Is this the same Indian team who had beaten SL and won the series of test match. Just Virat is out of the match and suddenly the team has collapsed like a pack of cards. Had Dhoni not made half century they would have not even made 80 runs. Such a drastic change in just a week time from top team to such a bad performance.
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Today's match between India Vs Srilanka proved the classic example that employees don't perform when the boss is not in office. Though Ms Dhoni is not what he used to be, but like they say old is gold, he passed the litmus test. I am kind of disappointed by India performance, Lanka has already lost 3 wickets, some support for Dhoni, and maybe team India would have won. I am lucky I woke up late, and had not placed a early bet on India to win, it's boring that way they threw the match away.
I think it's not the question of who is leading the team even if Kohli was captain things weren't different. Indian players can't play swing and seam once again proved in Dharmashala. Srilanka bowled really well and exploited the conditions of the pitch, they won a good toss invited India to bat and bowled out India cheaply.
Today's match between India Vs Srilanka proved the classic example that employees don't perform when the boss is not in office. Though Ms Dhoni is not what he used to be, but like they say old is gold, he passed the litmus test. I am kind of disappointed by India performance, Lanka has already lost 3 wickets, some support for Dhoni, and maybe team India would have won. I am lucky I woke up late, and had not placed a early bet on India to win, it's boring that way they threw the match away.
I think it's not the question of who is leading the team even if Kohli was captain things weren't different. Indian players can't play swing and seam once again proved in Dharmashala. Srilanka bowled really well and exploited the conditions of the pitch, they won a good toss invited India to bat and bowled out India cheaply. SL started one-day series in a superb manner. After winning the toss they asked India to bat first and their bowling team did exceptionally well today. India all out for just 112 runs in 38.2 overs. Total five batsmen got out for duck and only Dhoni scored a decent run 65 and only three batsmen could reach to double-digit runs including Dhoni. If SL batsman play responsibly then they can easily win this match and if that happen many people might be losing money in this match.
It was one of the worst batting performance from team India,i really could not believe the score card as it was showing 29 for the loss of 7 wickets at one stage and i was like,is this this the score card of Indian National team 
it is the worst bet i can have in some time as i never expected India to be in this situation in the one days .
Today's match between India Vs Srilanka proved the classic example that employees don't perform when the boss is not in office. Though Ms Dhoni is not what he used to be, but like they say old is gold, he passed the litmus test. I am kind of disappointed by India performance, Lanka has already lost 3 wickets, some support for Dhoni, and maybe team India would have won. I am lucky I woke up late, and had not placed a early bet on India to win, it's boring that way they threw the match away.
It was good that Sri Lanka gave a much improved performance in this test match. A lot of people thought that their complaining about the pollution in New Delhi was just theatrics because they couldn't compete. Their batting performance was strong in both the first and second innings and India could't force a victory.
It was a really good performance by the Srilankan team but the complaint about the pollution was genuine and the capital city is getting worst when it comes to pollution even with some reforms in recent years to stop these pollution,looks like the time has gone and as athletes they need fresh air to have a good performance rather than having a mask on while playing to avoid getting sick.SL started one-day series in a superb manner. After winning the toss they asked India to bat first and their bowling team did exceptionally well today. India all out for just 112 runs in 38.2 overs. Total five batsmen got out for duck and only Dhoni scored a decent run 65 and only three batsmen could reach to double-digit runs including Dhoni. If SL batsman play responsibly then they can easily win this match and if that happen many people might be losing money in this match.
Today second test match between NZ and WI has started already. West Indies won the toss and elected to field first but NZ is doing quite good so far in this first innings. They already scored 173 runs and lost three wickets. I think NZ can easily score more than 400 runs in this innings which will be tough for WI team to score. Most likely NZ will this match comfortably.
New Zealand struggled to make a great start and lost around 5 for 180 and from then on a good partnership helped them get close to 300.The run rate could have been better after the 6th wicket partnership, anyways credit to WI for a good first-day bowling.
West Indies team got a good bowling compared to batting. West Indies bowlers so far did a decent job and if they can pick up the rest of the three wickets tomorrow quickly then they can restrict NZ less than 320 runs. Later WI batsman needs to build good partnerships to reach this total otherwise this good bowling performance will be wasted.
NZ last two batsmen added almost 70 runs which helped them to reach a good total in first innings. NZ all out for 373 runs and now WI team lost two wickets for 87 runs. West Indies is trail by 286 runs and they have to play a good cricket to score these runs otherwise no way they can win this match. They just need to build a partnership slowly in test matches instead of going for big shots lets see how they will play.
Today second test match between NZ and WI has started already. West Indies won the toss and elected to field first but NZ is doing quite good so far in this first innings. They already scored 173 runs and lost three wickets. I think NZ can easily score more than 400 runs in this innings which will be tough for WI team to score. Most likely NZ will this match comfortably.
New Zealand struggled to make a great start and lost around 5 for 180 and from then on a good partnership helped them get close to 300.The run rate could have been better after the 6th wicket partnership, anyways credit to WI for a good first-day bowling.
West Indies team got a good bowling compared to batting. West Indies bowlers so far did a decent job and if they can pick up the rest of the three wickets tomorrow quickly then they can restrict NZ less than 320 runs. Later WI batsman needs to build good partnerships to reach this total otherwise this good bowling performance will be wasted.
NZ last two batsmen added almost 70 runs which helped them to reach a good total in first innings. NZ all out for 373 runs and now WI team lost two wickets for 87 runs. West Indies is trail by 286 runs and they have to play a good cricket to score these runs otherwise no way they can win this match. They just need to build a partnership slowly in test matches instead of going for big shots lets see how they will play.
It was good that Sri Lanka gave a much improved performance in this test match. A lot of people thought that their complaining about the pollution in New Delhi was just theatrics because they couldn't compete. Their batting performance was strong in both the first and second innings and India could't force a victory.
It was a really good performance by the Srilankan team but the complaint about the pollution was genuine and the capital city is getting worst when it comes to pollution even with some reforms in recent years to stop these pollution,looks like the time has gone and as athletes they need fresh air to have a good performance rather than having a mask on while playing to avoid getting sick. Today second test match between NZ and WI has started already. West Indies won the toss and elected to field first but NZ is doing quite good so far in this first innings. They already scored 173 runs and lost three wickets. I think NZ can easily score more than 400 runs in this innings which will be tough for WI team to score. Most likely NZ will this match comfortably.
New Zealand struggled to make a great start and lost around 5 for 180 and from then on a good partnership helped them get close to 300.The run rate could have been better after the 6th wicket partnership, anyways credit to WI for a good first-day bowling.
West Indies team got a good bowling compared to batting. West Indies bowlers so far did a decent job and if they can pick up the rest of the three wickets tomorrow quickly then they can restrict NZ less than 320 runs. Later WI batsman needs to build good partnerships to reach this total otherwise this good bowling performance will be wasted.
Today second test match between NZ and WI has started already. West Indies won the toss and elected to field first but NZ is doing quite good so far in this first innings. They already scored 173 runs and lost three wickets. I think NZ can easily score more than 400 runs in this innings which will be tough for WI team to score. Most likely NZ will this match comfortably.
New Zealand struggled to make a great start and lost around 5 for 180 and from then on a good partnership helped them get close to 300.The run rate could have been better after the 6th wicket partnership, anyways credit to WI for a good first-day bowling.
West Indies team got a good bowling compared to batting. West Indies bowlers so far did a decent job and if they can pick up the rest of the three wickets tomorrow quickly then they can restrict NZ less than 320 runs. Later WI batsman needs to build good partnerships to reach this total otherwise this good bowling performance will be wasted.
Today second test match between NZ and WI has started already. West Indies won the toss and elected to field first but NZ is doing quite good so far in this first innings. They already scored 173 runs and lost three wickets. I think NZ can easily score more than 400 runs in this innings which will be tough for WI team to score. Most likely NZ will this match comfortably.
New Zealand struggled to make a great start and lost around 5 for 180 and from then on a good partnership helped them get close to 300.The run rate could have been better after the 6th wicket partnership, anyways credit to WI for a good first-day bowling.
West Indies team got a good bowling compared to batting. West Indies bowlers so far did a decent job and if they can pick up the rest of the three wickets tomorrow quickly then they can restrict NZ less than 320 runs. Later WI batsman needs to build good partnerships to reach this total otherwise this good bowling performance will be wasted.
Today second test match between NZ and WI has started already. West Indies won the toss and elected to field first but NZ is doing quite good so far in this first innings. They already scored 173 runs and lost three wickets. I think NZ can easily score more than 400 runs in this innings which will be tough for WI team to score. Most likely NZ will this match comfortably.
New Zealand struggled to make a great start and lost around 5 for 180 and from then on a good partnership helped them get close to 300.The run rate could have been better after the 6th wicket partnership, anyways credit to WI for a good first-day bowling.
Today second test match between NZ and WI has started already. West Indies won the toss and elected to field first but NZ is doing quite good so far in this first innings. They already scored 173 runs and lost three wickets. I think NZ can easily score more than 400 runs in this innings which will be tough for WI team to score. Most likely NZ will this match comfortably.
WI came back strongly in the second half as NZ is now 287/7 at the end of the first day play. If WI can get them all out in 325 then the match is all set for the WI to be in the hunt for taking a lead in their first innings. Tomorrow it would be a interesting day to see if WI can take quick wickets and bat well to ensure that they do not give up this game easily.
Today second test match between NZ and WI has started already. West Indies won the toss and elected to field first but NZ is doing quite good so far in this first innings. They already scored 173 runs and lost three wickets. I think NZ can easily score more than 400 runs in this innings which will be tough for WI team to score. Most likely NZ will this match comfortably.
WI came back strongly in the second half as NZ is now 287/7 at the end of the first day play. If WI can get them all out in 325 then the match is all set for the WI to be in the hunt for taking a lead in their first innings. Tomorrow it would be a interesting day to see if WI can take quick wickets and bat well to ensure that they do not give up this game easily.
Today second test match between NZ and WI has started already. West Indies won the toss and elected to field first but NZ is doing quite good so far in this first innings. They already scored 173 runs and lost three wickets. I think NZ can easily score more than 400 runs in this innings which will be tough for WI team to score. Most likely NZ will this match comfortably.
Well that ended quickly in the 2nd test between Australia and England. Australia destroyed England after England looked good last night and I thought they had a big chance to win this test match. Australia deserved the victory as they were on top from day 1 and showed once again that they are very tough to beat at home. Now it will be very tough for England to get back into this series but if they ever were going to get back into it, then the next test match in Perth is the place to do it as England do seem to play well on that pitch.
Never easy to chase 300 plus target in the 4th innings, England had their chances but they did not use the opportunity. Australia are very tough side to beat them at home, Hazelwood bowled extremely well ensured the victory by taking important wicket of Root. Yeah true, If England were going to win the match they needed Root to carry them through. He was their key man to success but when he fell the match was all over. England can turn the series around in Perth with a win but it will be tough coming back from 2-0 down in the series. I will say that they have been in both of the matches at certain stages but couldn't make them count.
If you depend on only one or two players performance to win the matches then you can't win most of the matches because it is a team game. Yesterday England had a good opportunity win the match but they only wasted this opportunity. I expected better batting from England players but they failed to do it. They still had 6 wickets to score just 170+ runs but couldn't do it.
But in another match, SL did better than expected because no one was thinking that they can play whole day but they did it and draw the match.
It is a team game, but the root was in good form so people thought he could manage to play with remaining batsman and win this game, and the score is also not high just 170 runs. 4th innings and 5th day match are really unpredictable we can not be able to guess who will win. Bad luck for ENG.
Well that ended quickly in the 2nd test between Australia and England. Australia destroyed England after England looked good last night and I thought they had a big chance to win this test match. Australia deserved the victory as they were on top from day 1 and showed once again that they are very tough to beat at home. Now it will be very tough for England to get back into this series but if they ever were going to get back into it, then the next test match in Perth is the place to do it as England do seem to play well on that pitch.
Never easy to chase 300 plus target in the 4th innings, England had their chances but they did not use the opportunity. Australia are very tough side to beat them at home, Hazelwood bowled extremely well ensured the victory by taking important wicket of Root. Yeah true, If England were going to win the match they needed Root to carry them through. He was their key man to success but when he fell the match was all over. England can turn the series around in Perth with a win but it will be tough coming back from 2-0 down in the series. I will say that they have been in both of the matches at certain stages but couldn't make them count.
If you depend on only one or two players performance to win the matches then you can't win most of the matches because it is a team game. Yesterday England had a good opportunity win the match but they only wasted this opportunity. I expected better batting from England players but they failed to do it. They still had 6 wickets to score just 170+ runs but couldn't do it.
But in another match, SL did better than expected because no one was thinking that they can play whole day but they did it and draw the match.
It was good that Sri Lanka gave a much improved performance in this test match. A lot of people thought that their complaining about the pollution in New Delhi was just theatrics because they couldn't compete. Their batting performance was strong in both the first and second innings and India could't force a victory.
Well that ended quickly in the 2nd test between Australia and England. Australia destroyed England after England looked good last night and I thought they had a big chance to win this test match. Australia deserved the victory as they were on top from day 1 and showed once again that they are very tough to beat at home. Now it will be very tough for England to get back into this series but if they ever were going to get back into it, then the next test match in Perth is the place to do it as England do seem to play well on that pitch.
Never easy to chase 300 plus target in the 4th innings, England had their chances but they did not use the opportunity. Australia are very tough side to beat them at home, Hazelwood bowled extremely well ensured the victory by taking important wicket of Root. Yeah true, If England were going to win the match they needed Root to carry them through. He was their key man to success but when he fell the match was all over. England can turn the series around in Perth with a win but it will be tough coming back from 2-0 down in the series. I will say that they have been in both of the matches at certain stages but couldn't make them count.
If you depend on only one or two players performance to win the matches then you can't win most of the matches because it is a team game. Yesterday England had a good opportunity win the match but they only wasted this opportunity. I expected better batting from England players but they failed to do it. They still had 6 wickets to score just 170+ runs but couldn't do it.
But in another match, SL did better than expected because no one was thinking that they can play whole day but they did it and draw the match.
Well that ended quickly in the 2nd test between Australia and England. Australia destroyed England after England looked good last night and I thought they had a big chance to win this test match. Australia deserved the victory as they were on top from day 1 and showed once again that they are very tough to beat at home. Now it will be very tough for England to get back into this series but if they ever were going to get back into it, then the next test match in Perth is the place to do it as England do seem to play well on that pitch.
Never easy to chase 300 plus target in the 4th innings, England had their chances but they did not use the opportunity. Australia are very tough side to beat them at home, Hazelwood bowled extremely well ensured the victory by taking important wicket of Root. Yeah true, If England were going to win the match they needed Root to carry them through. He was their key man to success but when he fell the match was all over. England can turn the series around in Perth with a win but it will be tough coming back from 2-0 down in the series. I will say that they have been in both of the matches at certain stages but couldn't make them count.
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