Sri Lanka tour of India, 2017

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Herath ruled out of Delhi Test; Jeffrey Vandersay added to SL squad

Veteran Sri Lankan spinner Rangana Herath has been ruled out of the third and final Test match, to be played in Delhi from December 2, after complaining of a sore back. Legbreak bowler Jeffrey Vandersay has been added to the Sri Lanka squad as Herath's replacement.

Left-arm spinner Malinda Pushpakumara was SLC's first choice to replace Herath but the 30-year-old failed the fitness test. Meanwhile, Herath is due to fly home on Thursday (November 30).

Herath ruled out of Delhi Test; Jeffrey Vandersay added to SL squad

 

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Thisara Perera named captain for ODI series against India

Thisara Perera will lead Sri Lanka's ODI team in the three-match series against India beginning December 10. It will be the 28-year old allrounder's first experience of the role in 50-over international cricket, however, he was in charge of a depleted T20I side that played Pakistan in Lahore last month.

Thisara Perera named captain for ODI series against India

 

[Sagar]

What happened to Chandimal? Why he's not leading?

 

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What happened to Chandimal? Why he's not leading?

He might not even make it into the ODI playing XI due to poor performances. Tharanga was the captain for ODI.

 

[Sagar]

He might not even make it into the ODI playing XI due to poor performances. Tharanga was the captain for ODI.

Then get ready for 16 successive losses

 

[Sai Jai]

Thisara Perera named captain for ODI series against India

Thisara Perera will lead Sri Lanka's ODI team in the three-match series against India beginning December 10. It will be the 28-year old allrounder's first experience of the role in 50-over international cricket, however, he was in charge of a depleted T20I side that played Pakistan in Lahore last month.

Thisara Perera named captain for ODI series against India

Yeah deserve the below smileys

 

[Vijay Krish]

Too bad. Srilankan Cricket has gone to the worst ever level. Bangladesh has already become more competitive than Srilanka these days and if they dont have anyone apart from Thisara Perera to lead the side then soon they will fall behind Afganistan and Ireland if they get as many chances to play the best sides like Srilanka do. Although Thesara Perera is an ex-cskian I could never defend him for this troll on him.

 

[Vijay Krish]

Fewest Tests to 300 wickets:
54 R Ashwin*
56 D Lillee
58 M Muralitharan
61 R Hadlee/ M Marshall/ D Steyn
63 S Warne/ A Donald
64 A Donald

Ashwin breaks Dennis Lillee's record exactly 36 years after the latter set it (27 Nov 1981).

Biggest innings wins for India:
inn and 239 runs v SL, Nagpur, 2017*
inn and 239 runs v Ban, Dhaka, 2007
inn and 219 runs v Aus, Kolkata, 1999
inn and 198 runs v NZ, Nagpur, 2010
inn and 171 runs v SL, Pallekele, 2017

Biggest innings defeats for SL:
inn and 239 runs v Ind, Nagpur, 2017*
inn and 229 runs v SA, Cape Town, 2001
inn and 208 runs v SA, Colombo SSC, 1993
inn and 201 runs v Aus, MCG, 2012

Fewest balls to 300 wickets among spinners:
15634 R Ashwin
18501 S Warne
18622 M Muralitharan
19367 R Herath
19867 Harbhajan

Fewest days from debut to 300 Test wickets:
2196 S Warne
2214 R Ashwin
2570 I Botham
2577 G McGrath
2798 S Broad
2822 M Johnson

Highest % of innings defeats inflicted upon an opponent: (excludes Zim & Ban)
25.58 India against SL (11/43)
24.00 SA against SL (6/25)

Most wins as captain after 31 Tests:
23 Ricky Ponting (3 losses)
21 Steve Waugh (5)
20 Virat Kohli (3)
19 M Vaughan (5)

Good compilation of stats. Hope Ashwin keeps this pace of picking wickets in South Africa too. Its time for him to prove a point to every critic of his.

Kohli rested for Sri Lanka ODIs, Rohit Sharma named skipper

India squad for the third Test:

Virat Kohli (Captain), M Vijay, KL Rahul, Shikhar Dhawan, Cheteshwar Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane (Vice- Captain), Rohit Sharma, Wriddhiman Saha, R Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav, Ishant Sharma, Vijay Shankar

India squad for the ODI series:

Rohit Sharma (Captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Ajinkya Rahane, Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Kedar Jadhav, Dinesh Karthik, MS Dhoni (WK), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Siddarth Kaul

Kohli rested for Sri Lanka ODIs, Rohit Sharma named skipper - Cricbuzz

Rohit Sharma deserves this opportunity. He did really well as Captain in IPL even better than Kohli.

no raina... Why they ignoring Raina??

Totally disappointed seeing Rahane being selected and Raina being ignored yet again. An attacking left handed batsmen with useful off-spin and a great fielder will always be missed. May be the selectors ran out of patience with his short ball weekness overseas. But then he has surely improved his technique and deserves a chance.

 

[Sagar]

India have won the toss & elected to bat first...

Teams

India (Playing XI): Shikhar Dhawan, Murali Vijay, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli(c), Ajinkya Rahane, Rohit Sharma, Ravichandran Ashwin, Wriddhiman Saha(w), Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Ishant Sharma

Sri Lanka (Playing XI): Sadeera Samarawickrama, Dimuth Karunaratne, Dhananjaya de Silva, Angelo Mathews, Dinesh Chandimal(c), Niroshan d*ckwella(w), Roshen Silva, Dilruwan Perera, Suranga Lakmal, Lakshan Sandakan, Lahiru Gamage

 

[Sai Jai]

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