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Colombo: Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has declared a nationwide public emergency amidst a spate of protests, including outside his house, over the worst economic crisis in the island nation. Rajapaksa issued a special gazette notification late on Friday night, declaring a public emergency in Sri Lanka with immediate effect from April 1. In the […]
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Colombo: Amid the financial crisis, Sri Lanka will be experiencing 10-hour daily power cuts from Wednesday, announced Public Utilities Commission of the island nation. The Ceylon Electricity Board said in a statement that they were “compelled to take demand management measures due to inadequate power generation, as a result of fuel shortage and unavailability of […]
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Rising debt, shrinking foreign reserves, dismal fiscal and the pandemic are sinking the island nation Sri Lanka needs to make nearly $7 billion in payments on foreign loans this year. And its foreign reserves are dwindling fast. It faces huge debt obligations and is grappling with its worst economic meltdown since independence in 1948. The […]
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Grappling with the worst economic crisis since its independence, Sri Lanka gets a lifeline with India pitching in with a big help and extending a $1bn credit line to buy urgently needed food and medicines. Gestures such as this will generate goodwill for India and help in resetting the bilateral ties that suffered a strain […]
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Bengaluru: India scored an emphatic 238-run victory against Sri Lanka on Monday as they bowled out the visitors for 208 in the second innings of the second Test at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium here. Rohit Sharma-led team wrapped up the Test match inside three days and have swept the two-match series 2-0. Resuming the post-Tea […]
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Bengaluru: India declared their second innings at 303 for 9 during the final session of the second day to set Sri Lanka a mammoth target of 447 runs to win the second Test here on Sunday. India made the declaration when Axar Patel was out for 9 after India had played 68.5 overs in their […]
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Bengaluru: Shreyas Iyer who played a pivotal role in taking India’s total to 252 in the first innings of the second Test revealed how much the half-century on Day 1 at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium against Sri Lanka meant to him. Iyer scored 92 of 98 balls hitting 10 fours and four sixes on Saturday. […]
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Bengaluru: India were bowled out for 252 in their first inning by Sri Lanka at dinner break despite a brilliant innings by Shreyas Iyer (92 off 98) on the opening day of the second and final Test (pink ball game) at the Chinnaswamy Stadium, here on Saturday. Resuming the second session at 93/4, runs came […]
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Bengaluru: India captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and opted to bat against Sri Lanka in the second and final Test (Pink Ball game) at the Chinnaswamy Stadium, here on Saturday. Speaking at the toss, Rohit informed that India have brought in Axar Patel in place of Jayant Yadav for this day/night match. “We are […]
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Bengaluru: Chasing an elusive international hundred for 28 months now, Virat Kohli would hope for a turnaround at his ‘spiritual home’ when India take on an under-prepared Sri Lanka in the second Test, with the action unfolding under flood lights, here from Saturday. Interestingly, the last time Kohli reached a three-figure mark, it was a […]
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New Delhi: Rajasthan Royals on Friday appointed former Sri Lankan pacer Lasith Malinga as their fast-bowling coach ahead of the upcoming IPL 2022 season. The 38-year-old T20 World Cup-winning captain Malinga, who represented Sri Lanka in 340 matches across the three formats and picked up 546 wickets, will oversee the preparation of bowling strategies in […]
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Bengaluru: Fit-again all-rounder Axar Patel has replaced left-arm wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav for India’s second Test against Sri Lanka, beginning here on Saturday. The Indian team management has released Kuldeep from the squad. Axar had been recovering from a shin injury that had forced him to miss the South Africa tour and the T20 series […]
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Hyderabad: Telangana’s swimmer Shaik Sajida clinches four gold medals in the Indo- Sri Lanka Masters Swimming meet at the Thurstan college aquatic club, Colombo, Sri Lanka on Saturday. She won gold in the 200 meters backstroke, 100 meters backstroke, 50 meters freestyle, 50 meters butterfly stroke events. Now you can get handpicked stories from Telangana […]
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Mohali: Ravindra Jadeja’s superb all-round show put India firmly on course for a big innings victory, his five-wicket haul helping the hosts end Sri Lanka’s first innings at 174 on the third day of the first Test here. With 400 runs behind India’s first innings score of 574, Sri Lanka, after following on, reached 10 […]
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Mohali: An unbeaten 102 from Ravindra Jadeja and a gorgeous 61 by Ravichandran Ashwin lifted India to 468/7 against Sri Lanka on day two of opening Test at the IS Bindra PCA Stadium on Saturday. At lunch, Jadeja is still at the crease with Jayant Yadav (2 not out) giving him company. It was a […]
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Mohali: India reached 109 for two at lunch on the first day of the opening Test against Sri Lanka here on Friday. Hanuma Vihari and Virat Kohli, who is playing his landmark 100th Test, were at the crease on 30 and 15, respectively when lunch was taken. Lahiru Kumara and Lasith Embuldeniya picked one wicket […]
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Hyderabad: Former Indian team coach Ravi Shastri lavished praises on Virat Kohli, who is set to appear in his 100th Test for the country when India take on Sri Lanka in the first Test in Mohali on Friday. Shastri, who was in Hyderabad to inaugurate Coaching Beyond cricket academy, said playing 100 Tests for a […]
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Mohali: Senior India batter Virat Kohli said he had never thought that he would play 100 Test matches for India in a long journey of playing the longest format of the game. Kohli made his Test debut against the West Indies in 2011, making just 4 and 15. But the low-key debut paved the path […]
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Hyderabad: Virat Kohli is slated to play his 100th Test at Mohali against Sri Lanka. The match will begin on Friday. A host of cricketers and journalists are taking to social media platforms to congratulate him on this remarkable milestone. Koo App ”विराट टेस्ट क्रिकेट के लिए एकदम सही ब्रांड एंबेसडर हैं” ”कोहली ने अपनी […]
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Mohali: Hailed by many as the ”Last of the Mohicans” in cricket’s purest format, Virat Kohli will be focused on making his 100th appearance memorable while “white-ball legend” Rohit Sharma plots the demolition of an out-of-depth Sri Lanka as India’s 35th Test captain in the series-opener starting here on Friday. If one looks back at […]
