Cricketing Trends on Social Media today

The cricketing trends on social media revolved around a number of events. The second day of the second Test between England and Sri Lanka took place at the Galle International Stadium. In the first innings, the Lankans were bowled out for a score of 381 on the board. In the first day’s play, Angelo Mathews notched a score of 110 on the board. Niroshan Dickwella was unlucky to have missed out on his century. The left-handed batter perished to James Anderson. Dilruwan Perera also got a useful score of 67 off 170 balls for his team.

For the Brits, Anderson was the best of the lost as he picked up six wickets, conceding only 40 runs. Mark Wood was second best for the visiting team as he picked up three wickets. In reply to Lanka’s score, England have thus far scored 98 runs for the loss of two wickets in their 30 overs. Zak Crawley and Dominic Sibley perished cheapy and both of them fell prey to Lasith Embuldeniya.

Joe Root was excellent as he stayed unbeaten on 67 runs and he played at a strike-rate of 87 showing how much dominant he has been. In the meantime, the likes of Anderson, Dickwella and others garnered praises from the cricketing fraternity. The Abu Dhabi T10 League is all set to get underway and the players are gearing up for the league.

1. Hemang Badani disappointed with Jonny Bairstow’s omission 

For once I agree.. Why no Bairstow..quite baffling! https://t.co/IgoG0vSQcd

— Hemang Badani (@hemangkbadani) January 23, 2021

2. Mahela Jayawardene impressed with Sri Lanka’s performance 

Fighting efforts from @NiroshanDikka and #Dilruwanperera gave Sri Lanka a total to put pressure on ENG. What a start by #lasithembuldeniya. 👍

— Mahela Jayawardena (@MahelaJay) January 23, 2021

3. Kevin Pietersen has a request for England cricket

Hey @englandcricket, print this and give it to Sibley & Crawley.
They can call me to discuss it at length if they want…!
👍🏻 pic.twitter.com/qBmArq211s

— Kevin Pietersen🦏 (@KP24) January 23, 2021

4. Lungi Ngidi back at his school meeting his friends

First day back at school seeing friends😂🤣 pic.twitter.com/FsJbZimn2s

— Lungi Ngidi (@NgidiLungi) January 23, 2021

5. Brad Hogg felt Perth Scorchers got a handy score 

Handy score @ScorchersBBL
Hope the Stars align for our bowlers for another win and a place at the top of the table. #PSvMS #BBL10 #madetough

— Brad Hogg (@Brad_Hogg) January 23, 2021

6. Babar Azam talks about his journey from 2007 to 2021

This humble story is for our youth. May your dreams keep you awake and motivate you to run that extra yard. You are enough. A thousand times enough. #PakistanZindabad https://t.co/H4zyIPonC6

— Babar Azam (@babarazam258) January 23, 2021

7. Ian Bell on England’s performance in the series 

Not much more you can say about @jimmy9, so I won’t try to. Now we need to show we can score 500+ in these conditions. Not necessarily for this Test, but as a foundation for rest of the winter. England can’t rely solely on @root66 to compete with India. Everyone needs to step up.

— Ian Bell (@Ian_Bell) January 23, 2021

8. Lisa Sthalekar excited for the T10 League in Abu Dhabi 

On the road again…..off to the @T10League in #AbuDhabi then onto India 🇮🇳 Longest time I will be away from home, so was hard to say goodbye to these two (& of course my family 😬) See you Straya 🇦🇺👋🏽👋🏽 pic.twitter.com/PXbJTFUzmX

— Lisa Sthalekar (@sthalekar93) January 23, 2021

9. Niall O’Brien happy to join the Gladiators for the T10 League 

Nice buddy. Well done on joining up with the Gladiators. Good bunch of guys 👍see you soon https://t.co/3alBaP5dZ0

— Niall John O Brien (@niallnobiobrien) January 23, 2021

10. Hardik Pandy remembers his father 

To dad ❤️ pic.twitter.com/9eSvF4TPmt

— hardik pandya (@hardikpandya7) January 23, 2021

11. Vinod Kambli feels Kuldeep Yadav can be a key for Team India against England 

I believe @imkuldeep18 is going to be the key bowler for us in the #INDvENG series.
We should back him by giving him appropriate chances and I'm sure he'll come out with flying colours! 💪🏻

— Vinod Kambli (@vinodkambli349) January 23, 2021

12. Tom Moody compares James Anderson to fine wine 

@jimmy9 like fine wine 6/38 #SLvENG 🍷

— Tom Moody (@TomMoodyCricket) January 23, 2021

13. Fabian Allen in a jolly mood

✌🏾✌🏾✌🏾 pic.twitter.com/Du2AbZ1tIZ

— Fabian Allen (@FabianAllen338) January 23, 2021

14. Ishant Sharma remembers Shubhash Chandra Bose 

Remembering the legend & revolutionary freedom fighter, Sri #SubhashChandraBose ji on his 125th birth anniversary.🙏 Jai hind! 🇮🇳 pic.twitter.com/Cs3a1U9vCI

— Ishant Sharma (@ImIshant) January 23, 2021

15. Russel Arnold lauds Niroshan Dickwella 

Very well played @NiroshanDikka So good in defense.. straight bat and scoring quickly too #SLvsENG But don't remember seeing any Dickwella things 🤔. maybe the key

— Russel Arnold (@RusselArnold69) January 23, 2021