3 min readUpdated: Aug 11, 2026 02:00 PM IST Sarfaraz Khan should be picked over Dhruv Jurel if India are purely going for their best eleven in Sri Lanka and not considering giving the latter a longer rope, former India batsman Mohammad Kaif has said. Kaif said that Jurel’s recent form and Sarfaraz’s ability to…
In August 2015, when India landed in Sri Lanka for Virat Kohli’s first full Test series as captain, it felt like the beginning of something new. MS Dhoni had retired from Test cricket months earlier. Ajinkya Rahane, Cheteshwar Pujara, R Ashwin and Rohit Sharma were expected to carry India into the next decade. One name…
3 min readUpdated: Aug 10, 2026 03:16 PM IST India batting coach Sitanshu Kotak was all praise for how their three-day warm-up game in Colombo ahead of their two-Test series against Sri Lanka, even stating that it was more “productive” than what practising in the nets for four more days would’ve done. India beat SLC…
2 min readAug 10, 2026 08:59 AM IST Sarfaraz Khan celebrated his return to the Indian team with a post of himself wearing their training kit and posing with his father, the former club cricketer and coach Naushad Khan. Sarfaraz has been included in the Indian side for their two-Test series in Sri Lanka as…
4 min readUpdated: Aug 9, 2026 08:50 PM IST India’s only warm-up game ahead of the two-Test series against Sri Lanka starting in Galle on August 15 ended in dramatic fashion with Mohammed Siraj blasting three consecutive sixes to help cross the finish line. While the visitors found answers to most questions, one dilemma they…
