Twitter Reactions: Sri Lanka start the ODI series on a winning note
With this Sri Lanka took a 1-0 lead in the series and dismissed the Indian team's hopes of regaining the No.1 ranking.
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While one team entered the series with the objective to regain the No.1 ranking the other wanted to end their 12-match losing streak. Given the way Sri Lanka had faired the last time these two teams met in the ODI series back home and their follow-up 5-0 series defeat at the hands of Pakistan in the UAE, not many would’ve put their bets on the visitors.
Among the two skippers making their ODI captaincy debut, it was Thisara Perera who got to make the call after the flip of the coin. With cool surroundings and a wicket that had a lot of moisture Perera didn’t think twice before asking India to bat first. The plan worked exceptionally as Suranga Lakmal and his new-ball partner Angelo Mathews made early inroads.
The Indian batsmen had no clue against the moving ball and the scoreboard soon read 29/7. It was the old warhorse MS Dhoni who rescued the team yet again and bailed them out of trouble batting with the tail. He scored a magnificent half century and not only ensured they didn’t own the lowest scores record but also took them over the 100-run mark.
His knock of 65 was graced with ten boundaries and a couple of maximums. He was the last man to get out with the team score on 112. It wasn’t a massive total and the moisture in the wicket had already dried out.
Team India needed early wickets and in a heap, but that didn’t happen as Upul Tharanga held one end despite losing Danushka Gunathilaka and Lahiru Thirimanne cheaply. Though he got out for 49 from 46 balls, Angelo Mathews (25) and Niroshan Dickwella (26) didn’t let pressure creep up and took the team over the line in authoritative fashion inside 21 overs and with 7 wickets in hand.
With this Sri Lanka took a 1-0 lead in the series, dismissed the Indian team’s hopes of regaining the No.1 ranking from South Africa and ended their dismal losing streak in ODIs.
Here is how Twitterati reacted during the course of the game:
.@imVkohli Bhai aap wahan Italy mein pizza kha rahe ho, yahan team ki khichdi ban gayi hai. ? #INDvSL
— Rofl Gandhi (@RoflGandhi_) December 10, 2017
Alright, we missed #ViratKohli's batting in the middle but I personally felt #Kohli's infectious aggression and high on energy attitude was badly missed. Just felt India lacked energy today in the field. Call it an off day but they need to come back hard #INDVSL
— Mikkhail Vaswani (@MikkhailVaswani) December 10, 2017
Sri Lanka came into this ODI under huge pressure losing the last 16 limited-over games (12 ODIs & 4 T20Is). What brilliant allround performance to show the world that Lion's are back in business. Well played new skipper & team. Sri Lanka go 1-0 up #SriLanka #LKA @PereraThisara
— Daniel Alexander (@daniel86cricket) December 10, 2017
A day where India had nothing to offer other than MS Dhoni. Good wake up call for India ahead of the SA tour. Need to work around all weaknesses & come back stronger. Can’t afford to lose another game. Rohit Sharma has done it quite a few times for MI, so not unfamiliar. #INDvSL
— Sameer Allana (@HitmanCricket) December 10, 2017
That awkward moment when Team India is thrashed by a side that supposedly can’t get past the league stage of the Ranji Trophy… ?#INDvSL pic.twitter.com/KvCbJOw9qx
— Seductv (@Seductv) December 10, 2017
Most balls in a duck by India batsman in ODIs:
18 D Karthik v SL, TODAY
17 E Solkar v Eng, Oval, 1974
16 W Raman v SA, J'burg, 1992
16 S Ganguly v SL, Colombo, 2001#IndvSL— ESPNcricinfo stats (@ESPNcric_stats) December 10, 2017
Hope Star Sports don't telecast matches in Italy. #INDvSL
— Aishwaryaa H (@ImAishu_) December 10, 2017
Since the 2015 WC, when India score under 250 batting first in ODIs;
Dhoni’s avg; 71
Rest of India’s batting average; 17.48#ManForCrisis— Rehan Ulhaq (@Rehan_ulhaq) December 10, 2017
Bumrah & No Ball – The most iconic pair of Indian cricket. #IndvSL
— SAGAR (@sagarcasm) December 10, 2017
Match finished almost five hours before Manchester Derby. Not sure if thats a good or bad thing.
— Chetan Narula (@chetannarula) December 10, 2017
Sri Lanka has finally won an ODI after 12 consecutive ODI defeats.
"I swear you’ll never see anything like this ever again. So watch it, drink it in…"#INDvSL
— Nilenth Selvaraja (@Nilenth) December 10, 2017
DRS and all is cool, but @ICC have you considered MRS? Match Restart System #INDvSL
— RS (@AwaraRish) December 10, 2017
Let's take a moment to laugh at all the Indian commentators who had already handover the series win to India. #INDvSL
— Logan™⚓?? (@KawdaBoy) December 10, 2017
When a 2nd Division Ranji Team beat @BCCI #INDvSL pic.twitter.com/SdWT8PDX39
— AQEEB (@AAQEEEB) December 10, 2017
While Indian fans appreciated the knock MS Dhoni played today and want him to play until 2019 some ignorant Sri Lankan fans want Upul Tharanga to retire even after the important knock he played today. #INDvSL
— Rukhshan Hameem (@rukhshan) December 10, 2017
@OfficialSLC in ODIs in 2017:
[win-loss]vs Zim: 2-3
vs Ban: 1-1
vs SA: 0-6
vs Pak: 0-6
vs Ind: 2-5#INDvSL— Kamran Muzaff3r (@Krick3r) December 10, 2017
Congratulations to @OfficialSLC Continuing to surprise everyone! What a magnificent start to the ODI series! Well done skipper @PereraThisara & the team. Continue your good work.
— Roshan Abeysinghe (@RoshanCricket) December 10, 2017
1st ODI: INDIA v SRI LANKA
Sri Lanka beat India by 7 wickets; end their 12-match losing streak in ODIs
Now India cannot finish No.1 in ODIs in 2017!#INDvSL
— Sarang Bhalerao (@bhaleraosarang) December 10, 2017
Wins against India in India with most balls to spare:
177 SL, Dharamsala, 2017 *
145 Aus, Vadodara, 2007
103 SL, Margao, 1990#INDvSL— Deepu Narayanan (@deeputalks) December 10, 2017
When you learn there’s a light year difference between captaining Mumbai Indians and Indian team.. pic.twitter.com/nGnU3w6XFg
— Sameer Allana (@HitmanCricket) December 10, 2017
Sri Lanka beat India with 176 balls to spare. This is India's worst defeat ever at home in terms of balls (previously: by 145 balls vs Australia at Baroda in 2007).#INDvSL #SLvIND
— Rajneesh Gupta (@rgcricket) December 10, 2017
When Dhoni gives better decision than Umpire. pic.twitter.com/9gKPkXZEUv
— Silly Point ? (@FarziCricketer) December 10, 2017
Sri Lanka's last 13 ODIs:
L L L L L L L L L L L L W (Today)#INDvSL— FoMA Ramteke (@fomaramteke) December 10, 2017
India bowled 13 extras.10 wides & 2 no-balls. One no-ball denied India a wicket.Fair to say we lacked discipline.Defending 112 runs & conceding 13 extras in 20.4 overs is a crime.Kindly consider this as constructive criticism.We are much better side than these figures #INDvSL
— Mikkhail Vaswani (@MikkhailVaswani) December 10, 2017
SL beat IND by 7 wickets today.
1986 — The last time when SL beat IND in IND in 1st ODI of a bilateral series at Kanpur.
2008 — The last time when SL won 1st ODI of a series against IND anywhere.
2007 — The last time when SL took 1-0 lead in an ODI series in IND.#INDvSL
— Abhishek Kumar (@abhik2593) December 10, 2017
When Virat Kohli in Italy hears about India’s situation right now #IndvsSL pic.twitter.com/NZGzhQqXAD
— Naveen Samy (@ImNsamy) December 10, 2017
Perfect question doesn't exist!?
Why does Himesh Reshammiya wear Hat?
Why does Mia Khalifa wear Spectacles?
Why does Bappi Lahiri wear Gold?
Why does Jasprit Bumrah bowl No Ball?#INDvSL #INDvsSL ? pic.twitter.com/T1srhd1Q8t— Why So Silly® (@silly_why) December 10, 2017
SL won the match, but MSD again won hearts ?#INDvsSL
— Srishti Yadav (@_srishti_yadav_) December 10, 2017
Pic 1: The Indian Cricket Team in the test series
Pic 2: The Indian Cricket Team today #IndvsSL pic.twitter.com/XO6IgElPgT
— Rashi Kakkar (@rashi_kakkar) December 10, 2017
Rohit Sharma is Rahul Gandhi of Indian Cricket #INDvsSL
— Saif (@WordsWolf) December 10, 2017
After Srilanka defeated India :#INDvSL #INDvsSL pic.twitter.com/ur7inamNZX
— CricCrazy DV (@deepakv712) December 10, 2017
@AnushkaSharma – I can’t live without you!@imVkohli – Same here..
Team India – Ditto!@StarSportsIndia #INDvsSL #BCCI #NerolacCricketLive— Vaibhav Kashyap (@VaibhavKash) December 10, 2017
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