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Bengaluru pitch gets 'below average' rating from ICC match referee

Javagal Srinath says the surface didn't offer an even contest between bat and ball

20-Mar-2022•ESPNcricinfo staff

Test rankings: Bumrah No. 4 in bowlers' list, Karunaratne at career-best No. 5 among batters

Test rankings: Bumrah No. 4 in bowlers' list, Karunaratne at career-best No. 5 among batters

Jason Holder returns to the top spot for allrounders following the Antigua Test against England

16-Mar-2022•ESPNcricinfo staff

Rohit: 'Pant is somebody who can change the game in 40 minutes'

Rohit: 'Pant is somebody who can change the game in 40 minutes'

"His keeping was the best I've seen", says India's Test captain

14-Mar-2022•Andrew Fidel Fernando

India brush aside Sri Lanka despite Dimuth Karunaratne's resistance

India brush aside Sri Lanka despite Dimuth Karunaratne's resistance

R Ashwin and Jasprit Bumrah shared seven between them to wrap up a dominant series sweep

14-Mar-2022•Shashank Kishore

Bumrah, Pant and Iyer leave Sri Lanka struggling to survive

Bumrah, Pant and Iyer leave Sri Lanka struggling to survive

Having set a target of 447, India made an early incision in the last half hour of day two

13-Mar-2022•Sidharth Monga

Shreyas Iyer: On this pitch, a fifty feels like a century

Shreyas Iyer: On this pitch, a fifty feels like a century

"You can't just play very negatively on that wicket and just keep defending the ball," he says after hitting 92 off 98

13-Mar-2022•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Sri Lanka in strife after Shreyas Iyer gives India 252 on turning track

Sri Lanka in strife after Shreyas Iyer gives India 252 on turning track

The pitch offered square turn and uncertain bounce from ball one, but it was India's pacers who did all the damage at the top

12-Mar-2022•Karthik Krishnaswamy

Karunaratne wants Sri Lanka to 'reverse a little pressure' and put plans 'in motion' during pink-ball Test

Karunaratne wants Sri Lanka to 'reverse a little pressure' and put plans 'in motion' during pink-ball Test

Sri Lanka captain to go with two spinners for the Test as he hopes the team can give the retiring Suranga Lakmal a 'great farewell'

11-Mar-2022•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Injury-hit Sri Lanka run into pink ball and red-hot India

Injury-hit Sri Lanka run into pink ball and red-hot India

This will be the last Test for Suranga Lakmal. Can Sri Lanka make it a memorable one for him?

11-Mar-2022•Hemant Brar

Jasprit Bumrah: 'We're still very new' to pink-ball cricket

Jasprit Bumrah: 'We're still very new' to pink-ball cricket

"We are not used to catching the pink ball, bowling with the pink ball, and as batters, playing against the pink ball"

11-Mar-2022•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Pathum Nissanka out of second Test with back injury

Pathum Nissanka out of second Test with back injury

Dushmantha Chameera not available for selection either as he recovers from an ankle injury

11-Mar-2022•ESPNcricinfo staff

Axar Patel returns to India squad for second Test in Bengaluru

Axar Patel returns to India squad for second Test in Bengaluru

The left-arm spinner, who has recovered from a shin injury and a bout of Covid-19, has replaced Kuldeep Yadav

07-Mar-2022•ESPNcricinfo staff

India vs Sri Lanka Test series: Bengaluru will allow spectators, Mohali to keep doors closed

India vs Sri Lanka Test series: Bengaluru will allow spectators, Mohali to keep doors closed

Most of the Indian cricketers are expected to join their IPL teams after the second Test in a bubble-to-bubble transfer

26-Feb-2022•ESPNcricinfo staff

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