A rest day in Test matches returns as Sri Lanka announced their two-match home Test series against New Zealand in September. The two-match series forms part of the World Test Championship and both teams will be keen to get into the reckoning for the final of the current cycle.
Resuming on 38/3 on Day Five, wicketkeeper-batsman Jonny Bairstow and debutant Danial Lawrence carried England to their 76-run target inside 35 minutes on the final morning of the Test match.
Besides Foakes' century, England's spin trio of Leach, Moeen and Rashid shared eight wickets between them while seamers Anderson and Curran picked up a wicket each to clean up Lanka for 203.
IPL chairman Rajeev Shukla said that neither BCCI had received any information regarding this, nor its anti-corruption unit had submitted the report on the same.
To get a victory on a surface which is not offering much, that really gives the team the confidence of doing it once more if we get a surface like that, Kohli added.
Perera scored a valiant unbeaten 92 and together with Angelo Mathews (83) had put on 62 runs for the sixth wicket to keep Sri Lanka afloat in their first innings, which eventually finished at 291 runs in Galle Test.
With his 81-run knock against Sri Lanka in Galle, Mukund scored only his second Test half-century after his previous best effort of 62 against the West Indies in Dominica back in 2011.
India extended their lead to a massive 498 by ending the rain-hit third day of the first Test against Sri Lanka at 189/3 at Galle.
"We lost in the Zimbabwe series for the first time ever in Sri Lanka that means we're not performing well," says the former Sri Lanka off-spinner.
Pujara (153) put on a 253-run partnership with Shikhar Dhawan (190) that helped Team India to post a monstrous first innings score of 600 against Sri Lanka in Galle Test.
Pradeep finished with brilliant figures of six for 132 as India amassed 600 in their first innings of the Galle Test.
The hosts were struggling at 154/5 in reply to India's mammoth first innings total of 600 at the end of second day's play in the first Test at Galle.
Upul Tharanga (64) and Angelo Mathews (54*) take Sri Lanka to 154/5 at stumps on Day 2 against India in the first Test in Galle. Mohammed Shami (2/30) and R Ashwin (1/49) picked up wickets for the visitors.
Centurions Dhawan and Pujara shared a 253-run for the second-wicket that helped India to put on a huge score on Day 1 of Galle Test.
Gunaratne hurt his thumb while attempting a catch of India opener Shikhar Dhawan off the bowling of Lahiru Kumara on Day one of Galle Test.
Shikhar Dhawan scored a scintillating hundred against Sri Lanka in the first Test at Galle to swell India's total on Day 1.
Sri Lanka will miss the services of newly-appointed regular Test skipper Dinesh Chandimal who has been laid low with pneumonia.
In an exclusive video posted by bcci.tv, the Indian cricket team gave the fans an insight into the side’s eating habits like never before.
Team India will take on hosts Sri Lanka in the first Test of the three-match series at the Galle International stadium from July 26.
Rahul had to stay back in Colombo for observation because of high fever even though the rest of the squad traveled South on Sunday.
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