A back injury forced Yuvraj Singh to miss out Pune Warriors India's first home game of the season. © BCCI

Steady Chennai host shaky Pune

Pune will miss Angelo Mathews, their captain, as they take on Chennai in a bid to get their campaign back on track

Chennai boasts of, on paper, the strongest Indian contingent in the IPL. © AFP

Two-time winners, always favourites

The Chennai Super Kings remain the team to beat in the Indian Premier League. How far can they go in 2013?

Sri Lanka team. © AFP

Herath strikes leave Bangladesh in a spin

Left-arm spinner’s three wickets leave Bangladesh 158 for 4, with a lead of just 52 with two days remaining

Mushfiqur Rahim will hope that his batsmen show their mettle once again. © AFP

Rahim stars in record-breaking batting effort

Rahim hits first Test double-hundred by a Bangladeshi as team records its highest total ever

Mahela Jayawardene and Mitchell Starc© Getty Images

Rain forces play to be abandoned in Sydney

The fourth One-Day International between Australia and Sri Lanka at the Sydney Cricket Ground was abandoned after rain halted play on Sunday (January 20) with Sri Lanka chasing 223 runs to take the…

Nuwan Kulasekara took five for 22. © Getty Images

Sri Lanka stutter to four-wicket win

Sri Lanka found prodigious swing on Friday (January 18) to shoot out Australia for 74 runs, their lowest One-Day International total in 27 years, and take a 2-1 lead in the series. The…

Mahela Jayawardene. © Getty Images

Hostile crowds don’t faze us: Jayawardene

Sri Lanka are yet to win a single Test on Australian soil, but Mahela Jayawardene, the Sri Lankan captain, wanted to change that statistic before he relinquished captaincy at the end of the…

Dimuth Karunaratne will have his task cut out on a lively Hobart pitch. © AFP

Karunaratne to open batting with Dilshan in Hobart Test

The Sri Lankan team management picked Dimuth Karunaratne to open the batting with Tillakaratne Dilshan in the first Test against Australia in Hobart starting on Friday (December 14). Karunaratne, who made 0 and…