Lahiru Gamage

Fast bowler Suranga Lakmal has been named the vice-captain for the Bangladesh Test series, Sri Lanka Cricket announced on Saturday.

Pacers Dushmantha Chameera and Lahiru Gamage have been added to the Sri Lankan squad ahead of the third Test against India starting in Pallekele on Saturday.

Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews won the toss and elected to bat against India in the third cricket one-dayer here on Sunday.

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.

Cheteshwar Pujara and Murali Vijay's 209-run stand - the fifth time these two have put on 150 or more in Tests - helped India finish on 312/2, ahead of Sri Lanka by 107 runs at stumps on Day 2.

Rain continued to play spoilsport in the opening India-Sri Lanka Test at the Eden Gardens. While just 11.5 overs were possible on Thursday, the second day saw 21 overs being sent down as Lankan bowlers continued to dominate with only Cheteshwar Pujara standing tall.

Dinesh Chandimal-led Sri Lankan squad today arrived for their six-week tour of India, which starts here with the first of the three-Test series, beginning on November 16.

India might be in big trouble at the end of first day's play of the first Test against Sri Lanka on Thursday, but the team management has no complaints about the Eden pitch.

Virat Kohli and his men stand on the cusp of history, aiming to become the first Indian team to complete a whitewash in an overseas three-Test series when they meet a below-par Sri Lanka in the third and final match, starting on Saturday.

In a bizarre sign of things to come as pollution levels rise unchecked, mask-wearing Sri Lankan cricketers interrupted play for long durations and forced India into an unplanned declaration on the second day of the third Test here on Sunday.

Out of the 11.5 overs bowled on Day 1, Suranga Lakmal bowled six – all maiden and for three wickets, leaving India tottering at 17/3 when bad light stopped the play .

Chandimal was fielding with 10 players and it wasn't until a four was hit from Wriddhiman Saha that the player at the boundary informed Chandimal about his absent-mindedness.

Sri Lanka captain Dinesh Chandimal is hoping that senior spinner Rangana Herath will be more effective in the second Test against India as the track here has less grass as compared to Eden Gardens.

Sri Lanka skipper Dinesh Chandimal on Friday said he is hoping to avoid a 0-3 Test series whitewash against India with assistance from a lively pitch and a young fast bowling attack.

Having earned the psychological edge by blowing the Sri Lankan top and middle order during the final session of the drawn first Test, the hosts will once again play on a green track at the Vidarbha Cricket Association (VCA) Stadium in Jamtha.

Ravindra Jadeja will have an opportunity to reclaim the top bowling and all-rounder spot in the ICC rankings when India take on Sri Lanka in the three-match Test series starting in Kolkata on Thursday.

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.

While he and his team have been hardly tested so far during their tour of the 'Emerald Isle,' Virat Kohli faces a test of a different kind as he attempts to become the first Indian captain to lead his side to a 3-0 whitewash over Sri Lanka in their own den.

Just a day after becoming the first captain to register a hat-trick of centuries in a three-match series, Virat Kohli scaled yet another milestone when he scored his sixth double century, the most as a captain.