Asela Gunaratne

Mumbai Indians

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.

Sri Lanka on Wednesday suffered a massive setback when middle-order batsman Asela Gunaratne was ruled out of the ongoing opening Test against India with a fractured left thumb.

Sri Lankan batsman Asela Gunaratne was on Wednesday ruled out of the ongoing three-Test series against India after fracturing his left thumb during the opening day of the first match.

Veteran left-arm spinner Rangana Herath has been ruled out of Sri Lanka's third Test against India owing to back pain.

Sri Lanka recalled batsman Lahiru Thirimanne in its squad for the second Test against India as a replacement for injured Gunaratne. It's more than a year that Thirimanne is out of the Sri Lanka's Test team as he has not featured in the traditional format since playing against England in June 2016.

Veteran speedster Lasith Malinga has not been picked in the Sri Lanka T20 squad for the three-match series against India, starting December 20.

Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews won the toss and chose to field first against Zimbabwe in the third one-day international in Hambantota on Thursday.

He walked out to the middle with the crowd chanting “Rohit, Rohit” at fever pitch. Just 12.4 overs later, he walked out to a standing ovation, having wowed the crowd by equalling the record for the fastest Twenty20 International century, off just 35 balls. His 118 came off just 43 deliveries, with 12 well-timed fours and 10 effortless, massive sixes.

Bangladesh batsman Soumya Sarkar was clean bowled by Asela Gunaratne was given out during the visitor’s second innings in Galle.

When Mitchell Johnson was bought back by the Mumbai Indians (MI) in the IPL auction earlier this year, the popular franchise's fans were excited at the prospect of again watching the Australian pacer bowl in tandem with Sri Lankan toecrusher Lasith Malinga.

Herath has been ruled out of the third Test because of a bad back.

Sri Lankan Sports Minister Dayasiri Jayasekera stopped nine cricketers leaving for India on Tuesday to take part in a one-day series because he was unhappy with the team choice, sources said.

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.

In a massive blow to Sri Lanka, pace spearhead Nuwan Pradeep was on Friday ruled out of the ongoing Test series against India due to a hamstring injury, leaving the hosts with just one medium pacer in the second match.

India, who became the top-ranked team in Twenty20 internationals after whitewashing Australia 3-0 at Down Under last month, held on to their numero uno status with 2-1 series victory over Sri Lanka.

Mumbai Indians came across among the most sensible buyers in Monda y's auction, settling for the horses for courses theory . In doing so, they brought Australian pacer Mitchell Johnson back into the fold, making way for a thrilling prospect of him opening MI's attack alongside Sri Lanka's Lasith Malinga.

Sri Lankan stand-in skipper Rangana Herath on Saturday lauded India for their comprehensive 304-run win in the opening Test, saying the visitors were outstanding in all three departments and deserve all the credit.

In 2013, a changing of guard reversed Mumbai Indians' fortunes. In came Rohit Sharma with his bright ideas and dynamic leadership skills, and Mumbai Indians reached the pinnacle of IPL success.