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Players mature quickly under new team culture - Kohli

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

'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

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

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

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

Pandya's maiden ton headlines 15-wicket day

Pandya's maiden ton headlines 15-wicket day

Hardik Pandya's maiden Test hundred was the highlight of a triumphant second day for India, who made Sri Lanka follow on for the second successive Test match

13-Aug-2017•The Report by Karthik Krishnaswamy

Need to make first-class pitches suited to fast bowlers - Vaas

Need to make first-class pitches suited to fast bowlers - Vaas

Sri Lanka's bowling coach has drawn attention to the tendency to produce spin-friendly pitches in first-class cricket that are stifling the development of quick bowlers

12-Aug-2017•Andrew Fidel Fernando in Pallekele

Sri Lanka fight back after Dhawan-Rahul stand

Sri Lanka fight back after Dhawan-Rahul stand

On a day of two halves, Sri Lanka's bowlers fought back after a 188-run opening stand between Shikhar Dhawan and KL Rahul, taking six wickets for 141 to leave the Pallekele Test nicely poised

12-Aug-2017•The Report by Karthik Krishnaswamy

Chandimal banks on Kumara, Fernando to fill void

Chandimal banks on Kumara, Fernando to fill void

The Sri Lanka captain has pinned his hopes on the inexperienced quicks to deliver in the absence of injured seniors Nuwan Pradeep and Suranga Lakmal

11-Aug-2017•Andrew Fidel Fernando in Pallekele

Sri Lanka pin hopes on quicks to avoid whitewash

Sri Lanka pin hopes on quicks to avoid whitewash

Both teams have lost an influential spinner - Ravindra Jadeja and Rangana Herath, but India still appear to have all bases covered on a green Pallekele surface

11-Aug-2017•The Preview by Andrew Fidel Fernando in Pallekele

Pitch 'doesn't matter' for Kuldeep's practical approach

Pitch 'doesn't matter' for Kuldeep's practical approach

The left-arm wristspinner, who is likely to replace the suspended Ravindra Jadeja, says he is happy to bide his time and learn from India's frontline spinners

09-Aug-2017•Sidharth Monga in Pallekele

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