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Premium Bonds is a lottery bond scheme organised by the United Kingdom government since 1956. At present it is managed by the government's National Savings and Investments agency. The principle behind Premium Bonds is that rather than the stake being gambled, as in a usual lottery , it is the interest on the bonds that is distributed by a lottery.
Premium bonds are an investment product from the National Savings and Investment (NS&I), which is owned by the government. Each month, millions of savers are entered into a prize draw to win cash ...
One of the major upsets in Sri Lankan cricket history came during this World Twenty20 series, which was held in India. Prior to the World Twenty20, Sri Lanka played 5 cricket series but lost every series with single victory against West Indies (lost to Pakistan, New Zealand, India and 2016 Asia Cup). Permanent captain Lasith Malinga injured ...
Indian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 1997 India: Sri Lanka: Dates: 2 August – 13 August: Captains: Sachin Tendulkar: Arjuna Ranatunga: Test series; Result: 2-match series drawn 0–0: Most runs: Sachin Tendulkar (290) Sanath Jayasuriya (571) Most wickets: Anil Kumble (5) Muttiah Muralitharan (9) Player of the series: Sanath Jayasuriya (SL) One ...
The 1997 Pepsi Independence Cup was a quadrangular ODI cricket tournament held in May 1997 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the independence of India. [1] It featured the national cricket teams of New Zealand, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and the hosts India.
The 1999 Aiwa Cup was a triangular ODI cricket competition held in different venues across Sri Lanka from 22 to 31 August 1999. [1] It featured the national cricket teams of India, Sri Lanka and Australia. The tournament was won by Sri Lanka, who defeated Australia in the final. [2] [3]
India went on to win the ODI series 5–0; this was the first time Sri Lanka had suffered a whitewash at home in ODIs. [16] India won the one-off T20I match by 7 wickets, [ 17 ] thus completing a 9-0 clean sweep against Sri Lanka in all three formats of international cricket in a bilateral series.
On 9 September 2019, Sri Lanka won the T20I series 3–0 against Pakistan in their home under Dasun Shanaka's captaincy. It was the first time that Sri Lanka whitewashed Pakistan in a T20I series. [37] In July 2021, Sri Lanka won T20I series against India 2–1, recording their first ever bilateral T20I series win against India. [38]