Sri Lanka v India | 5th ODI | Columbo | 8/2/09

[Bublu Bhuyan]

YK Pathan lbw b Muralitharan 3 (13b 0x4 0x6) SR: 23.07 issed:

 

[Romali_rotti]

Was Y.Pathan out or was he Desilaved ??

 

[IronMan2009]

Yusuf gone. It is a matter of time before they board the plane.

 

[jusarrived]

have seen jadeja bat , lets see what he can do at intl level .....if does well , then this will be one +ve from the match !

very dissapointed with Rohit Sharma though ...classy player with very good technique , but cant convert it into runs ....frustrating thing is that he plays stupid shots and gets out !

 

[IronMan2009]

Was Y.Pathan out or was he Desilaved ??

I think it probably was out. Because he thrusted his pad right across.

 

[IronMan2009]

That decision was dead on.

 

[IronMan2009]

Atleast for Jadeja's sake Dhoni should stick around instead of getting out for another glory shot like previous batsmen did.

 

[jusarrived]

^^^hes got a double ton in first class , no mug with the bat ...think hes got potential to bein the test team !

 

[IronMan2009]

His batting reminds me of Irfan pathan's batting. Similar feet movement, follow throughs.

 

[Bublu Bhuyan]

MS Dhoni c Kulasekara b Jayasuriya 53 (58b 1x4 2x6) SR: 91.37

 

[IronMan2009]

Well played Jadeja.. very good innings. Sensible knock.

 

[jusarrived]

mendis continues to torment the tail

 

[Bublu Bhuyan]

^^^ Ditto.

 

[Bublu Bhuyan]

L Balaji c Kulasekara b Mendis 7 (10b 1x4 0x6) SR: 70.00

 

[jusarrived]

Jadeja sure has the potential to be a test class alrounder !

 

[IronMan2009]

mendis continues to torment the tail

Actually if only the fielder was slightly on either side it would have been a six. Mendis was lucky to have a fieldsman exactly at that spot.

 

[IronMan2009]

It is definitely not a shambolic performance. Jadeja is a huge plus. After dropping Jayasuriya he has come back well in this mach.

 

[Ghoshtbuster]

cut mendis some slack. i mean he must be demoralised after the top order hit him for 4 runs an over.

 

[On_the_up]

cut mendis some slack. i mean he must be demoralised after the top order hit him for 4 runs an over.

 

[IronMan2009]

Good that Inida got another late order innings builder alongwith Dhoni, Yuvraj.

 

[Bublu Bhuyan]

Game over

I Sharma b Maharoof 4 (6b 0x4 0x6) SR: 66.66

 

[On_the_up]

Good news for Pakistan. Yuvi broke Murali's hand i think. Straight drive..bang.

Okay he is alright now.

He powers of recovery seem legendary.

 

[IronMan2009]

All over. 4-1 India wins. Jadeja 60(77) .

 

[Poison]

Let the Indian wrist slitting begin

 

[natalia]

Dilshan > Jadeja

 

[jusarrived]

dissapointing result in the end really , with pathan comming at 8 we should have chased that total down easily ...5-0 would have been an awesome result , though i predicted 4-1 before the starts of series

 

[IronMan2009]

Dilshan > Jadeja

Ashraful > Dilshan

 

[jusarrived]

Let the Indian wrist slitting begin

we are moer than happy with our team and our captain

 

[Shaan]

So are we saying that if Srilanka were batting first through the series the result could have gone other way just kidding!! Well done Srilanka and CONGRATS to India for series victory !!!

 

[IronMan2009]

dissapointing result in the end really , with pathan comming at 8 we should have chased that total down easily ...5-0 would have been an awesome result , though i predicted 4-1 before the starts of series

Top 3 batsmen 6,15,0 and rohit fails whether others click or not. So 4 failures at top order is never going to help while chasing 320 plus.

 

[jusarrived]

So are we saying that if Srilanka were batting first through the series the result could have gone other way just kidding!! Well done Srilanka and CONGRATS to India for series victory !!!

SL did bat first in the very first match

 

[IronMan2009]

Rohit is the biggest disappointment for India. To be fair he has been in and out of the side. But still he doesn't get out because of good balls. He just has some brain explosion and throws his wicket away.

Jadeja is a very good positive. Well compiled 50.

 

[Shaan]

Ashraful > Dilshan

so equation continues: Ashraful > Dilshan >Jadeja

 

[MIG]

Congratulations to our Indian friends on a well deserved victory - team looking good for a World Cup triumph at the moment ( barring SA)

 

[IronMan2009]

Hope it is not Ajay Jadeja

 

[Poison]

Why is Dhoni underbowling himself

^ Indian Cricket Fans website.


DERRRRRRR HE IS A WICKET KEEPER. KEEPING WICKETS. NOT DOING LIKE THE BOLLING THING.

 

[IronMan2009]

Dhoni seemed to be mad at Gambhir. He didn't give him an opportunity to bowl at all.

 

[Bublu Bhuyan]

Congratulations to our Indian friends on a well deserved victory - team looking good for a World Cup triumph at the moment ( barring SA)

World Cup is another 2 years away. Loss of form can happen any moment.

 

[Bublu Bhuyan]

Dhoni seemed to be mad at Gambhir. He didn't give him an opportunity to bowl at all.

Yea, and after Gambhir bowled his overs, he could have handed the gloves to Gambhir and tried rolling his arms over as well

 

[IronMan2009]

6th man of the series for Yuvraj..

 

[MIG]

World Cup is another 2 years away. Loss of form can happen any moment.

India can only build up on this - they have a young energetic side and a good captain

 

[Bublu Bhuyan]

6th man of the series for Yuvraj..

That's quite an impressive tally.

 

[IronMan2009]

[B]Match and series awards  [/B]
 [B]Player  	 	                Mat     MOM   MOS[/B]
SR Tendulkar (India) 	 	        422 	57     13 	
ST Jayasuriya (Asia/SL) 	 	432 	47     11 	
SM Pollock (Afr/ICC/SA) 	 	303 	22 	8 	
SC Ganguly (Asia/India) 	 	311 	31 	6 	
CH Gayle (ICC/WI) 	 	        194 	20 	6 	
Inzamam-ul-Haq (Asia/Pak) 	        378 	24 	6 	
Yuvraj Singh (Asia/India) 	        227 	18 	6 	
JH Kallis (Afr/ICC/SA) 		        287 	29 	5 	
RT Ponting (Aus/ICC) 	 	        308 	28 	5 	
MS Atapattu (SL) 		        268 	20 	4 	
GA Gooch (Eng) 	 	                125 	11 	4 	
DPMD Jayawardene (Asia/SL) 	        299     14      4