Team India Head Coach: The report claims that Mahela Jayawardena snubbed the offer because he wanted to coach the Sri Lankan national team.
The pair did a good job last season in their triumphant run. Rohit has time and again confessed that he prefers batting at the top of the order.
The SL stalwart - who was appointed the coach of MI ahead of the 2017 season also revealed that they never had long meetings.
The baffling decision attracted reactions from cricket fraternity, with former Australian skipper Clarke too joining the tirade. He, along with others, tweeted his disbelief at the news of Smith’s rest.
Former Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardena makes a sarcastic comment, on Twitter, on cricket stadiums not covering the entire ground during the rain.
Sri Lanka badly needed the seniors to step-up after the legends retired, but that has not happened so far. At the same time, the newcomers have failed to impress.
Ministry of Crabs in Colombo is a joint venture by Sangakkara and Jayawardene along with renowned chef Dharshan Munise.
Cricket is ingrained in the DNA of the subcontinent. Even if it is by default, one will get sucked into the contagious cricket fever. With Kumar Sangakkara throwing in the towel, the onus directly shifts to Angelo Mathews to shoulder the hopes of an entire nation.
Brendon McCullum owns almost all of the batting the records worth holding in T20Is.
Ruling out any danger to Sri Lankan cricketers in the upcoming Indian Premier League, IPL chief Rajiv Shukla assured safety of the southern country players saying it would be dealt with at that time. Shukla has assured the safety of the Sri Lankan cricketers participating in the upcoming IPL 2013. "There is no team from...