Sri Lanka Statements
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“ Islam is the essence of the Maldives' cultural sovereignty and independence,
Mohamed Muizzu,
How Buddhist Maldives became an Islamic sultanate exactly 900 years…
“ India are officially the (Asia Cup) champions. Trophy or no trophy doesn't matter to us. This is BCCI's stand (to not take trophy from Naqvi). We can’t say anything on this,
Amol Muzumdar,
Indian women’s cricket team refuses to accept Asia Cup trophy from ACC…
“ We know they are a great team, but we played to our standards. We set high standards for ourselves and we wanted to keep matching them. Very happy the way we all performed,
Harmanpreet Kaur,
India women reclaim Asia Cup with emphatic win over Sri Lanka
“ This business of the first innings lead being enough is one of the main reasons India struggle to take 20 wickets on good pitches. How does a team learn to take 20 wickets if they don’t bowl in two…
Sunil Gavaskar,
Why was Gavaskar unhappy with East Zone’s Duleep Trophy win?…
“ He is good in Tests but didn't play in Sri Lanka. How is he fit now in two weeks? He has not proved his match-fitness so what is the use? You must play some matches at some level to show your fitness…
Krishnamachari Srikkanth,
Srikkanth’s scathing attack on Washington Sundar’s selection for AFG…
“ We are passing the phase of formulating a new constitution and then have an elected body,
Kumar Sangakkara,
Sri Lanka cricket refuses to back out, hopes to host Women’s Champions…
“ The debutant off-spinner looked an honest trier with little variety to trouble batters at this level. Sure, he could have been nervous considering that he was making his debut, yet there was no…
Sunil Gavaskar,
‘Does make Indian cricket fans a bit nervous…sameness to the bowling’:…
“ The India team spinning coach jokingly said that giving a free hit after a no-ball might help in curbing the offense. Please, let us not make run-scoring easier in Test cricket for the batters with…
Sunil Gavaskar,
Sunil Gavaskar suggests fines for bowlers & coaches after India’s no…
“ Instead, how about a fine which gets doubled for every further transgression, plus half the amount of the fine for the bowling coach, too. The fines collected can be used for the final team dinner…
Sunil Gavaskar,
Jadeja’s no-ball blunders irk Gavaskar, calls for fining bowlers,…
“ India messed up big time. Sonal Dinusha was amazing throughout the series. This is where you miss a bowler like Bumrah. You need a finishing bowler like him. Though rain helped Sri Lanka a bit, India…
Krishnamachari Srikkanth,
Srikkanth says ‘India messed up big time’ after Colombo draw hurts WTC…
“ I genuinely feel that if India hadn’t enforced the follow-on, they had a better chance of winning this game. Because if you look at this bowling line-up, when you have bowled 90 overs in Sri Lankan…
Cheteshwar Pujara,
Why Pujara feels India should not have enforced follow-on in Colombo…
“ He got success only when he changed his angle in today’s first session. They made a game plan. After that, he stuck to the short ball. Back-of-length delivery is his speciality, but along with that,…
Cheteshwar Pujara,
‘Krishna has looked ahead in all aspects’: Kaif, Pujara praise pacer…