ODI cricket and general cricketing discussion [self - mod]

[NicNacCoin]

India vs Sri Lanka first ODI match started just some time ago. Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to field. Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill lost the toss and came to bat. Currently the team runs 48 without losing any wicket after playing 6.2 overs. Rohit Sharma scored 23 runs off 16 balls. Shubman Gill scored 25 runs off 22 balls. Sri Lanka's record against India is quite poor. So far India and Sri Lanka have played 19 ODIs out of which India have won 14 series. Sri Lanka won 2 matches. And three matches have been drawn. But India's performance is in a very good position at the moment. Let's see if Sri Lanka can win against India in today's match.

[pakhitheboss]

An absolutely great start by the Indian openers. I was expecting Rohit to hit a century, unfortunately he got out. India are 193/2 at the end of 26th over. With this speed they will easily score 350+ runs. It won't be easy for Srilanka to chase such big target. Kohli is looking good and I am atleast expecting a half century from him today.

[Naficopa]

An absolutely great start by the Indian openers. I was expecting Rohit to hit a century, unfortunately he got out. India are 193/2 at the end of 26th over. With this speed they will easily score 350+ runs. It won't be easy for Srilanka to chase such big target. Kohli is looking good and I am atleast expecting a half century from him today.

Very good start by Indian  batsman  , great batting and all their players are making good runs rohit sharma, virat kohli all have done great job.  India has made 292 runs on 3 wirlcets I'm less than 40 overs.  If they continue to bat like this they will take target to 400 atleast .

[WatChe]

An absolutely great start by the Indian openers. I was expecting Rohit to hit a century, unfortunately he got out. India are 193/2 at the end of 26th over. With this speed they will easily score 350+ runs. It won't be easy for Srilanka to chase such big target. Kohli is looking good and I am atleast expecting a half century from him today.

There is hammering of Srilankans bowlers going on in Guwahati by Indian Batsmen. The good thing from indian perspective is that Virat Kohli has also joined the party and is scoring runs today. He is not out on 85 runs from 71 balls. Still 36 more balls to go and India already have scored 326 runs. I think India will set a target of around 400 runs and its very much possible since they have 6 wickets in hands. most importantly kohli is there and scoring runs.

[OnZen]

Virat Kohli completed his 73rd century today. We are proud to have such a great sportsman like Virat Kohli as a supporter of India. Hopefully if Virat Kohli can maintain his performance like this then Virat Kohli will break Sachin Tendulkar's record of 100 century and create a new record. Which will be impossible to break...

[pakhitheboss]

Back to back century for Virat Kohli. First dropped at 52 and then at 81, had some crazy lick on his side. Good come back by the legend! Hopefully he will continue his form till the world cup.

Pathetic fielding by the Srilankan team. They gave away nearly 30 to 40 runs to India due to poor fielding. This might come back to them when they come to bat. I am expecting India to set a target of 375+ for Srilanka.

[JSRAW]

Is this a monkey off the back moment for Koach? ICT fans would like to believe it and if that's the case then plz plz a couple of tons in Feb too (BGT) 

Now coming back to the match, i feel Indians lost the momentum in the last 9 overs and scored run a ball in the last 3 overs so overall 15-20 runs short.

Not to mention it's a high scoring ground and dew effect will play a huge part in the second inning. If Lankans batters click then we'll see some tight contest.

[onecall123]

Back to back century for Virat Kohli. First dropped at 52 and then at 81, had some crazy lick on his side. Good come back by the legend! Hopefully he will continue his form till the world cup.

In ODI cricket, Virat Kohli bagged another century. An innings typical of Kohli's patience, maturity, and mastery. There is a return to form for both the King and Hitman. With the World Cup just around the corner, India is pumped up and focused.

Pathetic fielding by the Srilankan team. They gave away nearly 30 to 40 runs to India due to poor fielding. This might come back to them when they come to bat. I am expecting India to set a target of 375+ for Srilanka.

As a result of playing at home, it was expected. The Sri Lankan bowlers did not perform well against India, they batted on expected lines. Despite conceding just 38 runs off the last five overs, Sri Lanka must now chase 374 runs to win.

[LDL]

An absolutely great start by the Indian openers. I was expecting Rohit to hit a century, unfortunately he got out. India are 193/2 at the end of 26th over. With this speed they will easily score 350+ runs. It won't be easy for Srilanka to chase such big target. Kohli is looking good and I am atleast expecting a half century from him today.

Virat Kohli's return to runs after much criticism has become an important hotline in Indian cricket.  In today's match, Virat Kohli not only scored runs but scored an important century.  Along with Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, who was sidelined for a few matches due to injury, is also back in the running.  Today's India is facing a mountain target of even runs in front of Sri Lanka which is quite impossible for Sri Lanka to complete the target and win.  Meanwhile, Sri Lanka have lost three wickets for 63 runs after 15 overs.

[YinShuiSiYuan]

An absolutely great start by the Indian openers. I was expecting Rohit to hit a century, unfortunately he got out. India are 193/2 at the end of 26th over. With this speed they will easily score 350+ runs. It won't be easy for Srilanka to chase such big target. Kohli is looking good and I am atleast expecting a half century from him today.

Virat Kohli's return to runs after much criticism has become an important hotline in Indian cricket.  In today's match, Virat Kohli not only scored runs but scored an important century.  Along with Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, who was sidelined for a few matches due to injury, is also back in the running.  Today's India is facing a mountain target of even runs in front of Sri Lanka which is quite impossible for Sri Lanka to complete the target and win.  Meanwhile, Sri Lanka have lost three wickets for 63 runs after 15 overs.

Virat kohli has given answers to all those who said he's not in form , a spectacular century and excellent batting by Rohit Sharma.  They proved that they are experienced players and that comes with age and time , now sirlanka is failing bad to score runs and build a partnership  they have already lost 3 wickets.

[Popkon6]

India vs Sri Lanka today's ODI match is full of joy for cricket lovers.  Because India showed their performance and Virat Kohli scored 113 runs off 87 balls.  The performance he showed today against Sri Lanka is more of a performance against Sri Lanka.  And due to India not getting all the wickets in today's match, India is not in a wicket crisis due to which their run rate is much higher than Sri Lanka.  Sri Lanka's Mendis batting he sings out for zero runs and this is where Sri Lanka are under a lot of pressure as their game will be downright low when the wicket runs out.  It will never be possible for Sri Lanka's current batting to score 194 runs as Sri Lanka is under a lot of pressure from the current wicket.

[YinShuiSiYuan]

India vs Sri Lanka today's ODI match is full of joy for cricket lovers.  Because India showed their performance and Virat Kohli scored 113 runs off 87 balls.  The performance he showed today against Sri Lanka is more of a performance against Sri Lanka.  And due to India not getting all the wickets in today's match, India is not in a wicket crisis due to which their run rate is much higher than Sri Lanka.  Sri Lanka's Mendis batting he sings out for zero runs and this is where Sri Lanka are under a lot of pressure as their game will be downright low when the wicket runs out.  It will never be possible for Sri Lanka's current batting to score 194 runs as Sri Lanka is under a lot of pressure from the current wicket.

Sirlanka couldn't bat up to the mark in this match as they have a huge target of 373 runs . Almost all their batting  lineup failed infront of Indian ballers.
Indian performance was very confident today , they played maturely and didn't build any pressure on them that's why India is going to win this one.

[noormcs5]

India vs Sri Lanka today's ODI match is full of joy for cricket lovers.  Because India showed their performance and Virat Kohli scored 113 runs off 87 balls.  The performance he showed today against Sri Lanka is more of a performance against Sri Lanka.  And due to India not getting all the wickets in today's match, India is not in a wicket crisis due to which their run rate is much higher than Sri Lanka.  Sri Lanka's Mendis batting he sings out for zero runs and this is where Sri Lanka are under a lot of pressure as their game will be downright low when the wicket runs out.  It will never be possible for Sri Lanka's current batting to score 194 runs as Sri Lanka is under a lot of pressure from the current wicket.

Sirlanka couldn't bat up to the mark in this match as they have a huge target of 373 runs . Almost all their batting  lineup failed infront of Indian ballers.
Indian performance was very confident today , they played maturely and didn't build any pressure on them that's why India is going to win this one.

We saw a splendid display of batting performance by the Indian team who score a giant total for 374 runs against Srilanka. Virat Kohli scored 113 runs and all other batsmen scored good runs which helped India reach this big total.

Srilanka could not match the batting performance by India and are struggling at 261 for 8 wickets down. They won't be able to score remaining 112 runs in last 5 overs.

[YinShuiSiYuan]

India vs Sri Lanka today's ODI match is full of joy for cricket lovers.  Because India showed their performance and Virat Kohli scored 113 runs off 87 balls.  The performance he showed today against Sri Lanka is more of a performance against Sri Lanka.  And due to India not getting all the wickets in today's match, India is not in a wicket crisis due to which their run rate is much higher than Sri Lanka.  Sri Lanka's Mendis batting he sings out for zero runs and this is where Sri Lanka are under a lot of pressure as their game will be downright low when the wicket runs out.  It will never be possible for Sri Lanka's current batting to score 194 runs as Sri Lanka is under a lot of pressure from the current wicket.

Sirlanka couldn't bat up to the mark in this match as they have a huge target of 373 runs . Almost all their batting  lineup failed infront of Indian ballers.
Indian performance was very confident today , they played maturely and didn't build any pressure on them that's why India is going to win this one.

We saw a splendid display of batting performance by the Indian team who score a giant total for 374 runs against Srilanka. Virat Kohli scored 113 runs and all other batsmen scored good runs which helped India reach this big total.

Srilanka could not match the batting performance by India and are struggling at 261 for 8 wickets down. They won't be able to score remaining 112 runs in last 5 overs.

Sirlanka is trying to complete the target and cetera but they are short of runs as they are almost at the end of their  innings,  Dhasun Shanaka played an outstanding innings and is almost near completing his century. 
Match is totally on India side as they have already won this ODI.   Brilliant performance by  Indian team, well deserved win.

[JSRAW]

I was expecting some sort of fightback from the Lankans considering the pitch was really good to bat on.

But they really bend the knee and hardly showed any intent in the powerplay and middle order. Even centurion Dasun Shanaka was playing half heartedly and only accelerated his inning when the match was almost dead. Siraj is turning out to be a real wicket taker in the powerplay and he's making a habit of getting early breakthroughs for the team.

[Haunebu]

I was expecting some sort of fightback from the Lankans considering the pitch was really good to bat on.

But they really bend the knee and hardly showed any intent in the powerplay and middle order. Even centurion Dasun Shanaka was playing half heartedly and only accelerated his inning when the match was almost dead. Siraj is turning out to be a real wicket taker in the powerplay and he's making a habit of getting early breakthroughs for the team.

I didn't expect any proper fightback from Sri Lanka since there aren't many great players in their team at present. Hasaranga is literally the only player that I remember properly thanks to his epic bowling skills.

India will whitewash the Lankans in my opinion since majority of their players are in great form. Also, Kohli keeps rocking and 156 kph thunderbolt from Malik was stunning.

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I was expecting some sort of fightback from the Lankans considering the pitch was really good to bat on.

But they really bend the knee and hardly showed any intent in the powerplay and middle order. Even centurion Dasun Shanaka was playing half heartedly and only accelerated his inning when the match was almost dead. Siraj is turning out to be a real wicket taker in the powerplay and he's making a habit of getting early breakthroughs for the team.

Yes the pitch is batting friendly and I think both teams Batmens were tooks that benefits. Both teams played good in the side of batting but I didn't saw any big partnership from the  top ordered batmens from Sri Lanka and I also think that they can't maintain properly the run rate from the beginning and that's why at the end of moment the require run rate got higher and they can't touch that .
But Dasun Shanaka  and Pathum Nissanka performance should also commendable. But they can't make team work properly in Batting lineup . But this performance give signals that the upcoming match maybe unpredictable.

[savetheFORUM]

Virat Kohli's return to runs after much criticism has become an important hotline in Indian cricket.  In today's match, Virat Kohli not only scored runs but scored an important century.  Along with Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, who was sidelined for a few matches due to injury, is also back in the running.  Today's India is facing a mountain target of even runs in front of Sri Lanka which is quite impossible for Sri Lanka to complete the target and win.  Meanwhile, Sri Lanka have lost three wickets for 63 runs after 15 overs.

Virat kohli has given answers to all those who said he's not in form , a spectacular century and excellent batting by Rohit Sharma.  They proved that they are experienced players and that comes with age and time , now sirlanka is failing bad to score runs and build a partnership  they have already lost 3 wickets.

Surely now after having offload from the t20 format his performance is improved and fans are also happy today he completes his century which is good sign for the Indian team and selectors which have good faith in this legendary player hopefully now he will perform good against Australia in test series as well which is also much needed because he is surely key batsman for the Indian team against mighty Australia which is coming here after beating few good teams back at home and their recent Asian tours are also good like they beat Pakistan in Pakistan and then play draw against Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka which give them good experience for playing into these conditions which are never been ideal for them in the past.

[dezoel]

I was expecting some sort of fightback from the Lankans considering the pitch was really good to bat on.

But they really bend the knee and hardly showed any intent in the powerplay and middle order. Even centurion Dasun Shanaka was playing half heartedly and only accelerated his inning when the match was almost dead. Siraj is turning out to be a real wicket taker in the powerplay and he's making a habit of getting early breakthroughs for the team.

I didn't expect any proper fightback from Sri Lanka since there aren't many great players in their team at present. Hasaranga is literally the only player that I remember properly thanks to his epic bowling skills.

India will whitewash the Lankans in my opinion since majority of their players are in great form. Also, Kohli keeps rocking and 156 kph thunderbolt from Malik was stunning.

In today match Sri Lanka was surely out of the game in early part of the game while India give them mighty target of 374 which was surely too good for them even they have few good hitters but today in early overs Mohammad Siraj give them shocks and after these remaining batting line up completely fail to have any good fight for the target even Shanaka who completed his century was playing halfhearted because he was also understanding they can't win this match from here with few chances left and no proper batsman available for having good backup but still reaching above 300+ was good effort from their batting line up.

Indian bowlers were at the top from the start as they have good target to defend but now Chahal is going out of the form for long time which is surely needed a good chance for the youngster, hopefully selectors will think about this in next matches.

[Crypto Library]

In today match Sri Lanka was surely out of the game in early part of the game while India give them mighty target of 374 which was surely too good for them even they have few good hitters but today in early overs Mohammad Siraj give them shocks and after these remaining batting line up completely fail to have any good fight for the target even Shanaka who completed his century was playing halfhearted because he was also understanding they can't win this match from here with few chances left and no proper batsman available for having good backup but still reaching above 300+ was good effort from their batting line up.

Indian bowlers were at the top from the start as they have good target to defend but now Chahal is going out of the form for long time which is surely needed a good chance for the youngster, hopefully selectors will think about this in next matches.

India makes a good start for this ODI series. Virat Kohli once again showed his brilliance with the bat with a strike rate of over 139 with 113 runs in just 87 balls. Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill's superb opening partnership in India further accelerated the win. And India's run rate accuracy today was amazing to watch as it almost went over 7 in parallel.
On the others hand from Sri Lanka it was under 5 before 20 overs except the  first 3/4 over. But from Sri Lankan side also I think Dashun Sanaka and Pathum nissanka played great but they could not win due to lack of full team work. If India can maintain their position I think Sri Lanka will be white washed in this odi series .

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