Sri Lanka's ground-maintenance workers use ingenuity, speed and clockwork coordination to counteract the problems posed by a home season that coincides with the monsoon

Sri Lanka have not lost a Test at the SSC for 11 years. It is where Kohli's India will try to do what Tendulkar, Ganguly, Kumble and Dhoni's India couldn't do over two decades of effort. To win a series against opponents who play with a palpable intensity

After spending 15 years in the domestic circuit, Naman Ojha is expected to make his Test debut in the third match, for which, he says, he is not facing additional pressure because of the long wait

After a ten-month free-fall, Cheteshwar Pujara will turn out for India once again at the traditional batting paradise that is the SSC. Can he make it count?

At Galle India played the near-perfect Test, only to see their efforts come to naught with a late stumble. At the P Sara Oval, they went all the way in some style

Kumar Sangakkara left the ground after almost everyone he knew very closely had. Then it rained a little. Sangakkara had played his last match for Sri Lanka; even the elements allowed themselves a bit of emotion

He can be old fashioned, but that does not mean he is unable to keep up with modern cricket, as he showed with a vital century in his first Test as a No. 3 batsman

In the never-ending public PhD dissertation that is Test captaincy, Virat Kohli would have been happy to get through a draining, bruising day with something to show for it: finishing somewhere, it can be argued, between a B and a B+

Amit Mishra said the P Sara pitch was still good for batting and so "Another 250-300 runs more and 100 overs to bowl at the Sri Lankans," was the target for India

Stuart Binny, R Ashwin and Wriddhiman Saha have performed well enough. But they have to quickly graduate from being bits-and-pieces two-in-ones

India bowling coach B Arun has said India will be satisfied with a lead of around 100 runs in the second Test because of the condition of the P Sara Oval pitch, which he said would offer both bounce and reverse swing

Coming alongside two ends of India's batting spectrum in the confidence game - Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma - KL Rahul's innings was an act of flourish and splendor with a twisting bitter end that could be set aside if India can dominate the story now

A perplexing defeat at Galle has left India with some important questions to answer before the second Test against Sri Lanka in Colombo

From Colombo to Galle and back: a tale of wedding processions, rather large fish, and rickshaw roulette

In the middle of comforting jade haven at the P Sara Oval, the Indian team returned to its first nets after the Galle loss, with some familiar talk about the team morale being upbeat

India's team director, Ravi Shastri, insists the team will not change its strategy of attacking cricket despite the defeat in Galle

With pitches across the country being groomed to suit seamers, India's batsmen find themselves in an altered reality: mostly capable against pace, but lacking in experience against quality spin

With the batsmen struggling with doubt over their ability to play spin and bat for time, India's chase on the fourth day in Galle ended up being the sum of all their fears

Virat Kohli walked into the post-match media briefing and, clearly and emphatically, pinned the onus of India's defeat at the hands of the batsmen

India's fielding coach R Sridhar has lauded Ajinkya Rahane as the "complete package" on the field, after he broke the record for most catches in a single Test