Chennai Super Kings became the first team to qualify for the playoff stage of the Indian Premier League (IPL) with a strong six-wicket win over Sunrisers Hyderabad.

Delhi Capitals was back at the top of the points table with an impressive eight wicket win over Sunrisers Hyderabad in the second phase of the Indian Premier League.

Sri Lanka managed to pull off a three-wicket win over India in the third and final ODI at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on Friday.

Sri Lanka's Bhanuka Rajapaksa and Lakshan Sandakan are likely to be replaced by Pathum Nissanka and Praveen Jayawickrama respectively.

India sealed the three-match ODI series with a three-wicket win in the second match to claim an unassailable 2-0 lead.

The Sri Lankan spinners continue to do well, but they need a skillful pacer to partner Dushmantha Chameera as bowling all-rounders Isuru Udana and Charith Karunaratne have failed to make an impact.

India registered a comprehensive seven wicket win over Sri Lanka in the first One-Day International (ODI) to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series on Sunday.

Manish Pandey spoke to the media in Wellington on Friday after the 4th T20I against New Zealand.

Skipper Manish Pandey took matters in his own hands as he raced to a century off just 50 deliveries at a strike rate of over 200, with seven fours and seven sixes.

Toss it in the air inside the ground. Cross the boundary and immediately come inside to catch. Such seemingly impossible catching wizardry on the rope has now become a piece of cake among Dwayne Bravos and Manish Pandeys.

New Zealand veteran batsman Ross Taylor has been named the Cricket World Player of the Week for his splendid match-winning century in the first One-Day International against England in Hamilton.

For picking a nine wicket haul in the third and deciding Test against West Indies at Lord's, England fast bowler James Anderson is the Cricket World Player of the Week.

India have named wicket-keeper batsman Dinesh Karthik as a replacement for injured Manish Pandey for the upcoming Champions Trophy tournament to be played in England in June.

Indian batsman Manish Pandey has been called up ahead of the semi-finals of the ICC World Twenty20 as a cover for the injured Yuvraj Singh.

For registering his career best figures with a seven-wicket haul in the fourth Test against England in Centurion, South Africa's pace sensation Kagiso Rabada is the Cricket World Player of the Week.

Indian batsman Manish Pandey is eyeing a berth in the squad for the 2016 World Twenty20 after being named in the One-Day International squad for the tour of Australia.

For a match-defining and dominating double ton against England in the second Ashes Test, Steven Smith is the Cricket World Player of the Week.

Manish Pandey and Rohit Sharma scored centuries for India A to set up an 88-run win over the touring Sri Lankans in a one-day tour game in Mumbai.

India have included all-rounder Akshar Patel in their squad for the final two One-Day Internationals against the West Indies and included Manish Pandey and Sanju Samson in their Twenty20 International squad.

Kolkata Knight Riders' Indian Premier League title defence is officially over after they were beaten by Pune Warriors by the margin of seven runs in Ranchi. A half-century from Manish Pandey helped Pune post 170 for four and after Yusuf Pathan became the first man in the IPL to be given out obstructing the field, Kolkata closed on 163 for seven in reply.