Sri Lanka’s Dhananjaya de Silva will replace injured team-mate Kusal Perera at the Champions Trophy tournament in England and Wales, the International Cricket Council announced on Saturday. Perera suffered a hamstring injury in Sri Lanka’s seven-wicket victory over defending champions India at the Oval on Thursday. In the process, he became the second Sri Lanka … Read more
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi heads to Sri Lanka on Thursday on a charm offensive as New Delhi seeks to reassert its influence on the island amid signs of a Chinese comeback. Sri Lanka’s President Maithripala Sirisena came to power in January 2015 promising to loosen ties with China after a decade of hefty funding … Read more
Sri Lanka skipper Angelo Mathews will miss the remaining fixtures of Bangladesh’s tour after being ruled out of the Twenty20 matches starting in Colombo on Tuesday. Mathews — who returned home in January halfway through the tour of South Africa after twisting his ankle — also missed Sri Lanka’s Test and ODI matches against the … Read more
Sri Lanka captain Upul Tharanga won the toss and elected to field in the first one-day international of a three-match series against Bangladesh at Rangiri International Stadium in Dambulla on Saturday. Bangladesh handed off-spinner Mehedi Hasan his debut in the ODI after his fine performance in the preceding two-Test series which ended in 1-1 draw. … Read more