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Third Test between India [536/7d & 246/5d] and SL [373 & 299/5] ends in a draw - Ind win series 1-0

India won the toss and batting first.

India XI: M Vijay,S Dhawan,CA Pujara,V Kohli(c),AM Rahane,RG Sharma,E Ashwin,WP Saha,RA Jadeja,I Sharma,Mohammad Shami

Srilanka XI: S Samarawickrama,FDM Karunaratne,Roshen Silva,Angelo Mathews,Dinesh Chandimal (c)N Dickwella,Dhananjaya de Silva,Lakhshan Sandakan,MDK Perera,RAS Lakmal,PLS Gamage
 
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If India go by the book and we keep in mind the recent past

this would be the most logical hypothetical scenario

1) India making 600+ and declare tomorrow after tea

2) Sri lanka will make about 200 odd runs

3) They will be forced to follow on and will loose the match on the fourth day with an inning and 200+
 
Dhawan and Pujara have missed out big time today. Vijay has looked solid all morning. His comeback couldn't have come at a better time with the SA tour looming. He looks like he hasn't lost a step at all.

Meanwhile, the less said about Kohli the better. He has been in God mode all morning. I know people will talk about the bowling and all but he has absolutely destroyed the opposition's spirits today. Sehwag-esque innings.
 
Vijays drives are soo pleasing watch especially the cover drive,too much elegance there
 
Kohli has done a horrible mistake by asking rest against lanka in odi's

He could have easily add 2-3 more centuries in his kitty with the kind of form he is in and how abysmal the lankan bowers are
 
Kohli is emerging as one of the best test batsmen of his era too.

We have got Sachin/Lara in form of Kohli/Smith.

Root is way behind.
 
Didn't realise Vijay's highest os only 167. He surely needs to fix that by getting a 200 soon
 
Rahul’s place in Tests is in danger. He needs to up his game.

The way Vijay and Dhawan Have batted recently, these 2 will be opening in SA barring injury.
 
troodon said:
Rahul’s place in Tests is in danger. He needs to up his game.

The way Vijay and Dhawan Have batted recently, these 2 will be opening in SA barring injury.
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Dhawan will fail in the first test and we will have Rahul back in again
 
GrandMaster said:
He loses his cool and temperament once he goes past 100. I don’t see him scoring big.
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Well, as long as he gets to 3 figure a couple of times each in Australia, SA and England, in our next round go foreign tours, I will be happy
 
Another 100 for Kohli.

If he keeps this up for another year, he might be on the same level as Smith.
 
Kohli wanted a testing pitch for batsmen, strike rate and avg will show which bowler improved on good pitches. I think India will get similar pitches abroad to nullify bowling skills of Indian bowlers, have to see if spinners have improved and knocking 6-10 of SL line up will measure this.
 
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Should Rahane be discarded and a new face brought into Indian test side (middle order)? Even Rohit should be eying it! If Rahane fails even in South Africa, I think it will be curtains for him!
 
This is exactly what I said in one of my posts in ref. to the last test, be it any spinner - earlier it was barring leg-spinner - Rahane finds a a way to get out. I think he is just very low on confidence and skill too. Across years it cannot be low confidence it is a matter of skill too. He should only be picked for overseas tours. And with this horrible home series, not sure he will perform against Maharaj who is bowling good in SA and ofcourse Lyon is good in Aus. Should not have been picked for the last test and could have asked him to sort out his game, not possible atleast could iron some cracks for 1 month.
 
I always felt he was a softie. Just that he is worse against spin than pace does not mean he is fantastic against pace.
 
WengerOut said:
Rahane does it again . Clueless against spin
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Apparently He is still called as best SC batsmen by some just because he has done well outside SC.If He continues like this,He might also lose his test spot along with ODI/T20 .
 
Rahane is a talented version of Shafiq. A frustrating, inconsistent player who doesn’t have the character to make it big.

I think he will struggle overseas from here on - his career graph is only going to go down from here on, with a superior batsman replacing him in a couple of years.

Rohit might be on an upward curve though, he can cement himself in the Test XI in the next year or so.
 
This is one of the very FEW opportunity that kohli is gonna get in his career to score triple hundred.

Is he gonna get 300 tomorrow?
 
Rahane. I have not seen such a poor Indian middle order against spin apart from Yuvraj. Even he was not this bad. We have seen the likes of Azharuddin, Tendulkar, Laxman, Ganguly. He just aimlessly poke his bats at the ball hoping it hits the bat.
 
Mamoon said:
Rahane is a talented version of Shafiq. A frustrating, inconsistent player who doesn’t have the character to make it big.

I think he will struggle overseas from here on - his career graph is only going to go down from here on, with a superior batsman replacing him in a couple of years.

Rohit might be on an upward curve though, he can cement himself in the Test XI in the next year or so.
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What do you think about Murali Vijay? Looks in good touch.
 
Vijay looses his cool post 100, still happy that we have him in form. His defence is key in the upcoming overseas tours. Score hundreds or not, vijay has to face 100+ balls in the SA tests, just to blunt the new ball and make life easy for 4 & 5.
KL rahul should be the other opener, but even he'd need to tone down the aggression.
 
Reddy said:
What do you think about Murali Vijay? Looks in good touch.
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Vijay is a solid player who has done well for India post Sehwag and Gambhir, but I feel that he is slowly being phased out. He is nearly 34 now, and KL Rahul has greater potential - he can become India's greatest Test opener after Gavaskar and Sehwag.

Dhawan also provides a very good attacking option who can put the opposition on the back-foot. Vijay does the dirty work, but it is frustrating to see him not kick on and get those huge scores.
 
Ok Rahane may be poor these days but that doesn't mean we should trust Rohit Sharma.

He is rubbish.

Rohit can't survive good bowling or tough spells for most part.
 
sensible-indian-fan said:
Ok Rahane may be poor these days but that doesn't mean we should trust Rohit Sharma.

He is rubbish.

Rohit can't survive good bowling or tough spells for most part.
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His form is worrying. He has been a total passenger for many Tests. A pathetic player of spin.
 
troodon said:
His form is worrying. He has been a total passenger for many Tests. A pathetic player of spin.
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Yeah true.

I back him to come good outside Asia.

Remember, he was the lone warrior when all these amazing players of spin got owned by Moeen Ali in England (because they were too preoccupied with dealing with pace). He played Lyon well in Australia too and saved a test for us. Outside Asia, I think Rahane will be fine IF he gets back his form.

Rahane is the ONLY Indian batsman (apart from Tendulkar) who has scored a century in every country in his first outside Asia tour.

Century in NZ, Aus, Eng and SA (96). All came in crucial moments.
 
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WengerOut said:
Turners like today or Nagpur ?? He is basically non competent as far as spin is concerned, does not have to be turners
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Pretty much most Asian turners (though he can play crucial knocks here and there through sheer will power like he did against Aus in Bangalore).

Outside Asia pitches have minimal turn which he doesn't find too tough.

2014 Adelaide day 5 like bouncy rank turner, he is bad too.

Biggest problem is that he doesn't get to the pitch of the ball to smother the turn so when it turns significantly, it takes the edge.
 
Rahane has turned out to be India's worst player of spin in tests in a long time.
 
WengerOut said:
That poor guy has scored 3 fifties and a 100 in his last 3 tests . Give him a chance. He might have improved.
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yes he did but india need to get theiracts right before foreign tours and youngster could have been tried.
Rohit is not test material when the opposition is not srilanka.
plus india has huge talent comping up .
 
DRsohail said:
yes he did but india need to get theiracts right before foreign tours and youngster could have been tried.
Rohit is not test material when the opposition is not srilanka.
plus india has huge talent comping up .
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Ready made talents ( can be drafted straight into the team ) are not available. If Rahane is in such atrocious form , then only Rohit is the possibility. Ans he is in form . Virat and co dint take the chance to groom new guys in the series. Rahane is living off his Lords innings for many a while now.
 
WengerOut said:
Ready made talents ( can be drafted straight into the team ) are not available. If Rahane is in such atrocious form , then only Rohit is the possibility. Ans he is in form . Virat and co dint take the chance to groom new guys in the series. Rahane is living off his Lords innings for many a while now.
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let see what he does in SA.if does decetly there then understandable.
 
WengerOut said:
That poor guy has scored 3 fifties and a 100 in his last 3 tests . Give him a chance. He might have improved.
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With Shastri's & Kohli's backing, Rohit will definitely feature in all Test Squads and will be an automatic choice if team goes with 6 full batsmen! (India may well go with 6 batsmen in SA if one out of Jadeja/Ashwin sits out) But India may well start the tour with a loss if they go with both Dhawan and Rohit! (even Rahane is down in confidence with poor form!)
 
This kind of flog-fest is what I despise most about cricket. Reckon Ashes will turn out to be the same
 
Can someone tel me why India are playing SL for the millionth time in two years?
 
Aman said:
Can someone tel me why India are playing SL for the millionth time in two years?
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5th test series in last 10 odd years is completely fine. I think you're confused with the meaningless ODI series
 
I barely follow series involving a higher ranked team v a lower ranked one and Ind/Lanka play each other so often, it's great I suppose to pad some statistics in the modern era
 
WengerOut said:
5th test series in last 10 odd years is completely fine. I think you're confused with the meaningless ODI series
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IN the last 10 years,

SL-Pakistan 21 test
SL-India 18 test
SL-Eng 12 test
Rest , less than 10 tests

India does play a lot against SL.
 
Buffet said:
IN the last 10 years,

SL-Pakistan 21 test
SL-India 18 test
SL-Eng 12 test
Rest , less than 10 tests

India does play a lot against SL.
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India last 10 years

India - Australia - 22 times
India - England - 23 times
India - SA - 11 times
India - SL - 18 times

India do play more generally, not necessarily against SL
 
WengerOut said:
India last 10 years

India - Australia - 22 times
India - England - 23 times
India - SA - 11 times
India - SL - 18 times

India do play more generally, not necessarily against SL
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That's a good point. It doesn't look like India played SL more than other teams.
 
2 test series was fine but 3 tests and then 3 odis and 2 t20s??

This is the third test series between the two since 2015 if I remember.
 
WengerOut said:
India last 10 years

India - Australia - 22 times
India - England - 23 times
India - SA - 11 times
India - SL - 18 times

India do play more generally, not necessarily against SL
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India- SA is so less.
 
Ab Fan said:
India- SA is so less.
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SA generally don't play more than 3 test matches in a series unless it's against England. India ,England, OZ play each other for a minimum of 4 tests these days. Otherwise we play bilateral series against SA often enough .
 
I never rated kohli that highly in tests but in the last 1.5 years, he has become our best and most consistent test batsman. Hopefully Rahane will step up in SA. We can't be relying on Kohli alone all the time.
 
Nikhil_cric said:
I never rated kohli that highly in tests but in the last 1.5 years, he has become our best and most consistent test batsman. Hopefully Rahane will step up in SA. We can't be relying on Kohli alone all the time.
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He always had the ability, but I got the impression he didn't take Tests as seriously back then. Now that he's captain and is determined to score big runs, he's unstoppable. I don't know how you can get him out. Smith and him are frightening right now.
 
Aman said:
He always had the ability, but I got the impression he didn't take Tests as seriously back then. Now that he's captain and is determined to score big runs, he's unstoppable. I don't know how you can get him out. Smith and him are frightening right now.
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Bowl fourth stump to kholi and get him easy.
 
Should've gotten a triple last Test match. Surely he can't throw one in this Test match now. He can easily beat 400 too. Looks fit as a fiddle at the moment.
 
Kohli should eye highest test score, we don't bother a draw... Rahane & Rohit in the middle order made it difficult... Ashwin cannot rotate the strike either and Jadeja cannot block. Saha is the key, Kohli cannot take the defensive path for this, he wants the runs to be scored at good pace, so other batsmen should rotate
 
If this test involved any other country but India , the teams would have gone off by now... might indeed is right ..
 
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