The Latest Breaking News from Pallekele

Pathum Nissanka hits remarkable century as Sri Lanka beat Australia by eight wickets to leave Mitchell Marsh’s side on the brink of elimination

Australia's Twenty20 World Cup hopes could be over if they are beaten by co-hosts Sri Lanka in Pallekele, with a path to the Super Eight stage far from clear.

NEW DELHI: Sri Lanka set an unwanted record for the most defeats in T20I history following their loss to India in the third and final match of the series in Pallekele.

NEW DELHI: In a dramatic finish to the third and final T20I of the series in Pallekele, India pulled off an astonishing victory against Sri Lanka, completing a 3-0 clean sweep. The hosts required just 9 runs off the last two overs with six wickets in hand, but the game…

NEW DELHI: India pulled off an astonishing victory against Sri Lanka, completing a 3-0 clean sweep, in a nail-biting finish to the third and final T20I of the series in Pallekele.

NEW DELHI: Sri Lanka needed 30 runs off the last 30 balls with nine wickets in hand against India but they stuttered again as Suryakumar Yadav took the 3rd T20I at Pallekele into a Super Over on Tuesday.

NEW DELHI: Suryakumar Yadav is known to play match-winning innings with the bat. But the third T20I against Sri Lanka saw the Indian captain for the series rolling his arm over and taking the match into a Super Over at Pallekele on Tuesday.

NEW DELHI: India all-rounder Axar Patel has praised new T20I captain Suryakumar Yadav for being a "bowlers' captain" who allows bowlers the freedom to execute their plans. This commendation followed India's 43-run victory over Sri Lanka in the first match of their T20I series in Pallekele on Saturday, where Yadav's…

India's new T20I era of Gautam Gambhir and Suryakumar Yadav as the coach-captain duo began with a convincing 43-run win for the visitors against Sri Lanka in the first T20I of the three-match series in Pallekele on Saturday.