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

[harsh.ag]

Also why we need to pick KL and Vijay as openers. The cordon needs to be Vijay at first, Rahane at second, KL at third.

 

[Himannv]

Hopefully Sadeera makes the most of the chance he's getting. He's a decent batsman IMO.

 

[Athlai]

God to see Chandiguns and Mathews in the runs

 

[Daemon]

That's a really good catch to go with the one he took off Ashwin. Good stuff from Saha.

 

[Daemon]

Nearly very country has a domestic giant who the selectors just don't seem to want to pick. Silva's been the one for SL. Hope he goes we - oops.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Saha WAG

 

[Himannv]

Terrible debut.

 

[harsh.ag]

Dickwella at 8 is fun. Also weird.

 

[Daemon]

Dickwella at 8 is fun. Also weird.

They've also got Perera opening the batting..

 

[harsh.ag]

They've also got Perera opening the batting..

Yeah that turned my head. Had to double check to see if it was the same Perera. Also had no idea about the debutant.

Amazing that the follow on could still happen.

 

[Shri]

Follow on avoided.

 

[Shri]

Thanks harsh. Jinxed it. Happy?

 

[harsh.ag]

Thanks harsh. Jinxed it. Happy?

Yeah I want them to score 400 at least

 

[vcs]

People will moan when Kohli gets yet another chance to make hay against this attack.

 

[Burgey]

What is wrong with India and the slips cordon.You see a new guy everytime a new spell is bowled by a pacer.

3 catches were dropped in the 2nd slip by three different players.Dhawan the first,Kohli the second and Rohit the third.This is piss poor from India really.No continuity from them whatsoever.Dhawan,Rohit are definitely not natural catchers.

Even if their bowlers look threatening in SA,they won't get wickets if they keep catching like this.I wonder what was the actual reason.Is it because of KL?.They need a proper slip cordon.Definitely not the no.1test team if you don't have a sound slip cordon.

Can’t speak about the others because I haven’t seen them field here, but Kohli should be kept as far from the slip cordon as is humanly possible while still being in a position to captain the team.

 

[vitalogy83]

People will moan when Kohli gets yet another chance to make hay against this attack.

He should take his time and attempt the triple this time. SL won't complain.

 

[vitalogy83]

Our best day since the 1st Test?

Good stuff from Mathews and Chandi in griding out 100's. Chandimal has a knack for scoring 100's in very difficult match situations. I just wish he'd do this on the regular when we need it batting 1st too. Anywho, lots to take away from yesterday. The collapse towards the end of the day is somethign we could have done without.

SadSam played much better but looks like a guy who needs to be scoring all the time and feels for it way too much. He gets out in the most godawful ways. Need to sort that stuff out. Unlucky for Roshen I guess. I hope this won't be a 1 test selection for him.

If we buckle down in the 2nd dig too we could get away with a draw. A 1-0 result would be quite an amazing overall result given I thought we'd lose 3-0.

 

[vcs]

Brilliant knock this from Chandimal. Finally starting to fully deliver on his talent. Still the most punchable face in world cricket though.

 

[srbhkshk]

Ishant is looking really good, would start him over Umesh for SA.

 

[vcs]

Rahane's been promoted in the hope that he'll find some form. Already survived an LBW review, looking really dodgy here. SL's opening quicks have bowled pretty well TBF.