India completed a Test series whitewash over hosts Sri Lanka when the visitors won the third and final match by an innings and 171 runs in Pallekele on Monday.
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) president Thilanga Sumathipala has all but confirmed that his country’s cricket team will play an international match in Pakistan in September or October.
Sri Lanka left-arm spinner Rangana Herath will miss the third and final Test against India, starting on Saturday in Pallekelle, after pulling up with a stiff back.
Sri Lanka captain Dinesh Chandimal says his team still have lot to play for in the final Test against India even though the series was has already been lost.
Ravi Jadeja completed his ninth five-wicket haul in Test cricket as India beat Sri Lanka by an innings and 53 runs in Colombo to take an unassailable two-nil lead in the three-match series.
India continued their dominance over Sri Lanka in the Test series by amassing a mammoth score of 622/9 declared on the second day of the second Test and then dismissing both the home team’s openers by stumps.
Sri Lanka received more bad news on Friday when seamer Nuwan Pradeep was ruled out of bowling for the rest of the ongoing second Test against India in Colombo.
