jasprit Bumrah's exceptional bowling, taking four wickets in the final, was also crucial. Despite Samson being named Player of the Tournament, AB de Villiers felt Bumrah's match-winning performances warranted stronger consideration.

Virender Sehwag won the Test batting honour for his sublime 201 not out in the Galle Test against Sri Lanka last year.

Jasprit Bumrah's sensational four-wicket haul powered India to their third T20 World Cup title, crushing New Zealand by 96 runs in the final. His historic spell made him the first fast bowler with a four-fer in a knockout match and the leading pacer in T20 World Cup history. India's massive 255/5 set the stage for a dominant victory.

India pacer Deepak Chahar on Sunday recorded the best-ever figures in the Twenty20 Internationals when he returned figures of six for seven runs against Bangladesh at the Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium in Nagpur. Chahar also became the first Indian bowler to take a hat-trick in the shortest format of the game.

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.

Ajantha Mendis might have suffered a poor run in the recent ODI series against India but Sri Lanka skipper Mahela Jayawardene believes the mystery spinner will soon make a successful comeback.

The tag of the 'mystery bowler' will always follow Ajantha Mendis around but the Moratuwa-born spinner wants to be known as an 'off-spinner'.

Sri Lankan mystery spinner Ajantha Mendis on Wednesday announced his retirement from all forms of the game. The 34-year old, who made his debut for Sri Lanka in 2008 and last played in international cricket in 2015, took 288 wickets for his country across the three formats.

MS Dhoni has been elected as the captain of Sydney Morning Herald newspaper's Test team of the year which also features Gautam Gambhir.

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

If Sri Lanka would as much as dare to win the trophy in England, Sanath Jayasuriya is their biggest hope once again.

Putting an official end to the contracts dispute with players, Sri Lanka Cricket announced a full strength 16-member squad for first Test against Bangladesh.

West Indian T20 specialist Chris Gayle will don the Adani Sportsline-owned Gujarat Giants jersey in the upcoming season of the Legends League Cricket (LLC) along with Virender Sehwag when action begins at the Eden Gardens, Kolkata on September 16.

Sri Lankan selectors left out Lasith Malinga and all-rounder Angelo Mathews from the 16-member squad for the three-match Test series in England.

Sourav Ganguly threatened to stop playing for Bengal if some Cricket Association of Bengal members continue to create problems for his family.

The cricket fraternity hailed Deepak Chahar after the medium pacer became the first Indian man to take a hat-trick in Twenty20 Internationals. Chahar ended the match with figures of 6-7, beating the earlier record held by Sri Lanka's Ajantha Mendis.

Sri Lanka's left-arm spinner Rangana Herath has ruled himself out of the five-match one-day international series against Pakistan, scheduled to commence on December 18 at Sharjah.

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.

The top five wicket-takers in the Asia Cup have been Sri Lanka bowling wizard Muttiah Muralitharan, Lasith Malinga, mystery spinner Ajantha Mendis, the only non-Sri Lankan bowler on this list Pakistan's Saeed Ajmal stands at the fourth position while the legendary Sri Lankan fast bowler Chaminda Vaas is fifth. The tournament starts on September 14.