***Official*** Sri Lanka in India 2017

[Contra]

man that was close

 

[srbhkshk]

Kohli just confirmed the 5th place in the Indian ATG side for me.

 

[Contra]

Kohli <3

 

[vcs]

Yet another double.

Can get a triple here if he wants to, but commentators are referring to some physical issue. Not sprinting between the wickets.

 

[Daemon]

6 double hundreds now

 

[Shri]

I'll wait for him to throw it away again.

 

[Chrish]

Tendulkar's double tally equaled in less than one-third of innings..

 

[Bahseph]

Kohli is in some scary form. Can't wait to see him in SA.

 

[Pratters]

what a crap series.

 

[Motorwada]

I'm fairly sure the millions of runs scored by Voges et al against the Windies at home a few years back were roughly as facile.

West Indies have not won a series in years. This SL side whitewashed Aus at home and WI away and have a genuinely good bowler in Herath.

 

[Spark]

West Indies have not won a series in years. This SL side whitewashed Aus at home and WI away and have a genuinely good bowler in Herath.

Herath isn't playing. I will admit though, I'm not exactly paying close attention to this series; it doesn't exactly promsie enthralling cricket.

 

[srbhkshk]

Herath isn't playing. I will admit though, I'm not exactly paying close attention to this series; it doesn't exactly promsie enthralling cricket.

He played the first two matches, India isn't his favorite team to face though.

 

[Motorwada]

Herath isn't playing. I will admit though, I'm not exactly paying close attention to this series; it doesn't exactly promsie enthralling cricket.

Played first two matches. And also played the SL series which we won 3-0.

 

[Dan]

It's pretty painful to see SL at these depths. Really hoping they've reached the nadir.

 

[Motorwada]

It's pretty painful to see SL at these depths. Really hoping they've reached the nadir.

Think SL are still a decent team and will be competitive with most teams in Asian conditions (prolly beating the white teams as well). Thing is this Indian team might be the best team in Asian conditions of all time. Ashwin and Jadeja are basically Murali level in Asia so you have not one but two Muralis bowling at you. Couple that with a decent seam attack and a strong batting lineup I don't see many teams in history winning against this Indian team.

 

[Dan]

...I think you're overstating this series a lot.

No doubt, India is a ridiculously strong team right now. Rocking that many batsmen averaging >40, actually having a decent set of seam bowling options, and finally finding some useful-looking depth behind Ashwin and Jadeja means they're an extremely good Test team. I'm looking forward to seeing how they do in South Africa, as long as they finally **** off Vijay for good.

But Sri Lanka is in a serious, serious hole. Beating Australia because they're all new levels of lolbad vs spin doesn't change that.

 

[vcs]

The only interesting thing left in this innings is whether Kohli can make a triple here.

 

[vcs]

Yeah SL have been absolutely dire the last two series against India.

They just seem to give up when things start to go against them. Surprising how they were able to win in UAE with this kind of attitude.

 

[Daemon]

...I think you're overstating this series a lot.

No doubt, India is a ridiculously strong team right now. Rocking that many batsmen averaging >40, actually having a decent set of seam bowling options, and finally finding some useful-looking depth behind Ashwin and Jadeja means they're an extremely good Test team. I'm looking forward to seeing how they do in South Africa, as long as they finally **** off Vijay for good.

But Sri Lanka is in a serious, serious hole. Beating Australia because they're all new levels of lolbad vs spin doesn't change that.

They beat Pakistan 2-0 as well.

They're not a good team right now but they're hardly as dire as India are making them out to be. Were on top for most of the first test in this series. I think vcs is right in that they just give up really easily.

 

[Motorwada]

...I think you're overstating this series a lot.

No doubt, India is a ridiculously strong team right now. Rocking that many batsmen averaging >40, actually having a decent set of seam bowling options, and finally finding some useful-looking depth behind Ashwin and Jadeja means they're an extremely good Test team. I'm looking forward to seeing how they do in South Africa, as long as they finally **** off Vijay for good.

But Sri Lanka is in a serious, serious hole. Beating Australia because they're all new levels of lolbad vs spin doesn't change that.

Not just this series though. There was a series earlier this year in SL too, same level of domination post which they went and whitewashed Pakistan in UAE. So it's not just the Aus series.

Also why **** off Vijay? He's a really good batsman. Scores everywhere.