Asia Cup | 2nd Match | India vs Sri Lanka | Dhaka | 13th March , 2012

[style_guru]

Will lakmal bowl another full toss here?

 

[zainkhan]

no :6 yet

 

[Bhaijaan]

Indian batsmen showing their 'auqaaat' in home like conditions

 

[Bhaijaan]

SC mey to aankh pey patti baandh k bhhi 300 marengey ye FTB

 

[Justcrazy]

India on top here

 

[Justcrazy]

186 / 1 after 37

 

[Justcrazy]

300 .........

 

[zainkhan]

L.Akmal = ill akmal

 

[style_guru]

Drinks break during PP should'nt be allowed. 35th over would've been appropriate.

 

[Ashraful_Rox]

Anything above 280 will be hard to chase on this ground

 

[zainkhan]

no chance

 

[CalculatedRisk]

nasir jamshed would have been runout

 

[Dr_Bassim]

They are not attacking in Power Play either....

I wonder if they think 280-290 will be enough of this pitch

 

[zainkhan]

to gambir legbyes

 

[Bhaijaan]

Great crowd by the way, Bangla fans are brilliant. Time to bump that silly thread.

 

[talma]

Unlike Umar Akmal and his rash shots, I like the sensible way Virat is batting..

 

[Bhaijaan]

Gauti in nervous 90s, been out quite a few times. Hopes he crosses the hurdle this time.

 

[zainkhan]

its very hard to play shots on this pitch

 

[Dr_Bassim]

Unlike Umar Akmal and his rash shots, I like the sensible way Virat is batting..

It's not just umar Akmal dude...

Most of Pakistanis think .. there are two ways to play the ball...

Tuk or Slog

 

[zainkhan]

partner ship

 

[Bhaijaan]

200 comes up

 

[ugem]

Unlike Umar Akmal and his rash shots, I like the sensible way Virat is batting..

Kohli has almost 10 Centuries, AVG of 48. We should not compare him with Umar Akmal. Talent without application = Nothing.

Umar Akmal is not more talented than Imran Nazir, is he ?

 

[style_guru]

203/1 in 39 overs.

 

[Justcrazy]

106 singles by this pair !!!!

 

[Bhaijaan]

106 singles taken out of 203

 

[Bhaijaan]

The fitness of these guys is incredible, have done lots of running. That is hard

 

[style_guru]

SL trying to put preassure on GG by packing the off side.

He takes a single on leg side.

 

[jusarrived]

Who would believe Virat is only 23 looking at his batting ? unbeliveable maturity for his age

 

[Dr_Bassim]

34/0 wickets in Power Play

I guess thats the way to do it

 

[style_guru]

India 209/1 in 40 overs.

Last 5 overs have produced 34 runs with just one boundary.

Both batsman inching towards three figures.

 

[Gunner85]

Gambhir playing for his century

 

[Bhaijaan]

Gambhir as always trying to get himself run out

 

[Sherlock]

Everyone should see how India take singles and don't get stuck in a rot.

Take note Pakistan, but I guess that's asking for too much.

 

[zainkhan]

another miss

 

[Dr_Bassim]

Gambhir playing for his century

It would help if some of us Pakistanis took leaf...

 

[style_guru]

Gambhir playing for his century

Yes. He should be hanged for that. ok?

 

[jusarrived]

Gambhir playing for his century

for a change hope he does ..has a habbit of throwing it away in 90s

 

[Strike!]

Everyone should see how India take singles and don't get stuck in a rot.

Take note Pakistan, but I guess that's asking for too much.

You sound so ungrateful, Just look at what Misbah has accomplished for us.

 

[Bhaijaan]

Playing for the hundred now, typical

 

[Bhaijaan]

:4

 

[chaiwala]

Both on 99

 

[Bhaijaan]

Both the homies on 99 now

 

[style_guru]

What a shot by GG to take him to 99.

:4

 

[Dr_Bassim]

Some people just like to criticize anything .. they don't like...

or anything Indian....

 

[Strike!]

Everyone's getting centuries except Sachin.

 

[sehban]

216/1 41...if Sri lanka can keep them around 280 - it is still pretty gettable on this pitch

 

[Bhaijaan]

oooooh, i thought it was lbw

 

[chaiwala]

Kohli makes it. 10th ODI century.

 

[spaceshot]

To whom was that wink for ...??

 

[zainkhan]

10 100

 

[DangerousDave]

What an inning!!!!

 

[chaiwala]

10 hundreds in 83 innings. Not bad, not bad at all.

 

[spaceshot]

Yay
Gambhir too joins him. 10 hundreds each..

 

[Bhaijaan]

Well played guys

Hundred

Hundred

 

[Dr_Bassim]

What I liked about Virat this innings...

The pitch was different.. he adjustd and played a little slower but ensured that he laid the platform...

Didn't get frustrated ....

Thats rare to see... I can see some other players throwing it away trying to accelarate on a pitch .. where the ball is not coming onto the bat.

 

[chaiwala]

And Gambhir gets his 10th too.

 

[Bhaijaan]

Fastest to make 10 hundreds is our main man Virat Kohli

 

[Strike!]

Well done to both, They have identical strike rates as well, Pretty amazing.

 

[chaiwala]

ok, now that we've got that out of the way.....please increase the scoring rate!!!!

 

[style_guru]

Congratulations to both the centurions.

One of them has to go on and bat the full 50 overs.

 

[Justcrazy]

219 / 1

 

[spaceshot]

Nicely bisected.
Pretty mch like with precision. 4

 

[Dr_Bassim]

I predict an Indian carnage now

 

[Justcrazy]

India would look at 300 here..........

 

[Bhaijaan]

Raise hell now, we needed a rain of 4s and 6s

 

[zainkhan]

 

[Dr_Bassim]

Maybe not ..

Gautam out

 

[Bhaijaan]

Gone

But doesn't matter, he did his job with a hundred Now bring on Dhoni or Raina

 

[chaiwala]

lol .

Oh well, we'll get to see Rohit bat

 

[Amjid Javed]

Very good knocks by GG and Kohli, such a shame our top 3 is so **** in odis and we cant score 100s as often like this.

 

[Dr_Bassim]

Do you guys think Indians would have accelerated a bit early if they were playing Pakistan ?

 

[chaiwala]

Nope, Dhoni in instead.

 

[style_guru]

GG departs after his 100. Pretty selfish from a PPers point of view.

But a good innings to say the least.

We now have captain Kakdi on the crease...

 

[Bhaijaan]

Kohli should go for a double hudnred here

 

[chaiwala]

Kohli

 

[Bhaijaan]

Oh no

 

[Dr_Bassim]

And Kohli is out too....

Indians would be happy with 280 here Imo....

 

[Shahzebayub]

Kohli gone

 

[Romali_rotti]

Sri Lankans should chase this total provided they dont do anything stupid vs the Indian bowlers..

 

[style_guru]

Kohli also departs as he got to his 100. Both GG and Kohli should be axed from the squad going by some posters here.

Shall we see FTB Raina or a hybrid version of Inzi at the crease now?

I guess it's Raina.