India in Sri Lanka 2012 | 4th ODI | R Premadasa | July 31st

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Didn't see a commentory thread :firstthread:

Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat

SL 117/2 off 24 overs.
HDRL Thirimanne in for Sangakarra
N Pradeep making a debut for Sri Lanka today replacing Udana
MK Tiwary Replaces Rahul Sharma (not Rohit) so india playing 4 bowlers.

 

[style_guru]

So when exactly is this match?

 

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Taking place now

 

[Sandeep]

India's batting looks ultra strong with 7 genuine batsmen+pathan+ashwin!!

 

[Sandeep]

Taking place now?

What the hell....it is happening now ofcourse...read the first post

 

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Sandeep, i am the OP, i said Taking Place now to style_guru who asked when the match is

 

[velu]

Thought of creating this match thread before the match.
But i myself was not interested in following the match , so left it.

 

[Sandeep]

haha....im really sorry dude!!lol...
I was confused with your question mark!

 

[Nitin Tomer]

Sehwag and Kohli had bowled 4 overs till now, without any significant damage. Dhoni must get rest 6 out of them asap...

 

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Drop catch :S

Sewhag filling in the overs pretty well so far... hopefully he doesnt get smacked later on

 

[Yuri]

I think I will catch the Indian innings. It's not fun to watch trundilians in action.

 

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142/2 off 30 overs.

 

[James]

Sri Lanka seem to be doing okay in this series.
I knew that India wouldn't win 5-0.

 

[withlovefrom vizag]

i think msd shud use ashwin's remaining overs towards the end

 

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Catch, gone! M Tiwary Gets the WICKET....

LD Chandimal c Pathan b Tiwary 28 (32b 2x4 0x6) SR: 87.50

 

[style_guru]

Taking place now

Bhai, sense the sarcasm

 

[velu]

sehwag gets MJ

 

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Captain Jayawardene gone

DPMD Jayawardene c †Dhoni b Sehwag 3 (3b 0x4 0x6) SR: 100.00

Part timers doing really well LOL

 

[Nitin Tomer]

7 overs of part-timers for 32 runs. Not bad so far...

And Sehwag got Mahela, as I was typing it

 

[Sherlock]

Oh look the leader and best batsmen is gone

 

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Good over from Sewhag, a wicket and no runs off the bat (1 wide)

 

[style_guru]

Looks like both the teams are not interested in playing.

India dishing out pies

SL getting out to them

 

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: : :S

 

[Yuri]

Wicketsssss !! Now all we need to do is bowl tight and bowl wickut to wickut. We will win this !

 

[IAJ]

Part-timers taking wickets here. What is happening?

Mathews is good at chasing totals but let's see how good he is at setting targets.

SL should post 300+ here to have chance of levelling the series.

 

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9 Overs from part timers 41 runs and 2 wickets, which is good. Now time for the actual bowlers to do some damage

 

[Sherlock]

Just goes to show how strong India is. No matter how many times they play, India win 8 times outta 10.

SL seem really, really poor.

 

[Nitin Tomer]

Dhoni does some daft things some times; now that part-timers' 10 overs have been completed, there was no need to give another over to Tiwary. Sehwag had been bowling well and he could have continued with him, but why Tiwary?

 

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mathews

 

[Gone]

Dhoni does some daft things some times; now that part-timers' 10 overs have been completed, there was no need to give another over to Tiwary. Sehwag had been bowling well and he could have continued with him, but why Tiwary?

Both of them are bowling... and both are doing it decently.

 

[Nitin Tomer]

Both of them are bowling... and both are doing it decently.

In fact Tiwary is doing better than Sehwag <sheepish>

 

[Yuri]

Tiwari's bowling reminds me of Afridi's. Harmless, but keeping it tight.

 

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8 Bowlers used so far,

Rohit Sharma on to bowl

 

[velu]

lol.. maiden over frm tiwary

 

[Nitin Tomer]

And now comes Rohit, after part timers have already bowled 13 overs. WTH!!!

 

[Sandeep]

Tiwari's bowling reminds me of Afridi's. Harmless, but keeping it tight.

C'mon now...Afridi has some great tricks up his sleeve....
But part timers given more priority and main stream ones going for more runs shows how weak our bowling resources are!!!!!

 

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1 run off the Rohit Over.

Raina still available if needed. Cmon dhoni use 9 bowlers just for the sake of it

ODI Record: 9 Bowlers used in a single innings (5 times one of which is dhoni, in 2009 at the same ground, can he break the record?)

 

[Nitin Tomer]

And now comes Rohit, after part timers have already bowled 13 overs. WTH!!!

And bowls an over for 1 run!!!

Jo jeeta wohi sikandar

 

[velu]

there is not much to choose between our part timers and full bowlers

 

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4 part timers bowled 16 overs at the Econ. of 3.875 with 2 wickets at a Avg of 31 and SR 48
4 Full timers bowled 25 overs at the Econ of 4.88 with 2 wickets at a Avg of 61 and SR 75

 

[Sandeep]

Indians making a mockery of Lankans here!!! C'mon Lanka show some spine and go after them!!!

 

[truthseer]

Misbah would be proud

 

[shahidafridi123]

lol Mathews gone Tiwary has 2! )

 

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Manoj Tiwary gets MAthews

AD Mathews c Kohli b Tiwary 14 (34b 1x4 0x6) SR: 41.17

Tiwary gets his 2nd!

 

[Yuri]

Another Wickutttttttt !!!!!! yaaaaayyyyyy...

 

[velu]

 

[Nitin Tomer]

17th over for the part-times. I have a feeling Raina will get a bowl too.

 

[truthseer]

You guys do realise how poor Ashwin is if TiwarY looks more threatening

 

[withlovefrom vizag]

tiwary is on la la land

 

[Gone]

I waant raina and gambhir to bowl to break the record!

 

[withlovefrom vizag]

You guys do realise how poor Ashwin is if TiwarY looks more threatening

7 overs 31 runs and 1 wickutt........do u think thats poor??
Bulls need some brains

 

[Yuri]

C'mon now...Afridi has some great tricks up his sleeve....
But part timers given more priority and main stream ones going for more runs shows how weak our bowling resources are!!!!!

Yeah.. Lala got more tricks..
About part-timers, it's a sad reality of Indian cricket. Meanwhile, Ashwin goes for a boundary.. duh

 

[truthseer]

7 overs 31 runs and 1 wickutt........do u think thats poor??
Bulls need some brains

I'm not going by stats alone, Tiwary's spun it more and that's not something a premier spinner should face

 

[Nitin Tomer]

Specialist bowler returns and gets hit for a 4 first ball

 

[jusarrived]

You guys do realise how poor Ashwin is if TiwarY looks more threatening

Also realised how poor pak must be to lose against this SL side

 

[Yuri]

Run out missed...fielder couldn't keep the throw wickut to wickut !!

 

[truthseer]

Also realised how poor pak must be to lose against this SL side

We're horrible at LOI's, England, of all teams, sweeped us

 

[jusarrived]

I'm not going by stats alone, Tiwary's spun it more and that's not something a premier spinner should face

Tendulkar spun more than Kumble , so that means sachin was a better bowler than Kumble ? seriously dude , some of you posts are ....

 

[truthseer]

Ashwin goes for 7, Tiwary went for 8 in last 2 overs

 

[withlovefrom vizag]

"Part timers better than regulars"?! duh,lame posts from some Indians out here,lacking common sense......

 

[withlovefrom vizag]

it depends on the circumstances,i remember clarke taking a 5 wicket haul agains us in early 2000s,so does that make him better than warnie

 

[Gone]

"Part timers better than regulars"?! duh,lame posts from some Indians out here,lacking common sense......

What i said was the part timers are having a better day out there today... -.-

 

[shahidafridi123]

looooooooooool now 3 for Tiwary!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

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Tiwary gets his 3rd wicket

BMAJ Mendis b Tiwary 17 (16b 2x4 0x6) SR: 106.25

BOWLED

 

[Yuri]

WICKUTTTTTTTTTTTTTT !!!!!!! Yaaaaayyyyy....

 

[shahidafridi123]

lol what if Tiwary gets 5

 

[Nitin Tomer]

Tiwaryji to dhamaal machaaye pade hain

 

[shahidafridi123]

lol @ cricinfo headline:

"Part-timers slow down Sri Lanka"

)

 

[shahidafridi123]

Best List-A bowling figures for Manoj Tiwary lol

 

[shahidafridi123]

At this rate, next game Gautam Gambhir will be opening the bowling lol!

 

[shahidafridi123]

Tiwary has four omg what in the world Perera goes, and surely now India's game!

 

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TIWARY 4th WICKET

NLTC Perera c Raina b Tiwary 2 (3b 0x4 0x6) SR: 66.66

Tiwary does a afridi celebration!

 

[Yuri]

ANOTHER WICKUTTTTT FOR TIWARI....... YAYYYYYYYY !!! Tiwari ji chaa gaye...

 

[shahidafridi123]

lol now Herath comes in

 

[withlovefrom vizag]

tiwary on a roll

 

[Sandeep]

Tiwary what have you done????? You wouldn't even get batting now!!

 

[Sherlock]

Typical SL. Play decent to make it 1-1 then lose the next and play like this to make sure they lose the 4th.

 

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Thirmane Bowled


HDRL Thirimanne b Ashwin 47 (69b 0x4 0x6) SR: 68.11

 

[Yuri]

Another WickUTtttttttt !!!!!!! Yaaaayyyyyyyy.......... Ashwin !

 

[Nitin Tomer]

Tiwary what have you done????? You wouldn't even get batting now!!

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