India v Sri Lanka | 5th ODI | Colombo | 29/8/08

[Saj]

SL currently 82 for 3 after 18.2 overs

 

[Dhonifan]

83/4 in 20. Sanga plays a loose shot and departs shaking his head. That ball was not a wkt taking delivery.

will be interesting to see how India chase 200+. so far it's been side batting first that wins

 

[maamrut]

Thats 3 consecutive maidens from Ojha/One of them a wicket maiden..good going lad.

 

[Romali_rotti]

Ojha holy cow 5 overs 1-6 ..

 

[Bublu Bhuyan]

I hate watching inconsequential games.

 

[maamrut]

That was very very unimpressive...the 1st half of the game was as good as useless.Bowlers bowling crap,batsmen edging it behind all the time.Give me a break.

 

[cars112]

Bowlers bowling crap,batsmen edging it behind all the time.Give me a break.

Why did Dhoni bowl RP Singh instead of Munaf Patel? RP bowled rubbish today, Munaf has been one of your better bowlers in the series

 

[maamrut]

God knows..i hope RP never gets anywhere near intl ckt for a year.

 

[maamrut]

The only good point was Ojha's performance.

 

[cars112]

Proudly Supporting: Suresh Raina,Rohit Sharma,Praveen Kumar,RP Singh,Piyush Chawla

i hope RP never gets anywhere near intl ckt for a year.

 

[HuZi]

good job done by tushara and mubarak and now just wait and see what india will do

 

[maamrut]

yep time i corrected that..

 

[Dhonifan]

great spell of bowling by Lankans! India doing well to survive couple of close lbw shouts and moving ball. Fielding is amazing

 

[maamrut]

So typical of SL that dismissal..

 

[maamrut]

Anyway the thing that amazes me is how we get these U-19 players to adapt and play in our seniour team!!Virat looks at home actually.

 

[Bublu Bhuyan]

Raina gone !!!!

 

[maamrut]

Truncated game...traget 216 from 44 overs.Play to resume shortly.

 

[maamrut]

LOL...these SL commies are on a high after the rain-delay.

 

[cricketrulez]

Truncated game...traget 216 from 44 overs.Play to resume shortly.

How did they come up with that? Almost looks like they wanted to gift the game to SL

 

[maamrut]

) ) )

UV you beauty..

 

[maamrut]

Anyways,disappointing really how things turned out..doesn't help when u have an umpire who needs his eyesight tested.I have had enough of this game..well for what its worth,well played Lanka.

 

[bones20]

) ) )

UV you beauty..

He might as well close his eyes and play Mendis. It will look the same and the result will be the same!

 

[OZGOD]

India getting pwned

18.1 Mendis to Yuvraj Singh, OUT, bowled him! Mendis has gone Yuvraj first ball! He's tormented him in this series! It was the ball that went straight on across the left-hander, yuvraj stayed in his crease and tried to push the ball on the off side, the ball hit the inside edge and then went on to the stumps, it may have hit the pad as well
Yuvraj Singh b Mendis 17 (23b 2x4 0x6) SR: 73.91

Can they come back?

 

[Khabri420]

yuvi gets a hit )

 

[bones20]

Anyways,disappointing really how things turned out..doesn't help when u have an umpire who needs his eyesight tested.I have had enough of this game..well for what its worth,well played Lanka.

Thats one of the worst LBW decision I have ever seen.

 

[maamrut]

I guess this is the point where Mendis takes a nice 5-fer against the tail-enders and the SL commies get multiple orgasms raving about how Mendis remained unconquered??You are back on duty RA..

 

[Khabri420]

and now DHONI pwned...so much for being no. 1

 

[Indiafan]

India getting pwned

18.1 Mendis to Yuvraj Singh, OUT, bowled him! Mendis has gone Yuvraj first ball! He's tormented him in this series! It was the ball that went straight on across the left-hander, yuvraj stayed in his crease and tried to push the ball on the off side, the ball hit the inside edge and then went on to the stumps, it may have hit the pad as well
Yuvraj Singh b Mendis 17 (23b 2x4 0x6) SR: 73.91

Can they come back?

Without the service of The Yuvi? Very unlikely. I do suspect Mendis is secretely using Kryptonite here. Is that allowed by WADA?

 

[Indiafan]

and now DHONI pwned...so much for being no. 1

yes one failure in a year in a dead rubber is so bad. That too after averaging 70 for a year :miandad

 

[f.b.m]

India's record in dead rubbers leaves a lot to be desired. But then again, theyre dead rubbers.

 

[Khabri420]

add pathan to that list..

 

[PlanetPakistan]

ODI matches in SL= not fair

Win the toss and you would have play very poorly to lose the match

 

[volcyz]

ODI matches in SL= not fair

Win the toss and you would have play very poorly to lose the match

Agreed....

 

[cars112]

ODI matches in SL= not fair

Win the toss and you would have play very poorly to lose the match

Very true...

 

[OZGOD]

India 9/99 about to lose

 

[cars112]

Mendis gets his fourth! India SMASHED by 112 runs!

 

[TruSachFan]

wth ) ) )

 

[OZGOD]

India just got owned. What a thrashing!

 

[cars112]

India just got owned. What a thrashing!

Brilliant isn't it OZ! T H R A S H I N G! What a game, what a performance by the Lankans! Indians humiliated!

 

[TruSachFan]

Brilliant isn't it OZ! T H R A S H I N G! What a game, what a performance by the Lankans! Indians humiliated!

Good to see Pak fans getting happy. U knw we care abt u

 

[OZGOD]

India's scorecard:

India innings (target: 216 runs from 44 overs)  	R  	M  	B  	4s  	6s  	SR
	V Kohli 	lbw b Kulasekara 		31 	45 	46 	3 	1 	67.39
	G Gambhir 	c Sangakkara b Kulasekara 	11 	37 	16 	2 	0 	68.75
	Yuvraj Singh 	b Mendis 			17 	46 	23 	2 	0 	73.91
	SK Raina 	c Fernando b Kulasekara 	10 	17 	13 	2 	0 	76.92
	RG Sharma 	lbw b Kulasekara	 	3 	11 	5 	0 	0 	60.00
 	MS Dhoni 	b Fernando	 		1 		7 	0 	0 	14.28
	IK Pathan 	c Warnapura b Mendis 		7 		15 	1 	0 	46.66
	Z Khan 		lbw b Mendis			3 		10 	0 	0 	30.00
	RP Singh 	c Jayawardene b Fernando 	4 		13 	0 	0 	30.76
	PP Ojha 	c Kulasekara b Mendis 		5 		9 	1 	0 	55.55
	MM Patel 	not out 			4 		2 	1 	0 	200.00
	    Extras 	(b 1, lb 2, w 4)	 	7 					
						
	    Total 	(all out; 26.3 overs) 		[b]103[/b] 	(3.88 runs per over)

 

[Oxy]

Good to see Pak fans getting happy. U knw we care abt u

Me personally - not bothered.

I've given up on any ODI cricket in the subcontinent.

Asia Cup was the last straw for me.

 

[TruSachFan]

Me personally - not bothered.

I've given up on any ODI cricket in the subcontinent.

Asia Cup was the last straw for me.

Yea. It's getting seriously boring. Need a SAF tour. Those pitches are beautiful.

 

[Easa]

Here's some for India: ) )

And a slightly special one for The Yuvi: ) )

 

[Oxy]

India missed out on Samit Patel.....

 

[Manish26]

Thnak God this series is over for Yuvi and we can see him firing on all cylinders against the Aussies.Even today he got the starts creaming both the new frontline bowlers till his nemesis Mendis once again got the better of him..I will still back him for the upcoming series against Australia

 

[volcyz]

He is damn poor against quality spin bowling.

 

[Dhonifan]

Who cares if we lost today, WE WON THE SERIES

Dhoni, tussi great ho sirji. Winning 3 tosses in a row...wah wah

 

[Cryin Out Loud]

Didn't care that much when we won the ODI series, don't care at all we lost this one.

 

[iZeeshan]

Unbelievable thrashing in the end, but quite a stupid series really, with the team batting first winning every game, I believe.

 

[Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron]

You believe incorrectly, I believe. SL won the first game chasing, and India won the 2nd chasing

 

[PlanetPakistan]

You believe incorrectly, I believe. SL won the first game chasing, and India won the 2nd chasing

first 2 were day games(bowling first was a huge advantage)
the next 3 were D/N games(batting first was a huge advantage)

 

[Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron]

Maybe so...I was just correcting the statement "with the team batting first winning every game, I believe."