Melbourne: Cricket Australia (CA) on Thursday decided to withdraw from the upcoming ODI series against Afghanistan due to Taliban's growing restrictions on women and girls in that country and in retaliation, ACB and star player Rashid Khan threatened to boycott the Big Bash League.

India beat Sri Lanka by four wickets in second ODI to take unassailable 2-0 lead in three-match series.

Sydney: Australian batting stalwart David Warner has indicated he wants the 2024 T20 World Cup in the United States and the West Indies to be his international swansong, saying winning the title would be an icing on the cake.

Kolkata: Opener Nuwanidu Fernando scored a half-century on debut before India bundled out Sri Lanka for 215 in the second ODI here on Thursday.

New Delhi: Former Indian Hockey Team Captain Viren Rasquinha on Thursday expressed disappointment over the lack of coverage of the Hockey World Cup in Indian media. The Hockey World Cup is set to begin in India starting Friday, January 13.

Commonwealth Games bronze medallists Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand fought hard before going down in three games to Bulgaria's Gabriela Stoeva and Stefani Stoeva in the women's doubles pre-quarterfinals of the Malaysia Open here on Thursday.

India beat Sri Lanka by 67 runs in first ODI to take 1-0 lead in three-match series.

Guwahati: India pacer Mohammed Shami almost did a 'Mankading' by trying to run out Sri Lanka captain Dasun Shanaka at the non-striker's end but his skipper Rohit Sharma intervened and withdrew the appeal to avoid yet another controversy in the first ODI here on Tuesday.