Since August 2015, India had lost only two Tests – one against Sri Lanka and the other against Australia. They had won nine consecutive series against Sri Lanka, South Africa, West Indies, New Zealand, England, Australia and Bangladesh – barring two tours of Sri Lanka and the one to the West Indies, …
Rohit recently blasted a record third ODI double ton, leading the home side to a 2-1 win in the three-match rubber against Sri Lanka in the absence of regular skipper Kohli, who took a break to tie the knot with Bollywood actor Anushka Sharma. ALSO READ: I don’t know when I will captain India again, …
Among Kohli, who was at the top with 824 points previously now has 776 points as he did not take part in the three-match series against Sri Lanka. As players lose two per cent of their rating points for each T20I missed, Kohli is now behind Australia’s Aaron Finch (784) and Windies opener Evin Lewis …
Sri Lanka manager Asanka Gurusinha and India coach Ravi Shastri also joined in. Dilruwan Perera finished the over and Sandakan bowled the next before Chandimal stopped play because there were only 10 Sri Lankans on the field. Kohli then decided to declare India’s first innings at 536/7d in 127.5 …
On Saturday in the third Test against Sri Lanka at the Ferozeshah Kotla ground, it was opener Murali Vijay (155) and skipper Virat Kohli (156 n.o.)who piled on the runs, amassing a 283-run third wicket partnership. India No. 3 Cheteshwar Pujara was the…
Virat Kohli and Murali Vijay asserted their dominance over Sri Lanka once again to take India to 371/4 at stumps but suffered hiccups right at the death which provided solace to the visitors. The twin dismissals of Vijay and then Ajinkya Rahane – in a …
The gulf between the two sides was more evident as Kohli at times merely pushed the balls through the gaps and fetched boundaries at will. One sided contests at times can be painful for the spectators and the ruthless demolition of Sri Lanka certainly …
NAGPUR: Rested from the one-dayers against Sri Lanka, Indian captain Virat Kohli is uncertain for the Twenty20 series as well and will decide on his … the Test specialists arrived in India early for the series while a new-look T20 team played against…
Rested from the one-dayers against Sri Lanka, Indian captain Virat Kohli is uncertain for the Twenty20 series as well and will decide on his participation after consulting the team management and the selection committee later this week. “Virat has told…
Virat Kohli has been rested for the one-day series and Rohit Sharma will be leading the Indian team in his place in the three games against Sri Lanka.