The upcoming edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) is set to commence on March 26. Cricketers from various countries are set to miss the start of the tournament due to international commitments. There were clouds over availability of South Africa players as well with their home series against Bangladesh scheduled during the IPL. However, it is understood now that the Proteas red-ball players will prefer IPL over Test matches now.

South Africa’s Test skipper Dean Elgar had called it ‘litmust test of loyalty’ for his players and had also said that he will try to persuade the cricketers to stay back for the Test series. But it has been reported that the IPL-bound players have unanimously taken the decision to travel to India to play in the T20 extravaganza during the Test series.

Sri Lanka skipper Dimuth Karunaratne fought a lone battle in the second Test against India in Bengaluru on Monday (March 14). He slammed a scintillating century on a tough pitch during the Pink-ball Test showing excellent technique against spin bowling of high class. No wonder the cricketing fraternity lauded him for his batting and congratulated the southpaw for his knock.

Congratulatory messages flooded in for Karunaratne on social media as well. However, he unknowingly goofed up while responding to one of the tweets. India’s one of top commentators Harsha Bhogle had lauded him for scoring a fourth innings century in August 2019. And the Sri Lanka captain hilariously responded to that three-year-old tweet thanking Harsha.

Rohit Sharma has certainly made a jaw-dropping start to his captaincy tenure in international cricket. Ever since taking over the full-time role, the veteran opener has led India in 14 matches across formats and took the side to win every single time. The recently-concluded two-match Test series against Sri Lanka marked Rohit’s first leadership assignment in the longest format and the 34-year-old embraced the challenge.

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