Bangladesh team arrives in Sri Lanka for two-match Test series
Cricket | April 12, 2021 18:13 ISTThe visiting team will be in a bio-bubble at a resort in the western coastal town of Negombo before playing a two-day warm-up game at Katunayake.
The visiting team will be in a bio-bubble at a resort in the western coastal town of Negombo before playing a two-day warm-up game at Katunayake.
A Sri Lankan beauty pageant made it to the headlines after high voltage drama was witnessed on the stage when reigning Mrs. World and 2019 Mrs. Sri Lanka, Caroline Jurie snatched the crown from this year's winner Pushpika De Silva.
Ahead of upcoming Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National President J P Nadda attended a public meeting at Modakurichi, Erode on April 3 and said Prime Minister Narendra Modi is the first PM who visited Jaffna and ensured safety of Tamil Nadu minorities.
Sri Lanka entered the final day 347 runs behind the West Indies after trailing by 376 when the home team declared its second innings on Thursday at 280-4.
Sri Lanka has temporarily halted its COVID-19 vaccination programme as there was a delay in securing more AstraZeneca vaccines from the Serum Institute of India, a top health minister has said.
The experienced opener scored a patient 85 which, along with half-centuries from Kyle Mayers and Jason Holder, allowed West Indies to declare at 280/4.
Only 40.3 overs were bowled on a day that saw four rain interruptions.
Dinesh Chandimal and Dhananjaya de Silva put in an unbroken fourth-wicket partnership of 59 as Sri Lanka end the day at 136-3, 218 runs behind.
The West Indies captain's stands of 71 with Kyle Mayers, 51 with Holder, and an unbeaten 65 with Rakheem Cornwall ensured they finished the first day on top
Perera is the ninth cricketer in the world to have achieved this feat in professional cricket, after Garfield Sobers, Ravi Shastri, Herschelle Gibbs, Yuvraj Singh, Ross Whiteley, Hazratullah Zazai, Leo Carter and recently Kieron Pollard.
When stumps were drawn early, the West Indies were 236-4, with Bonner 113 not out and Jason Holder on 13.
Starting 102 runs behind on the first innings, Sri Lanka reached 476 in its second innings for a lead of 374.
Ahead of the voting, India said that as an immediate neighbour, it has contributed to the relief, resettlement, rehabilitation and reconstruction process in Sri Lanka after 2009.
Cornwall was 60 not out at stumps, the first Antiguan to score a Test half-century at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium.
Yusuf was adjudged man of the match for scoring 62 and backing that up with two for 26 with the ball.
Holder's spell broke the back of the innings and he then ripped through the lower half of the batting.
The Windies new Test captain celebrated his first Test in charge against Sri Lanka as he ran out Oshada Fernandes with a direct him as former skipper Jason Holder picks five-for.
India Legends successfully defended their total at the Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh International Stadium in Raipur against Sri Lanka Legends to bag the maiden Road Safety World Series trophy.
Sri Lankans romped home to a comfortable win chasing down a 126-run target with 16 balls to spare.
South African Muslim organisations have called on the country’s foreign minister to intervene in the proposed Sri Lankan ban on the burqa and closure of hundreds of Islamic schools.
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