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Sri Lanka, new leader in tow, look to keep series alive

An injury and a suspension mean Sri Lanka are depleted going into the third ODI. Will India clinch the series or will the hosts, under new captain Kapugedera, manage to pull one back?

26-Aug-2017•The Preview by Andrew Fidel Fernando

SL bring Chandimal, Thirimanne in place of Gunathilaka, Tharanga

The two batsmen have been brought in for the remainder of the ODI series after Danushka Gunathilaka was ruled out due to a shoulder injury and Upul Tharanga was suspended for two matches

25-Aug-2017•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Realised offbreaks wouldn't help on this track - Dananjaya

Akila Dananjaya, who took 6 for 54, realised early on that the offbreak wouldn't be helpful against India in Pallekele and switched to bowling legbreaks and googlies instead

25-Aug-2017•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Wanted to play Dananjaya as someone who bowls googlies - Bhuvneshwar

Bhuvneshwar Kumar revealed that he was especially mindful of Dananjaya's incoming delivery and walked in with a plan to counter it, after hauling India to an improbable win in the second ODI

25-Aug-2017•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Dhoni, Bhuvneshwar trump Dananjaya's 6 for 54

Bhuvneshwar Kumar and MS Dhoni added an unbroken 100, an Indian record for the eighth wicket, to turn the tables on Sri Lanka and lead India to a three-wicket win

24-Aug-2017•The Report by Alagappan Muthu

Pothas 'very happy' with 'hugely supportive' SLC

The interim coach was earlier critical of fickle selections following the nine-wicket loss in Dambulla, but has now struck an optimistic note about the team's prospects

23-Aug-2017•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Onus on youngsters to lift Sri Lanka out of the pits

India would not have expected their successes to come quite as easily as they have so far on this tour. There's little to suggest the trend will be bucked in Pallekele

23-Aug-2017•The Preview by Andrew Fidel Fernando

Sri Lanka fans hold up team bus to express displeasure

The fan demonstration - shouting slogans and hooting - delayed the Sri Lankan team's departure by close to half an hour after their drubbing in the opening ODI

21-Aug-2017•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Coach Nic Pothas critical of Sri Lanka's fickle selections

The interim coach has also expressed his annoyance at outsiders meddling in team matters

20-Aug-2017•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Dhawan leads brutal rout of Sri Lanka

After India's spinners dismissed the hosts for 216, Shikhar Dhawan smashed an unbeaten 132 of 90 balls to finish the chase in 28.5 overs

20-Aug-2017•The Report by Alagappan Muthu

'Ready to lose a few games if we need to try out something'

Virat Kohli has said India will not be afraid of taking risks and experimenting with players in different roles in order to discover the best combination ahead of the 2019 World Cup

19-Aug-2017•ESPNcricinfo staff

Can ailing Sri Lanka spring a surprise?

India have runs, wickets, form and confidence on their side. Sri Lanka have the distant memory of that Oval victory and familiarity with conditions on theirs

19-Aug-2017•The Preview by Andrew Fidel Fernando

Rohit 'not thinking too much' about vice-captaincy

India's ODI opener reflects on a decade in international cricket and how he spent the days sitting out of the Test series against Sri Lanka

16-Aug-2017•ESPNcricinfo staff

Thisara, Siriwardana return to ODI squad

Sri Lanka's squad for the five-match series against India also includes Malinda Pushpakumara and Vishwa Fernando, who are yet to make their ODI debuts

15-Aug-2017•ESPNcricinfo staff

Players mature quickly under new team culture - Kohli

This Indian team has rid itself of a culture in which newcomers were judged, according to Virat Kohli

14-Aug-2017•Sidharth Monga in Pallekele

'Worst series loss of my career' - Chandimal

Not once could Sri Lanka push a Test match to the fifth day and the new captain Dinesh Chandimal felt quite badly about that

14-Aug-2017•Andrew Fidel Fernando in Pallekele

'If Dhoni is not delivering, we will have to look at alternatives' - MSK Prasad

The chairman of selectors admitted MS Dhoni was not an automatic selection anymore, and made it clear that the next few months will see a lot of rotation in the ODI squad

14-Aug-2017•Sidharth Monga in Pallekele

Ashwin, Shami lead three-day rout as India complete whitewash

R Ashwin and Mohammed Shami finished with combined second-innings figures of 43.3-12-100-7 as India completed a 3-0 whitewash with an innings win in Pallekele

14-Aug-2017•The Report by Karthik Krishnaswamy

Don't remember when I last scored hundred - Pandya

After scoring his first Test hundred - also his first official one - the India allrounder was so intoxicated that he just started blurting things out

13-Aug-2017•Sidharth Monga in Pallekele

Yuvraj dropped; Ashwin, Jadeja rested for Sri Lanka ODIs

Yuvraj Singh and wicketkeepers Dinesh Karthik and Rishabh Pant have been omitted from India's squad for the limited-overs leg of the Sri Lanka tour

13-Aug-2017•ESPNcricinfo staff

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