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Sri Lankan opener Dimuth Karunaratne acted as the saviour for the dooming lion’s in the test match played against South Africa at Galle.

“If you take a Test match, I think there’s lot more pressure in the second innings than the first one. I believe I absorb the pressure very well, which is one of the reason for my success in the second innings. Also, when batting in the first innings, there’s not much pressure, so I tend to play much freely. Because of that, I think I make a lot of mistakes.”

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In this article let’s have a look at the names of those players who have made centuries on their debut. Recently Reeza Hendricks joins a select club of debutant centurions with his match-winning 102 in the third ODI against Sri Lanka at Pallekele last Sunday.

With his match-winning 102 in the third ODI against Sri Lanka at Pallekele last Sunday, South Africa’s Reeza Hendricks joined a select list of batsmen to have scored a century in their first ODI. Hendricks’ 89-ball effort powered the Proteas to a 78-run win, which sealed their second successive ODI series win on Sri Lankan soil. Here is look back at the batsmen who previously achieved the rare feat. Interestingly, ten of the 14 instances have come within the last decade.

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Delhi’s new captain Shreyas Iyer is fearless & the fresh change Delhi was looking for. His cracking 40-ball 93 was the major reason behind Delhi's morale-boosting win but the youngest captain of IPL has insisted that it was purely a team effort.

When the huge responsibility of captaincy is placed on the shoulders of a young player, the result can go one of two ways. One might see the player succumb to the burden, which was the case of Aiden Markram during the recent ODI series against India. Or one might see the pride of being in charge boost the player's morale, bringing out the best in him, which was the case of Delhi Daredevils’ new captain Shreyas Iyer.

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Let’s have a look at how Wasim Jaffer’s age has not withered his love for batting, & his latest inning in the Irani Cup is a lesson for aspiring Indian cricketers.

Wasim Jaffer’s journey with Indian cricket is a tale of contradictions and paradoxes. On the one hand, he will look back with satisfaction – for he received all that he yearned for and much more; but at the same time he will look back at the missed chances and ponder over the dreams that went unfulfilled and unrealised.

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In this cricket article let’s have a look at Sri Lankan batsmen Kusal Mendis and the ups and downs in his cricketing career. He is considered as the one and only lion in SL team who can carry the Sri Lankan cricket on his shoulder.

“Kusal [Mendis] is the best among the current lot. He has a great future in Sri Lankan cricket, but I feel he should not take unnecessary pressure, and continue to play freely,” said Aravinda de Silva, once the lynchpin of Sri Lanka's batting line-up, after Kusal Mendis’ brilliant hundred against India.

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New Australian Captain Tim Paine made his Test debut in the same match as his future captain, Steven Smith at Lord’s. He admits genuine change is required.

Despite all that Australian cricket has gone through in the past few weeks, you will find a moving story hidden in the mess: that of their 46th Test captain Tim Paine. Once forgotten, at one point almost retiring from national duty, Paine today finds himself in charge of restoring this Australian cricket team.

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In this cricket article, let’s have a look back at the instances where India & Ireland have played against each other across both limited-overs formats.

India have kick-started their all-important tour of the United Kingdom with a couple of T20 internationals against Ireland at The Village in Malahide, Dublin. This is the first time since their inaugural meeting in international cricket, an ODI back in 2007, that the two teams are playing each other in a bilateral engagement. In fact, they have faced off only four times so far across both limited-overs formats combined. Here is a look back at those instances.

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In this cricket article it has been written about all the famous and record breaking 13 wickets hauls from the past by major cricket playing countries.

With his return of 13/121 in the second Test against Sri Lanka at Gros Islet, fast bowler Shannon Gabriel became only the 44th man, and the third from the West Indies, to take at least 13 wickets in a Test. This feat has been recorded only 56 times in the 141-year history of the game, with eight bowlers going on to achieve the same on more than one occasion. Here is a look at a few snippets and numbers involving the most productive match bowling figures in Test cricket.