The ICC Cricket World Cup Group A clash between Sri Lanka and Australia at Colombo has been abandoned due to rain. Opting to bat first under cloudy conditions, Sri Lanka had reached 146 for three in 32.5 overs before the heavens opened. Both sides pick up a point apiece. The Lions lost three...

Sri Lanka openers Upul Tharanga and Tillakaratne Dilshan's first-wicket stand of 282 in Thursday's match against Zimbabwe was the highest in a ICC Cricket World Cup. It also fell just short of the best one-day international opening partnership of all time, which Tharanga holds with...

Tillakaratne Dilshan was unstoppable against Zimbabwe. He first struck a blistering century and then picked up four wickets to help Sri Lanka register a 139-run win.

Sri Lanka did not disappoint home crowd as they registered a 10-wicket win against England. England won the toss and put up 229 runs on board which Upul Tharanga and Dilshan chased down easily. They duo built the highest opening partnership against England in a World Cup game ever

Sri Lanka beat New Zealand by 5 wickets to reach the final of the 2011 ICC World Cup. Tillakaratne Dilshan and Kumar Sangakkara scored half-centuries to provide stability to Sri Lankan innings in the middle.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni has been selected by Peter Roebuck in his squad of 12 players, which also has Sachin Tendulkar. Apart from Dhoni and Tendulkar, Man-of-the-tournament Yuvraj Singh and joint highest-wicket taker Zaheer Khan are the two other Indians in Roebuck's World Cup squad. The...

New Zealand's Daniel Vettori will be the captain of Royal Challengers Bangalore for the fourth edition of the Indian Premier League, starting April 8 in Chennai. Vettori, who led New Zealand to a record sixth semi-final apperance in the just-concluded World Cup, will replace spin legend...

BANGALORE ROYAL CHALLENGERS Key batsmen: AB de Villiers, Virat Kohli, Tillakaratne Dilshan Key bowlers: Zaheer Khan, Dirk Nannes, Daniel Vettori Best: Runners-up, 2009 Last year: Third Chances: Any team with De Villiers and Dilshan, whose stock rose as he finished top runscorer in...

Sachin Tendulkar, the controller, and Ambati Rayudu, the enforcer, made short work of the below-par target set by Bangalore to give Mumbai their second successive win of the tournament. However, it was with the bat that Bangalore lost the game tonight. It was a strange innings as Bangalore were...

Gayle announced his arrival to the competition by blasting seven sixes and 10 fours en route to a 55-ball 102 against his former franchise as Bangalore chased down Kolkata's 171 with 11 balls to spare. Earlier, batting first after losing the toss, Jacques Kallis, along with Brad Haddin,...