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Sri Lanka (133/6) beat India (132/5) by 4 wickets in the 2nd T20 at Colombo
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This is not Sri Lanka C or D team.
Waninda Hasaranga is no.2 ranked t20 bowler and is the best they have got in the country. He is like Rashid Khan for Afghanistan. Those 4 overs decide the fortune of the game.
It is like India having Kohli, Rohit and Bumrah but missing KL Rahul, Pant, Bhuvi and Hardik in a T20 game.
Waninda Hasaranga is no.2 ranked t20 bowler and is the best they have got in the country. He is like Rashid Khan for Afghanistan. Those 4 overs decide the fortune of the game.
It is like India having Kohli, Rohit and Bumrah but missing KL Rahul, Pant, Bhuvi and Hardik in a T20 game.
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I think Srilanka will win this match. If they do win this match I will quote myself claiming I was right :rambo
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Devdutt just shown today that he is a better T20 prospect than all the batsman that were playing in the Indian team today.
He is a very good timer of ball, anchors the inning well and can strike big hits too. However, it is an unfortunate case here as he was made to bat at 3 instead of opening due to lack of options.
He is a very good timer of ball, anchors the inning well and can strike big hits too. However, it is an unfortunate case here as he was made to bat at 3 instead of opening due to lack of options.
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One question:
How come Shikhar Dhawan is playing if he was one of the 8 close contacts?
How come Shikhar Dhawan is playing if he was one of the 8 close contacts?
One Hasaranga doesn't make it a full-strength side.
SL are mediocre nowadays but tbf in this series they are missing half their first choice players due to injuries/contract dispute/ bubble-breach.
Having said that, they should beat this Ind C/D team here.
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this Rahul chahar is so pumped up as if he took steven smith's or ben stoke's wicket....lol minnow bashing mentality of these indians
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If ball passes wide line it should be wide irrespective of batsman moves or not..
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Lol how many int'l match he played so far? If its Pant or Rahul many people here will say givethem another chance..
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Karunaratna win it for them..
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great victory for sri lanka...congratulations
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Despite there's set bat he declined a double and hit next ball 6 to seal the match..
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Sanju Samson is a true successor to Umar Akmal. A really poor man's Rishabh Pant who looks like a million dollar when he comes to bat but has never been able to kick off further and play a special inning.
His age is 26, gifted enough and plays for India but he plays timidly. Compared to him, Iyer is less skillful for T20s but has a stronger mentality which is why he is ahead in reckoning.
Not good enough to represent for Indian team. Indian team need mentally stronger players than him like Pant, Iyer, SKY and Kishan.
His age is 26, gifted enough and plays for India but he plays timidly. Compared to him, Iyer is less skillful for T20s but has a stronger mentality which is why he is ahead in reckoning.
Not good enough to represent for Indian team. Indian team need mentally stronger players than him like Pant, Iyer, SKY and Kishan.
The youngsters are failing to make a mark and grab the senior team's attention.
Out of all youngsters, Padikkal, Sakaria and Varun Chakravarthy look like they have some future.
Samson is a choker. He has all the talent, but not the motivation. He looks uninterested most of the times.
Nitish Rana looked out of his depth. Saini is a bum. Gaikwad looked ok. But needs some more time in IPL.
Rahul Chahar needs to improve his batting. Otherwise, he will never be selected above the likes of Jadeja. These days you cannot survive in international cricket with only one skill unless you are gifted like a Warne or Murali.
Out of all youngsters, Padikkal, Sakaria and Varun Chakravarthy look like they have some future.
Samson is a choker. He has all the talent, but not the motivation. He looks uninterested most of the times.
Nitish Rana looked out of his depth. Saini is a bum. Gaikwad looked ok. But needs some more time in IPL.
Rahul Chahar needs to improve his batting. Otherwise, he will never be selected above the likes of Jadeja. These days you cannot survive in international cricket with only one skill unless you are gifted like a Warne or Murali.
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The best way to destroy a team is not make a guy whose place is not even guranteed in the team as there captain. Shanka is such a poor batsmen against spin or in general offer nothing with his 115 kmph trundlers and he is the captain.
For the 1st time Hasranga there best player of spin got to play in the middle and looked comfortable against spinners. he should come at 5 instead of Shanka, having said that Lanka has a reasonaly good all rounded attack but their batting sucks
For the 1st time Hasranga there best player of spin got to play in the middle and looked comfortable against spinners. he should come at 5 instead of Shanka, having said that Lanka has a reasonaly good all rounded attack but their batting sucks
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9 T20s without ever crossing 30.Both KL and Pant had better performances in thier first 8 or 9 games.You gotta earn your next chance too.KL is one of our premier T20 bat now
And Samson got his ODI chance due to IPL to
therwise his List A average is 30
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Samson has played 9. Pant has played 32.
and had a 58 and 38 in his first 9 matches despite batting lower.Samson yet to cross 30
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Rana and Samson aren't international quality batters. Their long term domestic records does not lie. Horrible temperament. Go home. We might as well play 2 more bowlers.
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All to play for in the final game as Sri Lanka restore parity in the three-match T20I series with a four-wicket win.
Four players - Devdutt Padikkal, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Chetan Sakariya and Nitish Rana - made their debut for India in the second T20I. Put in to bat first by Sri Lanka, India understandably started cautiously given their thin batting lineup for the game, putting up 45/0 in the Powerplay.
Skipper Dasun Shanaka brought himself on in the 7th over and broke through for Sri Lanka by removing Gaikwad for 21. Padikkal joined Dhawan (40) at the crease and the two southpaws put together a 36-run stand before the skipper missed a slog as Akila Dananjaya hit timber.
Padikkal (29) played a great reverse sweep for a four off Hasaranga in the 15th over but was bowled off the very next ball. Dananjaya got his second wicket of the game by scalping Sanju Samson, who didn't look very comfortable during his 13-ball 7 on a sluggish Premadasa track.
India managed to add 25 runs in the last three overs to take the total to 132/5. Apart from the first six overs, the Sri Lankan bowlers were on top of their game, making very good use of the spinning track and long boundaries to restrict the Indian batting lineup.
Chasing 133, Sri Lanka lost Avishka Fernando (11) in the third over to a tremendous catch on the boundary line by Rahul Chahar and could only manage to go at run-a-ball in the Powerplay.
Playing just his second T20I, Varun Chakravarthy foxed Sadeera Samarawickrama (8) with a googly. Kuldeep Yadav from the other end was wreaking havoc as well, scalping Dasun Shanaka (3) and Minod Bhanuka (36) in consecutive overs as Sri Lanka found themselves at 68/4 at the end of 12 overs.
Wanindu Hasaranga and Dhananjaya de Silva then got together and struck a crucial 28-run stand from just 19 balls to take Sri Lanka closer to victory before Rahul Chahar got India the crucial wicket of Hasaranga (15) in the last ball of his spell. India kept a lid on scoring in the next three overs, giving away just 19 runs and dismissing debutant Ramesh Mendis (2).
Needing 20 off the last two overs, Bhuvneshwar Kumar was trusted with the penultimate over but a high full-toss off proved to the turning point of the game as Chamika Karunaratne (12*) dispatched it for a six.
With debutant Chetan Sakariya left with just eight runs to defend, Sri Lanka got home without any more hiccups to draw the series 1-1.
Dhananjaya de Silva was awarded the Player of the Match for his unbeaten 40.
The two teams will now clash tomorrow, 29 July in the series decider at Colombo.
Four players - Devdutt Padikkal, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Chetan Sakariya and Nitish Rana - made their debut for India in the second T20I. Put in to bat first by Sri Lanka, India understandably started cautiously given their thin batting lineup for the game, putting up 45/0 in the Powerplay.
Skipper Dasun Shanaka brought himself on in the 7th over and broke through for Sri Lanka by removing Gaikwad for 21. Padikkal joined Dhawan (40) at the crease and the two southpaws put together a 36-run stand before the skipper missed a slog as Akila Dananjaya hit timber.
Padikkal (29) played a great reverse sweep for a four off Hasaranga in the 15th over but was bowled off the very next ball. Dananjaya got his second wicket of the game by scalping Sanju Samson, who didn't look very comfortable during his 13-ball 7 on a sluggish Premadasa track.
India managed to add 25 runs in the last three overs to take the total to 132/5. Apart from the first six overs, the Sri Lankan bowlers were on top of their game, making very good use of the spinning track and long boundaries to restrict the Indian batting lineup.
Chasing 133, Sri Lanka lost Avishka Fernando (11) in the third over to a tremendous catch on the boundary line by Rahul Chahar and could only manage to go at run-a-ball in the Powerplay.
Playing just his second T20I, Varun Chakravarthy foxed Sadeera Samarawickrama (8) with a googly. Kuldeep Yadav from the other end was wreaking havoc as well, scalping Dasun Shanaka (3) and Minod Bhanuka (36) in consecutive overs as Sri Lanka found themselves at 68/4 at the end of 12 overs.
Wanindu Hasaranga and Dhananjaya de Silva then got together and struck a crucial 28-run stand from just 19 balls to take Sri Lanka closer to victory before Rahul Chahar got India the crucial wicket of Hasaranga (15) in the last ball of his spell. India kept a lid on scoring in the next three overs, giving away just 19 runs and dismissing debutant Ramesh Mendis (2).
Needing 20 off the last two overs, Bhuvneshwar Kumar was trusted with the penultimate over but a high full-toss off proved to the turning point of the game as Chamika Karunaratne (12*) dispatched it for a six.
With debutant Chetan Sakariya left with just eight runs to defend, Sri Lanka got home without any more hiccups to draw the series 1-1.
Dhananjaya de Silva was awarded the Player of the Match for his unbeaten 40.
The two teams will now clash tomorrow, 29 July in the series decider at Colombo.
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You also have to consider that the team management kept Samson on the sidelines for years, while giving chances to the Ambati Rayudus and Kedar Jadhavs of the world. We also had 'cool' oldies sticking like glue in the team.
And then there have been the likes of Prithvi Shaw and Gill who have been given all the chances and hyped up like no tomorrow, but haven't really delivered much.
That much of sidelining would kill anyone's motivation. Sanju probably thinks he can play IPL and get the odd India chance, make a few tens of crores, and then retire peacefully to his air conditioned 'kattuvalom' in Kerala. I would do the same.
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Good to have a decider now. India approach looked very timid probably a batsmen short is playing on their minds. Samson looked in 2 minds too and ended up doing nothing
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In IPL, he is successful because he gets to bat at top order. That is where he is at his best although he will still be inconsistent but good enough and on his day, a genuine match winner.
Sanju's best bet for success in T20Is is also at top order. In middle order, having the game awareness is very important and Sanju lacks that.
Now, do you really think he can get to bat at top order in T20Is when India already have Rohit, Kohli, KL, Dhawan and a lot of youngsters coming through like Shaw, Kishan or Paddikal out of which Kishan debuted with a 50 which Samson doesn't have yet?
The answer is No. In the middle order spots, SKY, Kishan, Pant and Iyer all four are ahead in reckoning as they have proved it.
As for Gill and Shaw, they have been given proper run in Tests, not in T20s/ODIs and it is based on FC stats. Sanju's domestic stats aren't all that good.
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