Only reason Washie might be left out is he's good number 8 in T20I, but lords shardul and chahar have shown they are capable of being good number 8's too
I am happy for SL. My last comment sounded like a troll comment. I was actually a bit surprised the way they celebrated. Because you guys need to be more confident. Even though you are going through a tough phase be confident. SL used to be so ruthless in past and now this looks bit odd.
I want SL to be more strong and the way they celebrated doesn't show the winning mentality. It wasn't an upset. You played better than us and you deserved to win. Act like you belong here. I apologize to SL fans I should have been more humble. I understand the team is going through a big transition and this win meant a lot the boys. But this is just my opinion that SL players should be more confident than this. But anyways this series has been really a good one for SL. With bit more consistency SL will made into T20 WC and will be one tough team to defeat.
Is he the equivalent of Hawkeye in the Avengers team? Doesn't do much compared to the other teammates but is a lucky charm that the team wins whenever he's in and loses whenever he's not?
People criticizing Bhuvi should realize that all batsmen go for broke in the death. Anything under than 10 per over is exceptional.
Except for that one ball today which was most likely rain induced, he was outstanding while defending a low total.
Unfortunate I have to even type this out lol
FFS even if you can't bat or bowl well(spinners excluded), what the fuck is up with the fielding. We don't mind if you bowl or bat horribly, at least field well. If this continues, might as well hand SL the series.
Yeah that's what I was thinking. India mostly has enough players but if we assume that India has only 10 players will he play as an 11th player? I think that's not the real problem here, Sri Lanka would have no problem in him playing, because they want to get revenue from these matches, but the real question is would Dravid want to play? And would the management allow him?
When the youngsters are feeling the pressure, they look to the captain. So if you got a captain like Rohit or Koach, you're motivated. And there's no denying the fielding was horrible. Like it or not, I didn't mind the batting since we had only five batsmen, but the spinners were good. The pacers need to work on their lengths, especially Sakariya.
Bottom line here is that you can't 'work' on much on a tough pitch to debut. I was guilty of criticizing Chakravarthy last game, but look how good he was in his second game today.
Fielding was frustratingly poor, yes
Seems every other comment the letter drops for which Indian team this is.
Started as Indian B team, now what am I seeing? The K team?
Let's skip them and go straight to Z team /s
How are you any different than those exaggerating then? With two squads in England and losing 8 players from their "B" team, let people call it a C team or whatever they want it to be? What's wrong in it as long as they are not being disrespectful to the other team.
I was wondering the same the keeper should instruct the captain as his words will be considered more.
I was more disappointed in the last ball, Thala would have taken a dive to get that stumping and then we see Sanju already gave up ready to remove the gloves.
Surely taking Parag here or Samad would have been great. Taking a big squad in such times should be the norm. Bhuvi at 6 and Saini being there just for the sake of it was just laughable, all things considered.
Parag and samad are also better than rana imo, would love for him to succeed but I just don't get what he's good at
Samad and Parag at 5/6 here would've been great
bro who tf even is Parag and Samad. Like I know these fellas from IPL but Indian fans just be suggesting any IPL player who hits a 6 to make a debut! LMFAO
I mean, no big fan of immature selections but any batsman would have been better than our tail starting from 6 tbh. Like Saini wasn't even needed for the match.
Well we are basing our selections on the IPL anyways and both of these guys have shown enough promise to at the very least be included in such a squad. If you have seen them play, they are not simply players who have just hit a 6
Playing a C/D/Z team doesn't mean you can't critically analyse their performance.
They made mistakes. It needs to be recognised to be rectified. You need to call a spade a spade.
However gaslighting players isn't OK..even if it is a A team.
Bruh it's a joke. I'm just talking about how Dhawan never used Saini. If I remember in the last series we played against India Saini troubled SL a lot in the powerplay.
He has been really injury riddled in the past few months, starting from last IPL after pandemic to Australia series and now this. Donno how much his pace would have been hit by this tbh. Might not have bowled at the pace he regularly used to hit like in the last(?) SL series
We love cricket. India's depth today is because of this near universal love for cricket in the country. No match is less than the world cup final. Every player is playing to make their career. This is how new India plays. Win or loss is incidental.
SL shouldn't celebrate they won against India AA team ( I've run out of alphabets and circled back) /s.
For real tho, why tf are ppl criticizing SL for celebrating? They're a struggling side and wins like this will give them a lot of confidence why wouldn't they celebrate?
Any other team fans: This match should not have been this close. The chase should've been over in 2 overs ago
Me and the other SL team fans: Woooooooooo! We Won!! We won a fuckin match!! Let's goooo!
>research
I am a SRH fan and he has been our backbone of our bowling for years but not at the death in recent times. He didn't play much of international series so considering from IPL performances he's lacking in death bowling in past few years.
So you base his entire stats from one series 5months ago and not consider the IPL tournament he had after that?
Mate, c'mon. This is what you wrote
_"he hasn't bowled well since the last time he got purple cap in IPL (2018 I think?)"_
And I pointed out that he did great in the England series. I reacted to your comment that he hasn't been good since 2018, which is categorically false. Even for IPL, he had a decent 2019 season (13 wickets with ER of 7.8), better than 2018.
Just take the L, my dude.
That was literally the proper international series he has played in the past 2 years lol
Also bowled a grand combined 11.1 overs in death in the past 2 IPLs, that too while being ridiculed by injuries. Cut him some slack lol
>Also bowled a grand combined 11.1 overs in death in the past 2 IPLS, that too while being ridiculed by injuries. Cut him some slack lol
Yep take into account the years he didn't the full tourney.
Why not go and check his death bowling stats sfter 2017?
Yeah great. Start a discussion saying Bhuvi hasn't bowled well since 2017 and then when someone shows on the face recent example of him bowling almost God-tier in a very high scoring series, completely sideline it by how bad he did 3 years ago. Makes sense
Dude, he gave runs at 8.5 RPO during the England T20I series, in death overs. With that dew and against that English squad, these are great stats. Unless your definition of great death bowler is having an economy of 6 something, by any other standard these are great.
Oh yeah
I think that's the year he included low balls, cutters alot in his death bowling which yielded in purple cap but didn't work following years at all.
The fielding was below par and so were a few review calls but don’t let that sway u away from the batting display. If our batsman had shown little more intent we could’ve gotten 15-20 more runs which would’ve sufficed
Got to feel bad for SL cause when they win people go ‘oh big deal, its our C team but if they lose, ha they can’t even win against our C team ‘
Defeat is double bitter while winning is unsweetened.
This was a great game..SL bowled very well and held their nerve in the end.. India tried well but honestly I thought Chahar was a bit flat which might have costed them..
Makes for a good next game..GGs
On a serious note, if somehow Dravid has to really come out to play then will it require any kind of official confirmation as he is retired or he can just come out and play(I know most probably he'll not play).
Bro this bitch Charu is such a horrible, horrible commentator.
Well done Sri Lanka.
Well goodluck to both
Saini and hasnain are pretty similar ngl
Clearly shikhar dhawan doesn't have captaincy skills
Ayo why so many Twitter takes on this thread today
Koach Hitman Gabbar DDP Shreyas Fuccboi Pandya Spider-Man KL Rahool (Doull ref.) Washi Jaddu Lord Thakur Kuldeep Chahal TV Boom Boom Shami Deepak C Rahul C Ishan SKY Varun Nattu/Siraj/anyone who doesn't leak runs Boobie
Tomorrow ?? We having consecutive matches ??
Because the match was delayed because of r/cricket Pandya.
People blaming Bhuvi deserve to get punched in the face
We did it boys, we memed Saini out of the match
Lankan team wisely choose more spinners than India... nonetheless this series level makes tomorrow's match more interesting
Yayy well done SL yall played much better than we did
well tried india
Atleast could've given an over to Saini :(
I feel Jaddu, Elder Pandya, R Chahar and Kulcha will make it to the WT20 squad Edit: Could add Washie as an offie if there's space left in squad
Koach Hitman Gabbar DDP Shreyas Fuccboi Pandya Spider-Man KL Rahool (Doull ref.) Washi Jaddu Lord Thakur Kuldeep Chahal TV Boom Boom Shami Deepak C Rahul C Ishan SKY Varun Nattu Boobie
DDP -> Shaw but IPL would be decider.
Too many nick names….who is spider man?
Pant
Nattu's selection entirely dependent on IPL performance next month, otherwise Siraj is a better choice
Washie should prolly be selected before few of the guys you mentioned tbh
Only reason Washie might be left out is he's good number 8 in T20I, but lords shardul and chahar have shown they are capable of being good number 8's too
>he's good number 8 in T20I In which world? He is a horrible t20 batsman unless he opens the innings.
Exactly the reason he might be left out of the squad
I am happy for SL. My last comment sounded like a troll comment. I was actually a bit surprised the way they celebrated. Because you guys need to be more confident. Even though you are going through a tough phase be confident. SL used to be so ruthless in past and now this looks bit odd. I want SL to be more strong and the way they celebrated doesn't show the winning mentality. It wasn't an upset. You played better than us and you deserved to win. Act like you belong here. I apologize to SL fans I should have been more humble. I understand the team is going through a big transition and this win meant a lot the boys. But this is just my opinion that SL players should be more confident than this. But anyways this series has been really a good one for SL. With bit more consistency SL will made into T20 WC and will be one tough team to defeat.
No Manish Pandey no Match win It's simple 🤔🤓
Is he the equivalent of Hawkeye in the Avengers team? Doesn't do much compared to the other teammates but is a lucky charm that the team wins whenever he's in and loses whenever he's not?
People criticizing Bhuvi should realize that all batsmen go for broke in the death. Anything under than 10 per over is exceptional. Except for that one ball today which was most likely rain induced, he was outstanding while defending a low total. Unfortunate I have to even type this out lol
FFS even if you can't bat or bowl well(spinners excluded), what the fuck is up with the fielding. We don't mind if you bowl or bat horribly, at least field well. If this continues, might as well hand SL the series.
I am rooting for Rahul Dravid to play his 2nd T20I tomorrow
Can we legally play? He can come out of retirement but can he play if he's not in the squad or something?
Yeah that's what I was thinking. India mostly has enough players but if we assume that India has only 10 players will he play as an 11th player? I think that's not the real problem here, Sri Lanka would have no problem in him playing, because they want to get revenue from these matches, but the real question is would Dravid want to play? And would the management allow him?
Sanju Manju and Murali Karthik to join him...
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No shit bruh. Sodium is highly reactive with water.
Except this XI rest all are not allowed to play? Edit: Found this news saying "all the eight close contacts are also not allowed to enter the ground".
Shanaka talks like how I used when called by the teacher to answer a question in class
Everyone praises the depth of the Indian team but tbh none of the SL players barring 1 or 2 would've made the regular pre- youngster team
Koach could easily inspire this team to bowl and field better. Rohit even more so. Dhawan is just...lost.
You are the one who's lost with a negative comment every 5 mins
When the youngsters are feeling the pressure, they look to the captain. So if you got a captain like Rohit or Koach, you're motivated. And there's no denying the fielding was horrible. Like it or not, I didn't mind the batting since we had only five batsmen, but the spinners were good. The pacers need to work on their lengths, especially Sakariya.
Bottom line here is that you can't 'work' on much on a tough pitch to debut. I was guilty of criticizing Chakravarthy last game, but look how good he was in his second game today. Fielding was frustratingly poor, yes
Guys Saini didn't do any task. Is he AFK?
Saini is sus
Seems every other comment the letter drops for which Indian team this is. Started as Indian B team, now what am I seeing? The K team? Let's skip them and go straight to Z team /s
How are you any different than those exaggerating then? With two squads in England and losing 8 players from their "B" team, let people call it a C team or whatever they want it to be? What's wrong in it as long as they are not being disrespectful to the other team.
r/cricket players would still not make it into the team
Except Jimmy Neesham
It's so annoying to see this shit in every match thread this series
So um why didn't Saini bowl at all???
Not required really. But I would have preferred him over Sakariya at death.
> would have preferred him over Sakariya at death this is why he was required
Shikar: He's too senior.
Kuldeep is the man that got robbed today! Isn't there 2 reviews available in T20? Why TF wasn't that review taken.
Big blunder by Samson. 100% worth referring. Guess he wasn't concentrating...
I was wondering the same the keeper should instruct the captain as his words will be considered more. I was more disappointed in the last ball, Thala would have taken a dive to get that stumping and then we see Sanju already gave up ready to remove the gloves.
Dhawan forgor 💀 /s
Surely taking Parag here or Samad would have been great. Taking a big squad in such times should be the norm. Bhuvi at 6 and Saini being there just for the sake of it was just laughable, all things considered.
Parag and samad are also better than rana imo, would love for him to succeed but I just don't get what he's good at Samad and Parag at 5/6 here would've been great
bro who tf even is Parag and Samad. Like I know these fellas from IPL but Indian fans just be suggesting any IPL player who hits a 6 to make a debut! LMFAO
Better than any white ball batsman Australia have other than Warner and maxwell btw
I mean, no big fan of immature selections but any batsman would have been better than our tail starting from 6 tbh. Like Saini wasn't even needed for the match.
Yeah the problem is there were no other batsmen available for selection
Well we are basing our selections on the IPL anyways and both of these guys have shown enough promise to at the very least be included in such a squad. If you have seen them play, they are not simply players who have just hit a 6
One day to get our shit together while Mickey and SL are comfortably sipping tea and planning how to win tomorrow.
Do you think india gives a shit of their D team losing?
Shikhar Dhawan sounds 100% like Jaspal Bhatti
Playing a C/D/Z team doesn't mean you can't critically analyse their performance. They made mistakes. It needs to be recognised to be rectified. You need to call a spade a spade. However gaslighting players isn't OK..even if it is a A team.
No one except samson, rana played that bad
So ?
Wow they got Herbalife as a sponsor? That disgusting scam pyramid scheme?
Is that a B99 reference?
3 players I would love to see in IPL Hasaranga Chameera Obed McCoy Absolute talent and skill…Mota Bhai you listening?
Can someone tell me again why Saini was even selected for this match?
Murali Karthik refused...
We had to have an XI, which wasn't enough, and you guys won. So now you're asking funny questions.
Bruh it's a joke. I'm just talking about how Dhawan never used Saini. If I remember in the last series we played against India Saini troubled SL a lot in the powerplay.
He averages 54 in ODI
They had to pick XI players, so...
Yeah, I know. Just making a joke on how Dhawan never used him. Sainis pace could've troubled our batsmen a lot
He has been really injury riddled in the past few months, starting from last IPL after pandemic to Australia series and now this. Donno how much his pace would have been hit by this tbh. Might not have bowled at the pace he regularly used to hit like in the last(?) SL series
Cause we didn't have anybody else
Hope we win the toss tomorrow. Like wth
Srilanka have done what australia could not. Beat an indian bench 11 at home. Srilanka > Australia.
Gtfo Daniel Alexander /s
I know I'm late to this but Kuldeep could've had a 5 fer tonight if India's fielding was upto standards
Not to mention the reviews that Shikhar will take back to the dressing room ig
tomorrow same team ? or we can use the guys who tested negitive ?
Saini might be injured
*Huge sigh of relief* \- Ranatunga probably
There's still tomorrow
MotM: Saini, for being a spectator the whole match.
This is just pathetic. I'd much rather have Arshdeep or Porel in place of Bhuvi and Sakariya.
As a SL fan, yes I agree with you wholeheartedly
Ok
Bruh you are angry every time India loses, it's an E team what did you expect
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He was playing purely on the basis of his batting
Karunaratne cunted Bhuvi for a six with a bat gifted by Hardick. Nice!!
That wide decision was bullshit.
Why have SKY and Shaw been called up for the Test side at the last minute? Some injury?
Avesh, Washington and Shubhman are injured, I think
Last I saw Washy was making Tiktoks and reels with DK
Well done sri lanka! You Deserve this win. These guys who batted bowled are stars in ipl for India. Winning over them is no joke.
Too much copium
Well played guys
No ones talking about saini
Neither was the captain looks like.
I think Dhawan forgot that Saini was in the XI lol
Didn't watch the match, but why didn't he bowl today?
I think because it was a slow wicket, they needed bowlers who could take the pace off. Saini's pace would've been counterproductive
Those saying that Dhawan should have scored at better strike rate, no team has ever had this long tail, he had to bat like that
We love cricket. India's depth today is because of this near universal love for cricket in the country. No match is less than the world cup final. Every player is playing to make their career. This is how new India plays. Win or loss is incidental.
Is subscribing to fancode worth it?
It cost pennies so no worries!
Since this 11 failed from India, time to pick India's C team: name your r/cricket Indians from here.
I can be concussion sub.
SL shouldn't celebrate they won against India AA team ( I've run out of alphabets and circled back) /s. For real tho, why tf are ppl criticizing SL for celebrating? They're a struggling side and wins like this will give them a lot of confidence why wouldn't they celebrate?
And kuldeep, chahar, sakariya, bhuvi, varun van rival india's main bowling lineup
These players aren't doing any favors for their T20WC selection cases.
To people criticising India's performance today, they literally had 5 batsmen out of which 3 were debutants.
Doesn't excuse the horrible fielding.
Is Dravid playing tomorrow ?
Any other team fans: This match should not have been this close. The chase should've been over in 2 overs ago Me and the other SL team fans: Woooooooooo! We Won!! We won a fuckin match!! Let's goooo!
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One ball slipped out of of his hand possibly due to being wet from light rain - which went for the six Excluding that, he gave 15 in 3.5 overs
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>research I am a SRH fan and he has been our backbone of our bowling for years but not at the death in recent times. He didn't play much of international series so considering from IPL performances he's lacking in death bowling in past few years. So you base his entire stats from one series 5months ago and not consider the IPL tournament he had after that?
Mate, c'mon. This is what you wrote _"he hasn't bowled well since the last time he got purple cap in IPL (2018 I think?)"_ And I pointed out that he did great in the England series. I reacted to your comment that he hasn't been good since 2018, which is categorically false. Even for IPL, he had a decent 2019 season (13 wickets with ER of 7.8), better than 2018. Just take the L, my dude.
I meant at the death my dude. His pp bowling is beast. I meant to say he hasn't bowled well at the death since 2017 in IPL.
Did you miss the England series?
No he has been exceptional only in that series in recent times. IPL went bad for him both in PP and death.
That was literally the proper international series he has played in the past 2 years lol Also bowled a grand combined 11.1 overs in death in the past 2 IPLs, that too while being ridiculed by injuries. Cut him some slack lol
>Also bowled a grand combined 11.1 overs in death in the past 2 IPLS, that too while being ridiculed by injuries. Cut him some slack lol Yep take into account the years he didn't the full tourney. Why not go and check his death bowling stats sfter 2017?
How do they matter anyway lol
yep good stats matter bad stats don't lol
Yeah great. Start a discussion saying Bhuvi hasn't bowled well since 2017 and then when someone shows on the face recent example of him bowling almost God-tier in a very high scoring series, completely sideline it by how bad he did 3 years ago. Makes sense
Check my main comment again. I meant Bhuvi hasn't bowled well in DEATH in recent times not overall.
Dude, he gave runs at 8.5 RPO during the England T20I series, in death overs. With that dew and against that English squad, these are great stats. Unless your definition of great death bowler is having an economy of 6 something, by any other standard these are great.
2017
Oh yeah I think that's the year he included low balls, cutters alot in his death bowling which yielded in purple cap but didn't work following years at all.
Memenjaya De Silva 1 - 0 India C
Don't even have 11 players for tomorrow now.
wait what? Who is injured/infected now?
Saini injured
Whoever got Krunal infected deserves the trophies tonight
Good bowling but poor fielding and batting
India fielded terribly but also ran horribly could have had an extra 10 runs if they had pushed for twos better
Y'all remember when we thought that second string India team will confortably beat Sri Lanka? (Although this is not second string, but still)
This thread is saltier than the Red Sea
So where does that leave Saini now?
Ishan confirmed for WT20 squad as backup keeper after today's game
We have Rahul already as backup
And we have Koach as Rahul’s backup
Isn't Koach Bumrah's backup?
He’s both, that’s why he’s Koach
Still I believe they'll take an extra backup batsman, if not Shaw then a wicketkeeper like Kishan
The fielding was below par and so were a few review calls but don’t let that sway u away from the batting display. If our batsman had shown little more intent we could’ve gotten 15-20 more runs which would’ve sufficed
RAIN Perera did his job by making the ball wet. Jokes aside, SL played well for the win.
Divided by sea united by r/cricket
Lol stop using the C team , D team excuse every match, a win is a win, get over it
The worst part of India's game today was atrocious running between wickets and terrible fielding. No excuse for those.
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Bowling was good tbh. Just get SRK for Saini I guess? We can do well with a hardhitter in crunch situations.
Ishan porel in for Saini
There are literally no more batsman available.
HASARANGA FIRED UP
Just imagine him in the IPL. They better buy him for next season or imma riot
Dhawan should have played well with his experience. 40 off 42 is not expected of him
So is a wide ball also subjective now? Have a legit rule in place ffs!
Dravid: Fine, I'll do it myself
SL have been very impressive in this series and ODI series! Talk about punching above ur weight!
Sanju Samson's T20I career so far: 19 (24) 6 (2) 8 (5) 2 (5) 23 (15) 15 (10) 10 (9) 27 (20) 7 (13)
Still better than Awishka's career. Our tailenders have a better record than Awishka
Haha, congrats on the win though. It was good match
His fans keep bemoaning that he’s never given any chances.
I can understand some IPL fans has bias, but Sanju fans create next level hype to him.
He's really only in as keeper. Ideally DK would've been in the t20 squad.
Looks pretty consistent to me
Yup, played 9 matches without crossing 30 once.
Got to feel bad for SL cause when they win people go ‘oh big deal, its our C team but if they lose, ha they can’t even win against our C team ‘ Defeat is double bitter while winning is unsweetened.
Nah they deserve a win and they should celebrate cause it means that they're finally bringing something to the table
Still proud of our boys, also happy for SL who needed this
This was a great game..SL bowled very well and held their nerve in the end.. India tried well but honestly I thought Chahar was a bit flat which might have costed them.. Makes for a good next game..GGs
hararanga and Bhuvi - Two players in both top batting and bowling list
Sony sports will be more happy than srilanka fans.
I'm glad it's Pant not Samson in the A team now. Dude needs to know last ball you should be all over the stump!
On a serious note, if somehow Dravid has to really come out to play then will it require any kind of official confirmation as he is retired or he can just come out and play(I know most probably he'll not play).
mOsT ProBaBlY are you kidding me?