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Suryakumar Yadav, Deepak Chahar ruled out of Sri Lanka T20Is due to injury

The three-match T20 series against Sri Lanka starts in Lucknow on February 24

The Hindu

Sri Lanka imposes rolling power cuts as cash crisis deepens

Authorities in Sri Lanka are imposing rolling power cuts across the island nation as its deepening financial crisis leads to shortages of fuel and handicaps its power grid

The Independent UK

‘They were transforming their countries’: South Asian architecture after British rule

A MoMA exhibition takes a new look at the modernist structures that defined Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka after independence

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Sri Lanka inflation hits record high as crisis worsens

Colombo (AFP) - Sri Lanka's inflation hit a record high for the fourth consecutive month, official data showed Tuesday as an economic crisis driven by a crippling foreign exchange shortage worsens.

AFP

Animal rescue with just week's costs left faces closure - and 2,000 dogs could die

Founder of Animal SOS Sri Lanka, Kim Cooling, is desperately pleading for urgent help to save thousands of abused, disabled and vulnerable dogs from death as funds run dry

Daily Mirror

Sri Lanka completes return of illegal waste to Britain

Colombo (AFP) - Sri Lanka shipped out to Britain on Monday the last of several hundred containers filled with thousands of tonnes of illegally imported waste, officials said.

AFP

‘Name the person’: Cricketers back Wriddhiman Saha over WhatsApp ‘threat’

WhatsApp messages sent by an unidentified “journalist” to Wriddhiman Saha, an Indian wicketkeeper not picked for the Test series against Sri Lanka, have triggered a controversy.

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Aus vs SL T20 | Mendis, Shanaka guide Sri Lanka to 5-wicket win in 5th T20

Australia won the T20 series 4-1

The Hindu

Mendis slams 69 as Sri Lanka win 5th and final T20 against Australia

Melbourne (AFP) - Kusal Mendis hit an unbeaten match-winning 69 and skipper Dasun Shanaka blasted 35 as Sri Lanka won the fifth and final Twenty20 against Australia by five wickets on Sunday to prevent a series whitewash.

AFP

Sri Lanka scores thrilling T20 win v Aust

Star batter Kusal Mendis has lifted Sri Lanka to a consolation Twenty20 victory, with the tourists defeating Australia by five wickets with a ball to spare.

AAP

Australia falls to Sri Lanka in five-wicket loss in fifth T20 international at MCG

With just one ball to spare, Sri Lanka secures a five-wicket victory over Australia in the fifth and final T20 international at the MCG.

ABC News

Kohli, Pant rested for T20Is

Virat Kohli and Rishabh Pant have been rested for the three T20Is against Sri Lanka, which starts at Lucknow on Feb. 24.

The Hindu

Rohit Sharma to lead in Tests; Pujara, Rahane, Ishant, Saha dropped for Sri Lanka series

Rookie Uttar Pradesh left-arm spinner Saurabh Kumar is the only new face in the Test squad

The Hindu

Untroubled Australia crush Sri Lanka by six wickets in fourth T20

Chasing 140, the home side suffered some early jitters before the middle order steadied the ship, cruising to 143-4 with 11 balls to spare

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Sri Lankan energy crisis worsens

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s state-run petroleum company has run out of cash to buy oil, and fuel shortages across the country could get worse, the energy minister said on Friday.

AFP

Nissanka makes 46 but Sri Lanka slump to 139-8 in 4th T20 against Australia

Melbourne (AFP) - Opener Pathum Nissanka was the shining light with 46 as Sri Lanka collapsed to 139 for eight in the fourth Twenty20 clash against Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Friday.

AFP

Sri Lanka out of cash to buy oil: minister

Colombo (AFP) - Sri Lanka's state-run petroleum company has run out of cash to buy oil, and fuel shortages across the country could get worse, the energy minister said Friday.

AAP

Inglis fires again in Australia's T20 win

Josh Inglis has put his name in contention for Australia's World Cup defence, hitting a blazing 40 in a comfortable six-wicket win over Sri Lanka at the MCG.

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ABC News

Australia beats Sri Lanka by six wickets in fourth T20 international at MCG

A change of venue doesn't change the result, as Australia gets the better of Sri Lanka in the fourth T20 international at the MCG. Check out the scores and stats.

The Hindu

Foreign naval officers complete training at Kochi Naval Base

Thirteen officers from Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Myanmar and Nigeria completed Anti-Submarine Warfare Specialisation Course at Anti-Submarine Warfare School at the Naval Base here on Thursday.

The Hindu

Thousands of Crimson Rose butterflies fly across ocean from India towards Sri Lanka

The butterflies have been flying from Dhanushkodi across the Indian Ocean over the last few days, fuel-stopping at the beach for nectar

AAP

Opener Agar unlocks Australia T20 options

Australia could have stumbled on a new formula for their T20 World Cup defence, with Ashton Agar opening the batting against Sri Lanka in Canberra.

Daily Mirror

Australia star Mitchell Starc bowls wide no-ball 'worse than Steve Harmison's'

Brett Lee claimed a wide no-ball that Mitchell Starc bowled in Australia's T20I match against Sri Lanka was worse than Steve Harmison's infamous effort during the 2006-07 Ashes series

The Hindu

BCCI announces revised schedule for Sri Lanka series, T20s to be played first

Virat Kohli is expected to play his 100th Test in Mohali from March 4-8

The Hindu

Sri Lankan FM to visit India to formalise economic relief package

“The close integration of our economy with India would be very beneficial, one third of our tourist arrivals are from India.”

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