2 https://i.imgci.com/espncricinfo/espncinew.png https://www.cricinfo.com/ https://www.cricinfo.com/ Visit Cricinfo.com for up-to-the-minute cricket news, breaking cricket news, live cricket commentary, ball-by-ball commentary, cricket video, cricket audio and features. (c)Cricinfo en-gb Sachin Tendulkar has rated his match-winning 138 against Sri Lanka in the final of the Compaq Cup as "one of his best innings" https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/108200/108272.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/compaq/content/story/425096.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/compaq/content/story/425096.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-425096 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Two rapturous celebrations by Harbhajan Singh told the story this evening. The first was when he bowled Thilina Kandamby, the second when he sealed India's first finals win in Sri Lanka this decade https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/108200/108264.3.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/compaq/content/story/425073.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/compaq/content/story/425073.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-425073 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The ghost of the R Premadasa lights was almost slain tonight https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/108200/108228.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/compaq/content/story/424920.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/compaq/content/story/424920.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-424920 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Sri Lanka surrendered their last two home series to India but scored an emphatic victory on Saturday, one that left Sangakkara pleased at the way the team had shaped up https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/108100/108163.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/compaq/content/story/424858.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/compaq/content/story/424858.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-424858 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Sri Lanka are boosted by the return of Muttiah Muralitharan and should be fielding their strongest side which means an Indian team missing the experience of three big-match players will have its work cut out to be competitive https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/108100/108141.3.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/compaq/content/story/424832.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/compaq/content/story/424832.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-424832 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Repeatedly pitching the ball just short of a length and getting the odd one to sit up alongside crafty cutters, Mathews ran riot https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/108100/108175.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/compaq/content/story/424774.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/compaq/content/story/424774.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-424774 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Gautam Gambhir is confident he will recover in time for the Champions Trophy from his injury that has kept him out of the ongoing tri-series in Sri Lanka https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/101600/101691.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/424672.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/424672.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-424672 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT India's stay at No. 1 in the ICC rankings lasted all of 24 hours. Sri Lanka reasserted their superiority at home, scoring 307, and then strangled wickets at regular intervals to completely rout India in the dress rehearsal for Monday's final https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/108100/108175.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/compaq/content/story/424657.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/compaq/content/story/424657.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-424657 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The most vivid impression they have left through the tour is of an incongruent bunch of individuals, just not entirely with it when they take the field https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/108100/108105.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/compaq/content/story/424615.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/compaq/content/story/424615.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-424615 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT One of the key figures today was Ashish Nehra, whose bowling performance was further indication that he has rediscovered his form https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/108000/108066.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/compaq/content/story/424611.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/compaq/content/story/424611.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-424611 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT India stumbled in pursuit of 156 under lights but MS Dhoni and Suresh Raina kept cool heads to steer them to a six-wicket win with 57 deliveries to spare and with it move to No. 1 in the ICC's ODI rankings https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/108000/108096.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/compaq/content/story/424508.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/compaq/content/story/424508.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-424508 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Part of Dhoni's method since taking over the captaincy has been to experiment with his batting line-up. With Gambhir out, he has to do it again https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/108000/108047.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/424434.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/424434.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-424434 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/107600/107635.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/compaq/content/story/424411.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/compaq/content/story/424411.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-424411 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The Indian opener will be heading back to India ahead of the tri-series with the selectors scheduled to announce his replacement shortly, a release from the BCCI said https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/93400/93468.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/compaq/content/story/424397.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/compaq/content/story/424397.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-424397 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT India's coach is optimistic as three of these five recent series triumphs have come against the two opponents in the tri-series - Sri Lanka and New Zealand https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/101600/101693.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/compaq/content/story/424162.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/compaq/content/story/424162.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-424162 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Andy Moles, New Zealand's coach, has called his side "a bit of a Jekyll and Hyde team" after they let Sri Lanka off the hook, allowing the home side to recover from 69 for 5 to 216 https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/107900/107984.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/compaq/content/story/424136.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/compaq/content/story/424136.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-424136 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A batting masterpiece and a fast-bowling barrage. It isn't often that a team can combine both of those forces in one night, but Sri Lanka had all of that going for them and more https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/107900/107976.3.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/compaq/content/story/424012.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/compaq/content/story/424012.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-424012 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Sri Lanka and New Zealand still have a few experiments to complete and players to evaluate in their last chance before the Champions Trophy https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/107000/107025.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/compaq/content/story/423887.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/compaq/content/story/423887.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-423887 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Sri Lanka and New Zealand will attempt to kick-start the Compaq Cup on Tuesday though the weather threatens to be a dampener https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/104600/104632.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/compaq/content/story/423858.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/compaq/content/story/423858.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-423858 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT A Public Interest Litigation has been filed at the Madras High Court seeking to stop the Indian team from visiting Sri Lanka for the tri-series https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/india/content/story/422906.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/india/content/story/422906.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-422906 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT India's four-day conditioning camp leading into the tri-series in Sri Lanka and the Champions Trophy finished with a three-hour net session at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bangalore https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/107600/107650.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/india/content/story/422720.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/india/content/story/422720.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-422720 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Friday at the Chinnaswamy Stadium was the machinery-oiling day https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/107600/107602.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/india/content/story/422555.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/india/content/story/422555.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-422555 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT India's ODI team assembled in Bangalore today for a four-day conditioning camp, leading into the tri-series in Sri Lanka early next month, and then the Champions Trophy in South Africa following immediately https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/107500/107577.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/india/content/story/422448.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/india/content/story/422448.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-422448 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Ramji Srinivasan has been appointed as the trainer of the Indian team for next month's tri-series in Sri Lanka https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/india/content/story/421452.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/india/content/story/421452.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-421452 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT India will start the Sri Lanka one-day tri-series with back-to-back matches on September 11 and 12, according to the revised tournament schedule https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/compaq/content/story/420408.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/compaq/content/story/420408.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-420408 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Mishra attributed his inclusion to the performances in this year's IPL and his role in India's victory at the recent Emerging Players' tournament https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/97200/97201.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/india/content/story/419915.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/india/content/story/419915.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-419915 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Dravid is back for next month's tri-series in Sri Lanka and the Champions Trophy, and he said he didn't look at the recall as a chance to prove his detractors wrong https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/78800/78857.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/compaq/content/story/419914.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/compaq/content/story/419914.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-419914 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Rahul Dravid has returned to India's one-day squad after a two-year gap https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/100600/100639.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/compaq/content/story/419853.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/compaq/content/story/419853.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-419853 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Cricinfo previews the probable Indian squad for the tri-series in Sri Lanka https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/78800/78853.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/compaq/content/story/419795.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/compaq/content/story/419795.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-419795 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT The break in India's international calendar has allowed the BCCI to schedule fitness tests for select players in Delhi and Mumbai https://p.imgci.com/db/PICTURES/CMS/106900/106964.jpg https://www.cricinfo.com/india/content/story/418753.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/india/content/story/418753.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-418753 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT New Zealand will not play the five-match bilateral ODI series in Sri Lanka as originally planned and will just play a short tri-series https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/compaq/content/story/413670.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/compaq/content/story/413670.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-413670 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT Sri Lanka, India and New Zealand will play a triangular series in Sri Lanka ahead of the Champions Trophy https://p.imgci.com https://www.cricinfo.com/srilanka/content/story/410589.html?ex_cid=OTC-RSS https://www.cricinfo.com/srilanka/content/story/410589.html https://www.cricinfo.com/story/-410589 Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:53:33 GMT