Australia A, India A and South Africa A would like to win the seven-match ODI tri-series but they might be just as content finding solutions to make their respective first XIs stronger

Plays of the day from the second ODI between Sri Lanka and Pakistan in Pallekele

Kusal Perera hit the second-fastest ODI fifty in history, but Pakistan still made Sri Lanka huff and puff to run down a target of 288

Ambati Rayudu and Stuart Binny added 160 runs together - the highest sixth-wicket stand for India in ODIs - in a last-ball four-run win

Not long ago the gold standard in ODIs, India run the risk of falling behind the times. A weak bench doesn't help

Notwithstanding Suresh Raina's utility in ODIs, he has never quite been a full-fledged match-winner. MS Dhoni will hope Raina can change that in his new role at No 6

Despite India's 1-2 loss to Bangladesh, Suresh Raina has said that one poor show during an otherwise prosperous season is not grounds to vilify the team

Sudhir Gautam, the India fan who paints himself in the tri-color and follows the team, has been given police protection for the third ODI against Bangladesh in Mirpur because he felt "threatened" after an incident outside the Shere Bangla National Stadium

R Ashwin has mounted a strong defence of MS Dhoni's leadership saying he would "die on the field" if his captain asked him to

After whitewashing Zimbabwe and Pakistan in their last two home ODI series, Bangladesh will complete a hat-trick if they beat India in the third ODI in Mirpur

MS Dhoni said Ajinkya Rahane was left out of the second ODI because he tends to struggle in the middle order on pitches that are slow, and there are no vacancies in the top order

Chances of success are greater when Virat Kohli is new at the crease. If ever he is nervous, it is then, that the sucker ball has to be rolled out. If he isn't in the best position, you get lucky

Rohit Sharma, amid dead-batting queries over if India were under cooked or caught off-guard in the first ODI, said the stakes both they and Bangladesh had on the line could be a contributing factor to the way things progress

India's ODI captain MS Dhoni and Bangladesh's debutant Mustafizur Rahman have been fined for their collision during the first ODI in Mirpur

India have mastered the template for big chases over the last few years. On Thursday, however, they came unstuck against a bunch of hungry Bangladesh pacers

MS Dhoni admitted that India's comprehensive defeat to Bangladesh would "hurt" and attributed it to a "lack of partnerships"

Mental scars do not go away quickly and at the moment, even the slightest disruption appears to throw him completely off his game

MS Dhoni believes India have a stable top order that could last them through the 2017 Champions Trophy and into the 2019 World Cup, though he did not mention if he considered himself among the batting core that would last the next four years

A full-strength India take on an improving Bangladesh in the format both teams take to best