Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Dimuth Karunaratne wants to pass on captaincy torch to next cricketer

Dimuth Karunaratne

Dimuth Karunaratne wants to leave his position as Test captain. He will be stepping down after the Ireland series. He has been the captain of Sri Lanka for four years. After the Ireland Matches later this month, Dimuth Karunaratne wants to leave his position as Test captain. The Sri Lankan selection committee is still in … Read more

Mahela Jayawardena requests Babar Azam to treat captaincy, batting separately

Mahela Jayawardena

Mahela Jayawardena requests Babar Azam to treat captaincy, batting separately. One of the most reliable T20I batters of his time experienced a rare slip-up. Jayawardena once more blamed Babar’s bad behavior on the occasion. ISLAMABAD: According to Sri Lankan legend Mahela Jayawardena, Babar Azam, Pakistan’s skipper and star batter, has recently been in poor form, … Read more

Mahela Jayawardena predicts something big about Babar Azam

Mahela Jayawardena

Legendary Skipper Mahela Jayawardena accepts that Pakistan. Captain Babar Azam can depose England’s Joe Root at the. Highest point of the ICC Test Rankings later on. Mahela Jayawardena former Sri Lanka captain said that Azam will stand firm on the top footing in every one of the three organizations coeval. “Intense one!” Jayawardena shouted. “I … Read more

Jayawardena supports Stokes’ bid to be England’s Test Captain

Stokes

Former Sri Lankan great Mahela Jayawardena thinks star all-rounder Ben Stokes is the appropriate man for the job as England’s new Test captain, and that outgoing skipper Joe Root would thrive as a batsman without the added pressure. Stokes is widely expected to be named England’s new Test captain in the near future, with the … Read more

Sri Lanka’s sanctions-busting first Test skipper dies at 68

Bandula Warnapura

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s first Test captain, who was hit with a 25-year ban for leading a rebel cricket team to South Africa in breach of an international boycott, died Monday, his colleagues said. Bandula Warnapura, 68, died of a heart attack after undergoing a leg amputation for complications arising from diabetes, people close to him told AFP. … Read more