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Dashing batsman Tillakaratne Dilshan today (Januaru 23) stepped down as Sri Lanka captain following his side’s dismal performance in South Africa where they lost both the Test and ODI series. Veteran batsman Mahela Jayawardene is likely to replace him as captain but Sri Lanka Cricket is yet to make any formal announcement.

Subscribe ow.ly | Facebook ow.ly | Twitter ow.ly “We probably fell a few runs short if we are fair with ourselves. It possibly comes because we were in such a good position. Uz played an unbelievable knock to get us into that position. And we probably looked at getting too many, it wasn’t a 160 wicket and sometimes when you do that, you fall well short and that happened to us. But hopefully we will learn from that but it was a fantastic effort from the bowlers to restrict like that. We knew the new ball was going to be crucial and from there on in, it’s always difficult to score in that middle period, especially with our spinners operating. And we are used to those types of conditions as we get them in Kolkata.”

Goalkeeper S Sreejesh stole the limelight with two crucial saves as India defeated arch-rivals Pakistan 4-2 via penalty shootout in a nerve-wrecking final to clinch the inaugural Asian Champions Trophy hockey tournament in Ordos on Sunday (September 11)

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A billion-plus fans in India would be expecting a record 100th ton when Sachin Tendulkar walks out to bat against England in the first Test at Lord’s but that is the last thing on the batting maestro’s mind as he simply wants to enjoy during the tour.

A Surat builder now owns the Ferrari presented to Sachin Tendulkar by Michael Schumacher on behalf of Fiat in 2002 when he equalled Sir Don Bradman’s record of 29 Test centuries.

Mathew Hayden’s record for the fastest century in the World Cup is broken by Irish Kevin O’brien who was playing against England.