The third match of the third edition of the Indian Premier League will be played between the Kings XI Punjab and the Delhi Daredevils at the PCA Stadium in Mohali. The Kings XI Punjab has seen some turbulent times in the recent period. For starters, there were consistent rumours coming fro

After months of speculation of the change in captaincy in the Kings XI Punjab side, the same has been confirmed. Kumar Sangakkara has been named as the skipper of the Kings XI Punjab team for the third season of the IPL. He takes over from Yuvraj Singh as this was confirmed by Anil Srivatsa,

The first match of the tri-series in Bangladesh will be played between the hosts and the Sri Lankans. India is the third team in the competition and the three teams will be involved in a two round, round-robin tournament. The top two sides at the end of the tournament will play in the finals.

India was soundly beaten in the first T20I of the two match series by Sri Lanka. The end margin of 29 runs may not look thanks to the couple of lusty blows from Ashish Nehra at the end of the innings when all seemed lost for the side, but the fact of the matter is that India was never in hunt

The second and the final T20I between India and Sri Lanka will be played at Mohali. Sri Lanka had won the first T20I by beating India by 29 runs at Nagpur, and the side will now look to drill home the advantage by making it 2-0 at Mohali. India, on the other hand, will look to stall the four m

The Sri Lankan cricket captain, Kumar Sangakkara, realises that their record in test matches in India is as poor as it could get and hence would like to change that in the forthcoming series that his team plays against hosts India. In the last 27 years, the Lankans have played 14 test matches

The fourth game of the tournament will have the English and the Sri Lankans fight it out at the Wanderers in Johannesburg. Sri Lanka will go into the game having played one match so far and won that game against South Africa, whereas it will be the first game for the English, who have only jus

The third leg of New Zealand's tour of Sri Lanka will start from Tuesday, as the two nations face each other in the first game of the Compaq Cup tri-series. India is the third country in the tournament and will face Sri Lanka and New Zealand in the other two games before the finals on next Mon

Despite having lost the ODI series to the hosts Sri Lanka, the Pakistani team would be on a high after having won the last two games to go into the solitary T20I with much confidence. Sri Lanka, on the other hand, has won both, the test series and the ODI version, and will look to avenge their

The second semi-finals of the ICC World T20 will see Sri Lanka take on West Indies at Oval in London. Sri Lanka and West Indies belonged to the same group in the first round, and won three and two games respectively in the Super Eight stage to get to the semi-finals. Sri Lanka had beaten Wes

New Zealand will face Sri Lanka in a do-or-die Super Eights game at Trent Bridge in Nottingham to decide who goes through to the semi-finals from the Group F. A lot will depend on the result of the Ireland-Pakistan game on Monday as well, but assuming that Pakistan will be able to overcome the

The first game of Super Eights on Friday will see two Asian teams, Sri Lanka and Pakistan fight it out against each other to try and draw first blood in their bid to get to the semi-finals. The match will be played at Lord's in London. Sri Lanka has entered into this round with a clean record,

Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir hit impressive half-centuries to give India a solid start as the visitors reach 151 without loss at lunch on the opening day of the second cricket Test here today.Sehwag was unbeaten on 91 while Gambhir was batting at 50 after India, aiming to square the seri

With no certain word still on Sachin Tendulkar's Indian Premier League debut tomorrow, Kings XI Punjab will be eager to take the opportunity to clinch an elusive win at home turf against Mumbai Indians here. The Yuvraj Singh-led Punjab team, having lost both its matches -- against Chenna

India may have been forced to settle for a draw in the second Test against Pakistan but the trio of Wasim Jaffer, Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly can take heart from the fact that the Kolkata runfeast has pushed them up in the ICC Players Rankings. Thanks to his double century in the f

South African umpire Rudi Koertzen, who wrongly gave Kumar Sangakkara out when he was on the verge of completing a double century against Australia, has been replaced by Pakistan's Aleem Dar for Sri Lanka's upcoming Test series against England. Koertzen, a veteran of 86 Test matches and 18

Sri Lankan Kumar Sangakkara has risen to a career-high third position in the latest LG ICC Player Rankings for Test batsmen after hitting an unbeaten 200 against Bangladesh. The stylish left-hander, playing as a batting specialist after starting as a wicketkeeper-batsman, scored his fifth

Kenya is likely to host the next Afro Asia Cup which would be held in June next year, the Asian Cricket Council said today. "The next Afro-Asia Cup, the third edition, will be held next June in Africa and the likely venue is Kenya where the facilities and weather would be ideal,"

The new look Pakistan cricket squad prepared to fly out to Abu Dhabi today to play a one-day series against Sri Lanka with new captain, Shoaib Malik exhorting his team to get back to winning ways. Malik also made it clear he was not under any pressure leading the side for the first time in a

The Sri Lanka skipper, Mahela Jayawardene, today exuded confidence in his team, saying that they are ready for the big match. "We are ready for the final showdown. We are ready to beat the best. I would be quite happy to play whoever comes up in the final," a pumped up Sri Lank

Sri Lanka and New Zealand will count on their enviable variety in bowling attacks to overpower each other in the high-octane first semifinal clash of the cricket World Cup here tomorrow. Sri Lanka, however, would seek a psychological boost from their Super Eights dominating win over the K

Former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly provided much-needed breakthrough to his side when he had Dilshan caught by Robin Uthappa on 28 after the visitors lost four early wickets against India in the fourth and final limited-overs international being played here today. Silva is not out o

Indian speedster Zaheer Khan claimed a five-wicket haul as Sri Lanka managed a modest total of 230 runs in the third One Day International of the four-match series here. Left-arm seamer Zaheer blasted the Lankan top order in a sensational opening spell when he had 3-4 in his first three

Indian pacer Zaheer Khan has sent shock waves across the Sri Lankan camp as he has taken three Sri Lankan wickets. Last ODI charmer Kumar Sangakkara was bowled by Zaheer Khan as the ball kept a little low and nipped back in only to take the bottom edge from Sangakkara’s bat to hit on his

In a dramatic turn of event, India suffered an lower order batting collapse which allowed Sri Lanka to register a thrilling five-run victory in the second cricket one-dayer here today. Chasing Sri Lanka's 257-8 built around Kumar Sangakkara's brilliant 110, the Indians were cruising along

Indian skipper Rahul Dravid won the toss and elected to field in the second one day international against Sri Lanka at the Madhavrao Scindia ground here today. India made one change in their eleven fielded in the washed out first ODI in Kolkata, opting for a double spin attack by bringing

The Sri Lankan vice-captain, Kumar Sangakkara, today said his side has an all-round attack and an "X-factor" to succeed in the upcoming four-match one day series against India. Sangakkara said while the visitors boasted a variety of pacers, the arrival of sling-shot Lasith Mali

Sri Lanka won the fourth one-dayer against New Zealand by 189 runs here on today, squaring their 5-ODI series at 2-2, sources said. According to the sources, Sri Lanka bundled out the Kiwis for a paltry 73 -- their second-lowest total in one-day internationals. Sri Lanka made 262 f