India did well for itself in the five-match series, as it beat Sri Lanka on Sunday at the Premadasa Stadium and secured 2-1 lead in the series.

Man-of –the-Match was none other than M.S. Dhoni, as he helped the team score 237 runs in partnership with Suresh Raina (53), and 67 with Rohit Sharma, for nine in 50 overs after winning the news.

The top order of Sri Lanka was broken by Zaheer Khan and Praveen Kumar, as they took the early four wickets, and India won by 33 run in the third one-day international.

Although the Sri Lankan Captain, Mahela Jayawardene, played well and scored 94 to save his team, the team could not survive as four players were already out till the team had scored 40 runs.

It is in news now that the Champions Trophy cricket tournament to be held in Pakistan next month will not see the arrival of South Africa as the country. SA Cricket board on Friday announced that it would not send its team to Pakistan for the tournament next month. This has made South Africa the first country to officially boycott the tournament.

The decision came after a meeting held between Cricket South Africa, International Cricket Council chief executive Haroon Lorgat and ICC security officials
In a statement passed by Cricket SA President Norman Arendse, he said, “After extensive discussions and a frank exchange of views, the board resolved not to send our team at this time to Pakistan to take part in the ICC Champions Trophy.”

At the working committee meeting on Saturday, the BCCI took the decision to have paid selection committees for the junior and senior women’s and national senior teams.

It was a really happy Sunday for India, as it won the second test match defeating Sri-Lanka by 170 runs to level the series 1-1. Sri Lanka needed 307 to win against India, but could not do so, as the Indian team displayed a fine performance of endurance and expertise.

The dejected home captain of Sri Lanka, Mahela Jayawardene, said that losing three early wickets in their second innings was responsible for the team's debacle.

Sourav Ganguly, former captain of Indian Cricket Team, who was recently awarded the Asian Cricketer and Asian Batsman of the year at the Castrol Asian Cricket Awards held in Karachi, said once agai