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Suresh Raina smashed his first Test century on debut as he rescued India in partnership with Sachin Tendulkar on the fourth day of the second Test match at SSC in Colombo.

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Lasith Malinga has been ruled out of the second Test match between India and Sri Lanka that will be played at the SSC in Colombo. Malinga complained of a sore knee and that is why he has been ruled out, which means that two of the best bowlers that Sri Lanka had from the previous game, Malinga and Muralitharan will not feature in the second Test match.

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India continues to suffer from injury blows and this is even before a ball has been bowled in the series so far. If it is was Zaheer Khan earlier, now was the chance of S Sreesanth to be injured and return back to India leaving the side crippled and without too much experience in the side.

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Sharad Pawar took over the role of the ICC President on the 1st of July at Singapore. Pawar had been the President in waiting for a period of two years, which had seen David Morgan of UK being the President of the ICC. However, the initiation of Pawar to the role was not without controversies as there was a war brewing between the Afro-Asian and the Australia-New Zealand block which had the controversial topic of John Howard’s rejection as the core area of discussion.

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The Asia Cup will begin from the 15th of June and will see four teams fight it out for the ultimate glory. India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh will play in the Asia Cup in a round-robin league with the top two sides fighting out the finals of the tournament.

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Krish Srikkanth may have refused to take any questions on any individual selections, much like he had not done so in the previous World T20, but he did say that fitness and fielding were the two main factors that were kept in mind whilst selecting the side. He added that the team had lost a few games thanks to these two factors and hence the focus was on them. Srikkanth also added that MS Dhoni was content with the team he had been given.

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