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

[DriveClub]

Pretty disgraceful stuff from indian commies, past players putting this on the lankan team. Fault lies on bcci for scheduling this game at delhi. And delhi isn't even the worst in india when it comes to air pollution

 

[mr_mister]

Would a match abandoment result in Kohli's 243 being stricten from the records? that'd be funny


anyway i cant believe he's got yet another test double ton. 6 in 18 months. Now averages just shy of 54


After the Aus series some people were tipping this to slip down to the 40s and stay there. It seems he's the second best after Smith atm

 

[vitalogy83]

The fact that these double tons are coming against THIS SL side should mean they are as good as stricken from the record

 

[vitalogy83]

"There were a few players with respiratory distress, in terms of like struggling to take deep breaths and we had a couple of guys who had to come off the field to be nebulised and open their airways up. Some actually vomited because, what I think, of the toxicity of the pollution. They weren’t able to deal with it," he added.

According to Sri Lankan team manager Asanka Gurusinha there was chaos inside the dressing room. "We had four oxygen cylinders and the players were masked up inside the changing rooms and we had five doctors in there working on them. The anti-corruption manager gave us the green light and said to get everyone in. The Match Referee was in there as well."

The Island

 

[Chrish]

Players get opportunity to bash poor attacks all the time but how may can score daddy hundreds consistently ? Going big is a trait solely unique to Kohli ATM.

 

[Daemon]

The crowd booing the Lankans and Shastri's comments were just so, so bad. Embarrassing stuff.

 

[randycricfreak]

What else to expect from rowdy Delhi-ians.Petty,absurd and disgraceful!!!

 

[Motorwada]

The fact that these double tons are coming against THIS SL side should mean they are as good as stricken from the record

That fact that Aus were whitewashed by THIS SL side means they shouldn't.

 

[Spark]

That fact that Aus were whitewashed by THIS SL side means they shouldn't.

You aren't saying that this SL side is anything other than pretty bad, surely?

 

[CricAddict]

You aren't saying that this SL side is anything other than pretty bad, surely?

I won't say so. They still have some good players. They just had a decent series against Pak and as the previous poster put it, they whitewashed Aus in their conditions. The dominant Australia and WI teams won against everyone and just because of that, we can't say all other teams in their time are pretty bad teams.

This Indian team IN India is comparable to those teams in terms of absolutely dominating the opponents.

 

[Motorwada]

You aren't saying that this SL side is anything other than pretty bad, surely?

Why is that the only team this SL side is bad against is India? They just whitewashed Pak in UAE, becoming the first team in ages to do so and also whitewashed Australia at home but keep losing to India home and away. Doesn't that speak more of how strong India are in subcontinental conditions?

 

[Motorwada]

I won't say so. They still have some good players. They just had a decent series against Pak and as the previous poster put it, they whitewashed Aus in their conditions. The dominant Australia and WI teams won against everyone and just because of that, we can't say all other teams in their time are pretty bad teams.

This Indian team IN India is comparable to those teams in terms of absolutely dominating the opponents.

I'd say all of Asia + WI as well. We just whitewashed SL earlier this year, the first away whitewash in years (until they too whitewashed Pak in UAE).

 

[Zinzan]

Would a match abandoment result in Kohli's 243 being stricten from the records? that'd be funny


anyway i cant believe he's got yet another test double ton. 6 in 18 months. Now averages just shy of 54


After the Aus series some people were tipping this to slip down to the 40s and stay there. It seems he's the second best after Smith atm

I think that's fair as far as Test bats go .... Smith>Kohli>Root currently. The only thing Kohli's done wrong in recent times was that horrendous series vs. Aust, but that can probably be put down to a strange anomaly.

Wasn't long ago he was averaging mid 40s in Test cricket, so to get that up almost 10 in that short of time is outstanding. .

 

[Zinzan]

Does seem a wee bit soft from the Lankans on the face of it, considering I can't recall another away side complaining of pollution levels playing in Dehli, in internationals or in IPL games, but I might be mistaken.

I am aware Dehli dis one of the worst places for pollution, but is there a chance it could be a stomach bug or something going around the Lankan team, and they're confusing that for pollution?

 

[OverratedSanity]

Does seem a wee bit soft from the Lankans on the face of it, considering I can't recall another away side complaining of pollution levels playing in Dehli, in internationals or in IPL games, but I might be mistaken.

I fail to see the relevance of this.

 

[Zinzan]

I fail to see the relevance of this.

You failed to quote the 2nd part of my post, I'm questioning whether the vomiting is actually to do with the pollution or something else going around the team. Dehli has had bad pollution for years now, so seems strange it would be so bad to make one side get sick, when it hasn't seemed to have had that effect before to foreign cricketers -(at least in my recollection).

 

[randycricfreak]

How about the drastic change in pollution levels could have made a difference?.Delhi residents wouldn't have felt this as they are accustomed,and Indian players as generally most cities in India are on the polluted side.
I personally see nothing wrong with what SL did, and it is definitely up to BCCI and the relevant authorities of the government to take a stern decision with regards to this and should not compromise International cricket players for their lack of concern to the quality of air.

 

[randycricfreak]

Mathews badly due a big one.Plenty of potential when he scored two 100s in the 2014 tour to England consisting of two Tests,his first to England as well.

Important inns for Mathews

 

[Zinzan]

How about the drastic change in pollution levels could have made a difference?.Delhi residents wouldn't have felt this as they are accustomed,and Indian players as generally most cities in India are on the polluted side.
I personally see nothing wrong with what SL did, and it is definitely up to BCCI and the relevant authorities of the government to take a stern decision with regards to this and should not compromise International cricket players for their lack of concern to the quality of air.

I'm sure the experts would know if the levels have dramatically increased in a short period of time... they have sophisticated equipment to measure the levels.

Once again, I'm not claiming to know either way, just a comment that it seems strange if the pollution is suddenly causing illnesses, when I can't recall overseas Dehli daredevil players having issues.

 

[mr_mister]

So the scorecard shows Samarawickrama penciled in at 8? Quite the demotion...