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Preview to the second Test between Sri Lanka and India, at Galle

Mahela Jayawardene has emphasised the familiar conditions in Galle, where Sri Lanka have won ten of their twelve matches, ahead of the second Test

Anil Kumble is a man of few words when it comes to addressing the media before, during and after a match but his crisp verdict that India need to win in Galle at any cost was the most forthright he's been this series

Trevor Bayliss expects India to come back hard in Galle after being drubbed by an innings and 239 runs inside four days in the first Test at the SSC in Colombo

Robin Singh, India's fielding coach, has worked with the players on their close-in catching in the nets after dropped catches affected India's performance in the first Test against Sri Lanka in Colombo

The Sri Lankan selectors have added Dammika Prasad, a right-arm fast-medium bowler to the squad for the second Test against India starting at Galle on Thursday

Arjuna Ranatunga has sent a letter to the Sri Lankan players asking them to give priority to their tour of England over the Indian Premier League (IPL) next year. The letter is believed to have been written in a personal capacity

Arjuna Ranatunga, former Sri Lankan captain, has criticised India's batsmen for playing in Twenty20 mode and said they lacked focus

Sri Lanka won the first Test in a little over three days and Mahela Jayawardene said he was surprised by the way India folded up. Muttiah Muralitharan and Ajantha Mendis shared 19 wickets between them as India slumped to an innings and 239-run defeat

Jamie Alter recaps the Plays of the day from the fourth day of the first Test between Sri Lanka and India at the SSC

Just before lunch on the fourth day, the umpiring review system had its first tryst with serious controversy when Virender Sehwag was given out lbw after umpire Mark Benson had initially ruled him not out

In a match dominated by not one but two smiling assassins, Sri Lanka completely destroyed the Indian batting line-up twice over to script their best win at home

An under-pressure Tillakaratne Dilshan took advantage of a tired and insipid bowling line-up to rack up quick runs, and his fifth Test century

Dileep Premachandran recaps the Plays of the day from the third day of the first Test between Sri Lanka and India at the SSC

Muttiah Muralitharan and Ajantha Mendis shook the SCC pitch out of its slumber after the Sri Lankan batsmen given them a mountain of runs as a cushion, and the new-ball bowlers had done their bit in taking the shine off the ball

Dileep Premachandran rewinds the Plays of the day from the second day at the SSC

Executive board will hope to arrive at a consensus among the eight participating nations on the issue of staging the Champions Trophy in Pakistan this September

On a slow, benign SSC track, the Sri Lankan batsmen accumulated ruthlessly, and looked set for an imposing total that could rule out a defeat, helped along the way by the Indian fielders who did not accept some of the half-chances that came their way

When external factors limit the opening day of a Test series to 22 overs, the time squeezed in assumes greater significance

Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) has appointed Charith Senanayake as the manager of the national team following an intervention by Gamini Lokuge, the country's sports minister