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Captains Shanaka and Agha in focus as Sri Lanka and Pakistan finetune World Cup preps

With both Sri Lanka and Pakistan set to play their entire group and Super Eights stages of the T20 World Cup in Sri Lanka, this series should help them get accustomed to the conditions

07-Jan-2026 • 2 hrs ago•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Seamers Mathulan, Seneviratne named in SL squad for U-19 World Cup

Vimath Dinsara will captain the side, and will have Kavija Gamage as his deputy

02-Jan-2026•ESPNcricinfo staff

Former SL Under-19 player Akshu Fernando dies after being in coma for years

He was struck by a train in December 2018 and had been on life support for much of the time since

30-Dec-2025•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Malinga to work with Sri Lanka in lead up to T20 World Cup

Although this is only a 40-day appointment, it is essentially a continuation of Malinga's work with key bowlers in the national set-up

30-Dec-2025•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Harmanpreet leads the way as India complete 5-0 sweep over SL

India were struggling at 77 for 5 before Harmanpreet's 43-ball 68 took India to a match-winning 175

30-Dec-2025•Srinidhi Ramanujam

India look to cap off successful year with clean sweep over Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka, meanwhile, would look to make India pay for their sloppy fielding before they sign off from the tour

29-Dec-2025•Vishal Dikshit

Mandhana, Shafali and Ghosh help India edge run-fest to go 4-0 up

Both India and Sri Lanka posted their highest T20I scores after three one-sided low-scoring games

28-Dec-2025•Srinidhi Ramanujam

Shafali 69*, spinners lead India's rout of Sri Lanka

After Vaishnavi and Charani squeezed SL, Shafali made light work of the 129-run chase, scoring an unbeaten half-century

23-Dec-2025•S Sudarshanan

India dominant with bat and ball but fielding needs improvement

India dropped five catches in the series opener, including three straightforward ones

22-Dec-2025•Srinidhi Ramanujam

Rodrigues fifty leads India's chase after bowlers set up victory against Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka's 121 was a below-par total given dew was only going to increase as temperatures reduced

21-Dec-2025•S Sudarshanan

India and Sri Lanka eye solid build-up ahead of T20 World Cup next year

India return to T20Is after their maiden ODI World Cup title at home, while Sri Lanka play their first match in the format since March

20-Dec-2025•Srinidhi Ramanujam

SL replace Asalanka with Shanaka as captain ahead of T20 World Cup

Shanaka will be the captain until the end of the forthcoming T20 World Cup

19-Dec-2025•Andrew Fidel Fernando

R Sridhar named Sri Lanka's fielding coach

He will be in the role until the conclusion of the men's T20 World Cup next year

17-Dec-2025•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Pramodya Wickramasinghe to head Sri Lanka's new selection committee

He has been chief selector before - between 2021 and 2023 - with Sri Lanka men's poor performance in the 2023 World Cup prompting his removal

17-Dec-2025•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Ticket sales announced for 2026 T20 World Cup

Prices in phase one of the ticket sales start at INR 100 and LKR 1000

11-Dec-2025•ESPNcricinfo staff

2026 T20 World Cup: Packed run-in for India, no games for Bangladesh

Here's how each Full Member team's run-in to the T20 World Cup looks

10-Dec-2025•ESPNcricinfo staff

Pakistan to tour Sri Lanka for three T20Is in January 2026

Dambulla will play host to all three matches, with the fixtures acting as preparation ahead of next year's T20 World Cup

02-Dec-2025•Danyal Rasool

Nawaz and Afridi blow Sri Lanka away to seal tri-series for Pakistan

Sri Lanka collapsed in a heap, losing their last nine wickets for 30 before Babar and Ayub's steady 30s took Pakistan over the line

29-Nov-2025•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Well-oiled Pakistan wary of buoyant Sri Lanka in tri-series final

Sri Lanka had a disastrous start to the tri-series, but are peaking at the right time

28-Nov-2025•Danyal Rasool

India to host Sri Lanka for five women's T20Is in December

The T20Is will be played just before WPL, and act as preparation for the T20 World Cup next year

28-Nov-2025•ESPNcricinfo staff

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