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Surrey Rope In West Indies Spinner Sunil Narine For Vitality Blast Campaign

Surrey County Cricket Club on Wednesday announced the signing of West Indies bowler Sunil Narine for the entirety of the Vitality Blast. Narine will join up with the Club following the completion of his Indian Premier League commitments with Kolkata Knight Riders and is then available for the rest of the competition. The Trinidadian takes up the first of two overseas slots in Surrey's Vitality Blast squad. A white-ball mystery spinner with a series of variations and capable of batting anywhere in the order, Narine has forged a reputation as a highly-skilled performer through an international and franchise career that has spanned more than a decade.

"Very Sweet Of Him": Ravichandran Ashwin On Rohit Sharma's "All-Time Great" Praise

Ravichandran Ashwin was in fantastic form as India cruised to victory in the first Test match vs Sri Lanka, winning by an innings and 222 runs in Mohali. The off-spinner took his 435th Test wicket to go past Kapil Dev's tally of 434 dismissals to become India's second highest wicket-taker of all time in the longest format. The veteran cricketer received plenty of praise after the match, especially from captain Rohit Sharma. Speaking to BCCI, Ashwin revealed that he "didn't know how to react" to Rohit's praise.

2nd Test: India pursue Sri Lanka sweep in pink ball Test

Rohit Sharma eyes a clean sweep of Sri Lanka in the second Test starting Saturday. The hosts thrashed Sri Lanka inside three days in Mohali to lead the two-match series 1-0 and the visitors need to quickly get their act together under the lights in Bengaluru. The world's top-ranked all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja hit an unbeaten 175 and took nine wickets to stand out in Rohit's first Test since replacing Virat Kohli as captain in all formats earlier this year.

India vs Sri Lanka, 2nd Test: No dew at Chinnaswamy stadium adds to intrigue

Fans geared up for maiden day-night TestBENGALURU: There is an air of excitement and expectancy at the M Chinnaswamy stadium. The venue is being decked up to host its maiden day-night Test match, starting this weekend. The second Test between India and Sri Lanka will be the third D/N Test in India since Kolkata hosted the maiden contest in November 2019.