This is the first time players have been directly targeted by terror attack.

Terror struck at the heart of cricket when masked gunmen attacked the bus carrying the Sri Lankan cricket team to the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore. Five cricketers, including Mahela Jayawardene, the Sri Lankan captain, and his deputy Kumar Sangakkara, received minor injuries. The attack also left six security men and two civilians dead.

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India won the one-off Twenty20 match with Sri Lanka. India came back from nowhere riding on a superlative partnership between the Pathan brothers unbeaten 59 in 25 balls.

India 174 /7in 19.2 , Sri Lanka 171/4 in 20.0 overs

At one stage India were reduced to 115/7 in 15.1 overs having lost Dhoni, R Sharma, and Jadega. In one of the best displays of rearguard action, Yusuf and the Irfan Pathan turned things on the head as India suc... Read More

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Dilshan promoted to Sri Lanka T20 captain.

Sri Lankan officials promoted Tillakaratne Dilshan to captain for the one-off twenty20 match against India on Feb 10 2009.

Some of the players rested/omitted were Test and ODI captain Mahela Jayawardene, wicketkeeper Kumar Sangakkara and spinners Muttiah Muralitharan and Ajantha Mendis

Making the team are Suranga Lakmal newcommer and Lasith Malinga.

One might wonder if this is a vote of no-confidence for Mahela or a chance... Read More

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5th ODI India Sri Lanka.

SriLanka finally came to the party today as their batsman made India suffer. Jayasuriya started the proceedings with some crisp shots and set the momentum for a big score. It was Sri Lanka's day start to finish as they made ammends for some poor cricket for the past 10 days.

As always when Jayasuriya clicks Sri Lanka win. Upon his dismissal it was Sangakara and Dilshan who continued with the scoring at a brisk pace. The batting seemed to have energised... Read More

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India continued their awesome form in ODI's as they are all set to notch one more with in the series making it 4-in-a-row and 9 streaks. Earlier during the day the SriLankan bowlers had no answers for Gautham Ghambir and Dhoni's sensible batting and running between the wickets.

Match Highlights:

India record 9th straight ODI victory

Gambhir make personal best 150

Irfan Pathan: Makes a return to the Squad with 3 wickets

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