Aravinda de Silva News
Aiden Markram created history by becoming the first-ever South African batter to score a century in an ICC tournament Final. Markram achieved this massive feat for South Africa in the World Test Championship (WTC) 2025 final against Australia at Lord's, London. After his historic knock, the 30-year-old Markram joined legends like Sourav Ganguly, Ricky Ponting and others in the elite list.
Here's the list of the first players to score a century for their respective teams in an ICC tournament final:
Former Pakistan's legendary batter Javed Miandad has collected 12603 runs in 300 innings while batting at number four across formats.
The ICC Hall of Fame honours the greatest international cricketers throughout the long history of the sport, and the enduring legacies of Aravinda de Silva, Diana Edulji and Virender Sehwag see them join as inductees number 110, 111 and 112 respectively.
Sri Lanka and India will square off in three ODIs and three T20Is, beginning July 13.
While Bhuvneshwar Kumar has been named vice-captain, Shikhar Dhawan will lead the team which will be coached by former India skipper and NCA head Rahul Dravid.
India's highest innings total in Test cricket was 759 for seven declared against England in Chennai at Chepauk.
Former Sri Lankan sports minister Aluthgamage had earlier stated in an interview that the match, which India won at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai in 2011, was "fixed."
Jayawardene, who recently guided the Mumbai Indians to their fourth Indian Premier League victory, has in the past presented plans to change the country's domestic cricket system, only for the proposals to be rejected by Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC).
Sri Lankan great Aravinda de Silva said that Virat Kohli reminds him of West Indian icon Viv Richards, who is considered by many experts as the finest and the most explosive batsman of the last 40 years.
The 46-year-old Jayasuriya had stepped down from the post last year.
Former batsman Aravinda de Silva will lead the new panel.
De Silva said that the game unites people and despite the controversies, it will ultimately emerge as the winner.
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