Sri Lanka v India | 3rd Test | Indian won by 117 runs

[MarkCooper]

Ishant is giving send offs! Oh, can you imagine how England felt losing a Test match to this hopeless bowler? Oh the shame!

 

[Pakcricket89]

Ishant's average going down in range of 36 now, can end up with decent stats if he keeps bowling like this

 

[Pantani]

Ishant is giving send offs! Oh, can you imagine how England felt losing a Test match to this hopeless bowler? Oh the shame!

Here he is sledging Herath. Why would anybody want to sledge Herath?

 

[cricketpatzer]

Batsmen? We don't need no #$@$& batsmen, our bowlers can do it all!

1st innings first 5 wkts: 119 runs
1st innings next 5 wkts: 193 runs

2nd innings first 5 wkts: 118 runs
2nd innings next 5 wkts: 156 runs

Okay, our bowlers + Pujara are enough...

 

[Pantani]

Where's the rain?!

 

[Gone]

Another one gone.

India well ahead.

 

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Here he is sledging Herath. Why would anybody want to sledge Herath?

Lol I thought it was Herath who walked down to the pitch to sledge Ishant and Ishant followed suit to meet Herath in the middle of the pitch and then Herath just swayed away and walked over to the umpire?

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Need two or three more here. There is bounce and seam for Ishant. Needs to make them play more though.

 

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Chandimal flaying Yadav as usual.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Yadav

 

[Gone]

Ishy going nuts.

 

[Abhilash93]

Ishant going crazy

 

[Gone]

KL Rahul slip fielding hasn't been great. Rather have Rahane at 2nd Slip and Kohli at 3rd.

 

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Good that there is no provision to suspend a player during the course of play in cricket

 

[Sidilicious]

How did we lose the first test to this SL team?

 

[Gone]

Good that there is no provision to suspend a player during the course of play in cricket

I was thinking the same thing.

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Sir Ishant. Jesus! This guy is terrorising Lanka here.

 

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How long before Angelo Mathews starts greying?

 

[MRSN]

Where's the rain?!

When you play such a rubbish cricket not even rain God gonna rescue you.

 

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Silva has tripled his score in this Binny over.

 

[Abhilash93]

KL Rahul slip fielding hasn't been great. Rather have Rahane at 2nd Slip and Kohli at 3rd.

Anybody would do better than Kohli. He has dropped about half the catches at slip. He has lowest % of catches taken among Indians.

 

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Anybody would do better than Kohli. He has dropped about half the catches at slip. He has lowest % of catches taken among Indians.

Rohit Sharma, Murli Vijay and Rahane would be the normal slip cordon now that Rohit has cemented his position

 

[ihsri aha]

Kohli should not field at slip. Luckily he caught that

 

[KevinFern]

Apparently Ishant has the most number of 5-fer since 2014 for a pacer

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[Abhilash93]

Rohit Sharma, Murli Vijay and Rahane would be the normal slip cordon now that Rohit has cemented his position

Rohits position depends on Shastri's future prospects

 

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Rohits position depends on Shastri's future prospects

Not really. His contributions in this test have been meaningful on a difficult track.

 

[Gone]

Anybody would do better than Kohli. He has dropped about half the catches at slip. He has lowest % of catches taken among Indians.

Tbf, i dont mind who ever leaves the slip cordon but Rahane should defo be there. He is defo the best slip fielder we have atm.

 

[Smbhayi]

Legendary Ishant and Sir Binny bowled very well in pairs..

 

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Yadav in good boundary conceding form.

 

[Anchorman]

I remember there was a time when Zaheer Khan basically took up the role of bowling coach for the Indian team and it worked really well for them as Zaheer was a guy everybody looked up to.

It seems like Ishant has now taken up that role. Always chatting with the bowlers, giving tips and leading from the front. Another feather in the cap of a bonafide legend! Long may it continue!

 

[Anchorman]

Legendary Ishant and Sir Binny bowled very well in pairs..

Definitely. Binny is an especially tough bowler to negotiate on the pitches. Accurate, can swing it both ways and bowls at a tricky pace.

 

[Abhilash93]

I remember there was a time when Zaheer Khan basically took up the role of bowling coach for the Indian team and it worked really well for them as Zaheer was a guy everybody looked up to.

It seems like Ishant has now taken up that role. Always chatting with the bowlers, giving tips and leading from the front. Another feather in the cap of a bonafide legend! Long may it continue!

Would really love to have Zak as our bowling coach once he retires. He had more brains than these bunch of Indian bowlers combined.

 

[BaaliSoda]

Yadav with his usual splatter gun accuracy (oxymoron?)

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[BaaliSoda]

Kohli should use either mishy or ashwin from one end

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[BaaliSoda]

Runs are flowing easily with too many boundaries.

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[Anchorman]

Would really love to have Zak as our bowling coach once he retires. He had more brains than these bunch of Indian bowlers combined.

Definitely. He was easily the most intelligent Indian pacer I've ever seen. I reckon, he'll be one of those coaches who instead of changing the physical side of these bowlers (tinkering their action), focuses more on the mental side of things. He would probably make bowlers watch tapes of the batsmen and highlight their weaknesses and be obsessed with taking wickets.

God knows some of your bowlers need some mental coaching (Yadav, Aaron).

 

[HateKiller]

Any idea why Ishant is thumping his head? Is he saying nothing is in there?
Or he is imitating Ajay Devgun - "Aata Majhi satakli" ?

 

[Nikhil_cric]

Kohli seems to have no plan B while bowling? If the batsmen are scoring runs easily, they should try and string together a couple of maidens and force errors instead of looking to attack all the time.

 

[Sidilicious]

I have a bad feeling about this test. Feel that SL will be able to draw the match

 

[BaaliSoda]

As usual reactionary captaincy from kohli. Should have introduced one of the spinners much earlier instead of bowling with yadav. Despite losing 3 quick wickets, SL should feel better with the last half hour's play.

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[Lords]

I am not watching live but reading the commentry it seems like Ishant is picking fight with everyone , bowling or batting.

whats up with this new found attitude.

 

[Pantani]

Lol I thought it was Herath who walked down to the pitch to sledge Ishant and Ishant followed suit to meet Herath in the middle of the pitch and then Herath just swayed away and walked over to the umpire?

Is that what happened?

 

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Is that what happened?

That is what I saw but not sure about the events leading to that event.

 

[Indian_Supporter]

Umesh Yadav's economy rate is almost 7 runs per over in a test match on a pitch which is suitable for fast bowling. Now whom do we blame for such horrific bowling?

MS Dhoni famously said once in match presenation "Time has come where India need to really think if they want to play genuine quick bowlers or bowlers who maintains good line and length"

People criticized MS then saying he is anti quick bowling. But when you got dumb bowlers like Umesh and Aaron, I would happily take a trundler. A line & length trundler >>>> brainless fasttt bowler. B.Kumar would have ripped this SL batting on this pitch.

Time for Kohli to drop his love for pace bowlers and rely on what always worked for India. Line and length trundlers.

 

[Abhilash93]

Is that what happened?

Something funny happened before that!

I Sharma to Herath, no run, banged in short on middle and leg, Herath ducks under it and weathers a stare down. And as the bowler was walking back to his mark, he turns and strides up to the middle of the pitch, then looks up about a couple of feet to find Ishant and give him a death stare! Umpires intervene, Kohli is told about it, but I cant make out if anyone said anything.

 

[Abhilash93]

Something funny happened before that!

He later complained to the umpire.

Oh Ishant and Herath have a heated exchange. Not sure why though! Virat steps in. Herath stares at Ishant and then complains to the umpire. After bowling that bumper, Ishant just looked at the batsman but didn't say anything. Anyway, we are good to continue

 

[Sidilicious]

I am not watching live but reading the commentry it seems like Ishant is picking fight with everyone , bowling or batting.

whats up with this new found attitude.

HE takes a couple of wickets and starts to think of himself as Malcom Sharma

 

[sensible-indian-fan]

Umesh Yadav's economy rate is almost 7 runs per over in a test match on a pitch which is suitable for fast bowling. Now whom do we blame for such horrific bowling?

MS Dhoni famously said once in match presenation "Time has come where India need to really think if they want to play genuine quick bowlers or bowlers who maintains good line and length"

People criticized MS then saying he is anti quick bowling. But when you got dumb bowlers like Umesh and Aaron, I would happily take a trundler. A line & length trundler >>>> brainless fasttt bowler. B.Kumar would have ripped this SL batting on this pitch.

Time for Kohli to drop his love for pace bowlers and rely on what always worked for India. Line and length trundlers.

People criticized Dhoni for being immature and making public statements against team mates to defend his crazy selections.

The same day people were ripping into Yadav too. I too opened a thread around that time elsewhere.

 

[Sandeep]

Ishant is giving send offs! Oh, can you imagine how England felt losing a Test match to this hopeless bowler? Oh the shame!

He ripped England apart with bouncers that day.. Good bowler when in rhythm

 

[KevinFern]

What to do. Sad state of events.

There was a Dav Whatmore comment on Indian selection in 2010 when we went ahead with Yuvi over Pujara.

Joke really.

http://www.boredcricketcrazyindians.com/2015/08/kesavan-che-rohit-and-short-shrifts.html?m=1

 

[Sadevdesai]

Indians have their tails up at the end of the 4th day .... though anything can happen, mind you. As usual, the 1st hour will be crucial for both sides. Ishan't is acting like a punk since he got a 5fer worthless show off. Others have had few 5fers too, and they don't act like fools !! Anyway, SL has their work cutout, God knows how they will sleep tonight !! Ashwin is little subdued because of the grass on the track. All 3 results very possible, but the Indians should be favored at this point. Soooo .... let me guess ... India 80/20, SL 20/80 and Draw 40/60. I have no dog in this fight .... so may the best team wins !!!

 

[BaaliSoda]

Not a single over I have seen from Yadav so far where he bowls consistently in a particular line/length.

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[Justcrazy]

India in drivers seat here

 

[BaaliSoda]

Thank god. Umesh strikes, Kaushal gone

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[Justcrazy]

four down

 

[BaaliSoda]

Light is getting darker, though. Gotta try and make most of this session before the eventual rain arrives.

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[BaaliSoda]

This was the best over from Umesh in this inning. Looked like getting wicket with every ball.

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[Justcrazy]

Great start by india, rain last hope for Lanka

 

[Justcrazy]

Light is getting darker, though. Gotta try and make most of this session before the eventual rain arrives.

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rain will not last whole day.

 

[BaaliSoda]

rain will not last whole day.

It may not but will sure spoil the rhythm of bowlers plus the danger of losing out crucial overs that could have been bowled at batsmen.

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[BaaliSoda]

Sun is playing hide n seek

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[JaDed]

Run out missed!

 

[Justcrazy]

Thiramanie is hurt

 

[Enforcer]

Ishant Ambrose

 

[BaaliSoda]

Fiery spell from Ishant continues. He looks so much pumped up.

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[Justcrazy]

Sharma , one wicket away from 200 test wickets

 

[Justcrazy]

The ICC have tweeted that Ishant, Chandimal, Dhammika and Thirimanne have been charged for breaching the code of conduct

 

[BaaliSoda]

Mathews is gonna be the key for SL. He looks relatively unperturbed by any Indian bowlers thus far. He also seems to be carrying some niggle (right hand?). Time for some bowling change.

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[BaaliSoda]

Binny into the bowling now

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[Justcrazy]

Binny bowling now.


Lanka would be hoping for rain here.

 

[BaaliSoda]

Mishra or Ashwin should be tried now

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[Justcrazy]

No rain , Lanka need rain dance here

 

[Justcrazy]

Matthews trying hard , but they lost couple more wickets than they would have wanted.

 

[BaaliSoda]

Superb bowling by ashwin and equally great reaction from Rahul
Thiri gone

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[BaaliSoda]

I have been saying this from the beginning, Rahul is good at close catching positions than at slip.

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[BaaliSoda]

Rahul is not a test standard slip fielder and drops at least a catch or two in a inning in that position when placed. But he is pretty good at close catching positions, though.

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Posted this in this very thread during SL's 1st inning

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[Justcrazy]

113 / 5

76 overs left .

Lanka finished

 

[Slog]

Man this SL team is terrible.

The shame of losing 2 home Test series in a row. Oh the shame!

 

[JaDed]

Man this SL team is terrible.

The shame of losing 2 home Test series in a row. Oh the shame!

Not yet.

 

[Pantani]

Man this SL team is terrible.

The shame of losing 2 home Test series in a row. Oh the shame!

I reckon Sri Lanka are slightly better than West Indies, Bangladesh, and Zimbabwe, meaning the rank is 7. But there's a big gap between 7th and 6th (India).