No pressure to be Test number one, says Dhoni

Mendis likely to make way for seamer Kulasekera in Third Test:

India do not feel under any pressure to become cricket’s top-ranked Test side when the third and final match against Sri Lanka starts here on Wednesday, captain Mahendra Dhoni said. Dhoni’s men, who lead the series 1-0, will dislodge South Africa at the top of the official Test rankings for the first time if they win the match and secure a 2-0 scoreline.

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Tamil Union take Premier - Tier ‘A’ limited over title

A fine all round performance from Jeevan Mendis helped Tamil Union to lift the SLC Premier Tier ‘A’ limited overs title defeating Chilaw Marians SC by 63 runs on the Duckworth and Lewis scoring method in the final worked off at the SSC grounds in Maitland Place yesterday.

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Carrom double for Nishantha

Nishantha Fernando and Nayana Wickremasinghe clinched the men’s and women’s singles title respectively in the ninth Rangers Carrom Championship organised by Rangers Sports Club and conducted by the Carrom Federation of Sri Lanka from November 14 to 28, 2009.

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