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Ganguly happy with World Cup preparations

Sourav Ganguly was satisfied with both his own form and the form of the Indian team after their seven-wicket win at Visakhapatnam

17-Feb-2007•Cricinfo staff

'We played some poor cricket today' - Jayawardene

Mahela Jayawardene had no excuses after a shoddy performance with both bat and ball that cost Sri Lanka the chance to win a bilateral series in India for the first time.

17-Feb-2007•Dileep Premachandran in Visakhapatnam

Ganguly breaks his wicket drought

Stats highlights from the fourth ODI between India and Sri Lanka at Visakhapatnam

17-Feb-2007•S Rajesh and HR Gopala Krishna

Yuvraj powers India to series win

A thunderous 33-ball half-century set the tone for the run-chase before a calm middle-order partnership steered India home to a memorable 2-1 series win ahead of their departure for the World Cup in eleven days' time.

17-Feb-2007•The Bulletin by Siddhartha Vaidyanathan in Visakhapatnam

Series set for rampaging decider

In the middle of a forest area, with panthers lurking in the neighboring jungles, India and Sri Lanka will hope for a rampaging finish to their World Cup preparations

16-Feb-2007•The Preview by Siddhartha Vaidyanathan in Visakhapatnam

Tendulkar out and Pathan doubtful for final ODI

Sachin Tendulkar will not take part in the final one-dayer against Sri Lanka at Vishakapatnam owing to minor back stiffness

15-Feb-2007•Cricinfo staff

Doordarshan to telecast fourth ODI live

The final one-day international between India and Sri Lanka, at Visakhapatnam, on Saturday will be telecast live on Doordarshan following a Delhi high court directive to Nimbus Communication to provide live feed

15-Feb-2007•Cricinfo staff

Dravid hails 'brilliant' Zaheer

Rahul Dravid was glad that his move to bat at No.5 came off, a position from where he could control the innings

14-Feb-2007•Cricinfo staff

Dravid joins the 10,000 club

The landmark came in a characteristically low-key manner, with a drive to long-on for a single, as Rahul Dravid became only the sixth player to get to 10,000 runs in one-day internationals

14-Feb-2007•S Rajesh

Zaheer five helps India level series

Zaheer's Khan 5 for 42, his best figures in one-dayers, kept Sri Lanka down to 230 before Rahul Dravid and Mahendra Singh Dhoni propelled India past the target to level the series in the third one-dayer at Goa

14-Feb-2007•The Bulletin by Sidharth Monga in Margao

Pathan, Sreesanth, Kumble ruled out of third ODI

Irfan Pathan, Sreesanth and Anil Kumble will miss the third one-dayer against Sri Lanka to be played in Margao tomorrow

13-Feb-2007•The Preview by Sidharth Monga in Margoa

Slow over-rate costs Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka have been fined for a slow over-rate during their five-run win over India in the second ODI at Rajkot on Sunday

12-Feb-2007•Cricinfo staff

Vaas and Murali return for World Cup

Chaminda Vaas and Muttiah Muralitharan returned to the fray as Sri Lanka retained the bulk of their 15-man squad currently touring India, for the World Cup

12-Feb-2007•Cricinfo staff

Sehwag and Pathan included in squad

India's national selectors announced that the same 15 players who formed the squad for the Rajkot one-dayer would travel to the West Indies for the forthcoming World Cup

12-Feb-2007•Anand Vasu in Mumbai

A first for Tendulkar, and matchwinner Sangakkara

Cricinfo looks at the stats highlights from the Rajkot ODI between India and Sri Lanka

11-Feb-2007•S Rajesh

'I wouldn't say we were complacent' - Dravid

Rahul Dravid did not single out any particular moment where the second one-day international against Sri Lanka was lost, but instead felt India needed one batsman to play a big innings and that just did not happen

11-Feb-2007•Anand Vasu in Rajkot

Sangakkara powers Sri Lanka to thrilling win

Sri Lanka kept their nerve to eke out a thrilling five-run win at Rajkot and take a 1-0 lead in the ODI series

11-Feb-2007•The Bulletin by Siddhartha Vaidyanathan

'We are going into this match with confidence' - Moody

Rain might have ruined their party in Kolkata but Sri Lanka were upbeat ahead of the second ODI and believe they were setting themselves up for a good score when the first match ground to a premature halt

10-Feb-2007•Anand Vasu in Rajkot

No extra pressure on players, says Dravid

Rahul Dravid was keen to underscore the fact that the selection of the squad for the World Cup would not be made simply on the basis of a few matches

10-Feb-2007•Anand Vasu in Rajkot

BCCI settles monetary debt with Bengal board

Amidst the bad news of the abandoned ODI between India and Sri Lanka and the disappointment of near 90,000 fans, there was relief and good news for the CAB as the BCCI released Rs. 8.02 crore (US$ 1,819,625) of the money owed to them

08-Feb-2007•Anand Vasu at Kolkata

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