Twitter Reacts to yet another sorry performance from Sri Lanka against India
Twitter hails MS Dhoni for his 100th stumping and Bhuvi's maiden 5-wicket haul.
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With the series done and dusted, Sri Lanka had a lot to play for in the 5th ODI of the Micromax Cup against India at R. Premadasa Stadium in Colombo. The Lions had to win the final match in order to avoid a whitewash and salvaging some pride out of the tour. The side would have been demoralised with the heavy loss in the 4th ODI. With the match, their chances for automatic qualification also went spiralling down.
Virat Kohli’s men were made to bowl first for the fourth time in the series after Upul Tharanga won the toss and elected to bat first. After losing Dickwella and Munaweera early, Tharanga looked in ominous touch as he counter-attacked the Indians with his quickfire innings of 48 off just 34 balls, smashing the bowlers at a strike rate of 141. He hit 9 splendid boundaries in the inning.
However, a beauty from Bumrah curtailed his knock as Thirimanne and Matthews attempted to consolidate the innings. Sri Lankans were off to a flier but lost three wickets within the first 10 overs. The two experienced Lankans stitched together a slow partnership of 122 runs, eating up almost 30 overs in the process.
Thirimanne added 67 at a strike rate of 65 while Matthews scored 55 at a strike rate of 56. Sri Lanka was devoid of their services when the time came for the final assault. In the end, they were bundled out for 238 within the 50 overs, from being at 185-3 at one point of time.
For the Indian bowlers, it was Bhuvneshwar Kumar who opened his account in the series after remaining wicketless in the first three games. In fact, he claimed his maiden five wicket haul in ODIs to reserve his place in the Australian series. Jasprit Bumrah continued his rich form as he picked up a couple of wickets to end up with 15 wickets in the series. MS Dhoni brought up his 100th Stumping in ODIs, surpassing Sangakkara in the tally of the highest dismissal by a wicket keeper via Stumping.
Let us look at how Twitterati reacted
First wicket-keeper with 100 stumpings:
In First-class – John Hammond
In List A – Steve Rhodes
In ODIs – MS DHONI#SLvIND— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats) September 3, 2017
MS Dhoni – stumpings in intl cricket
100 in ODIs
38 in Tests
23 in T20Is
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Most stumpings int cricket
161 MSD
139 Sanga
101 Kalu#SLvInd— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) September 3, 2017
? stumpings in ODI cricket for @msdhoni! He's the first ever player to reach the landmark. #SLvIND pic.twitter.com/sV89BrZLVT
— ICC (@ICC) September 3, 2017
MS Dhoni becomes the first wicketkeeper to reach this landmark. #SLvIND pic.twitter.com/ILRQiQ1zS7
— CricTracker (@Cricketracker) September 3, 2017
This is the first ever bilateral ODI series in which 2 India fast bowlers picked five-wicket hauls. #SLvIND
— Bharath Seervi (@SeerviBharath) September 3, 2017
#Dhoni is so sharp, alert & swift. One eye on the batsmen and other on the ball. Fully aware which side to throw. Boss for a reason #SLvIND
— Mikkhail Vaswani (@MikkhailVaswani) September 3, 2017
It's incredible that Sri Lanka uses many different routes to reach the same destination… #SLvIND
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) September 3, 2017
That's stumping number ? for Dhoni in ODI's. The most by any wicket keeper.#SLvIND
— SunRisers Hyderabad (@SunRisers) September 3, 2017
Not Suprised with Dhoni becoming the first WK to effect 100 stumpings. Nobody even comes closer to his Lightening glove work #SLvIND
— Hemang Badani (@hemangkbadani) September 3, 2017
Most byes conceded by MS Dhoni in an ODI series/tourney:
14 – CB Series 2008
12 – SL Tri Series 2005
10 – AUS in IND 2009
9* – #SLvIND 2017— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats) September 3, 2017
Sri Lanka Won The Toss And Opted To Bat Because They Don't Wanna Lose By An Inning Again. #INDvSL #SLvIND #INDvsSL
— Sir Ravindra Jadeja (@SirJadeja) September 3, 2017
Afraid Sri Lanka are going to fall short of what they wanted. The senior players had to be around at the end.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) September 3, 2017
Sri Lanka Bowled Out On 238 (49.4 Ovrs). India Needs 71 Runs To Win.?#IndvsSL #INDvSL #Dhoni100st #Dhoni
— Sir Ravindra Jadeja (@SirJadeja) September 3, 2017
Sri Lanka innings today:
First 40 overs : 189/4
Last 10 overs : 49/6#SLvIND— Rajneesh Gupta (@rgcricket) September 3, 2017
Poor cricket by Pushpakumara, should have taken the single and put batsman Milinda Siriwardene on strike. #SriLanka #LKA #SLvIND
— Daniel Alexander (@daniel86cricket) September 3, 2017
Most challenging job for new sports minister Rajyavardhan singh rathore is to stop India Srilanka boring matches.
— EngiNerd. (@mainbhiengineer) September 3, 2017
SriLanka's start & final score in ODI series #SLvIND
1st- 139/1 (216)
2nd- 70/1 (236/8)
3rd- 100/2 (217/9)
4th- 141/4(207)
5th- 185/3 (238)— Daniel Alexander (@daniel86cricket) September 3, 2017
Well, Sri Lanka have posted their highest score this ODI series. Cant see it seriously testing the Indian batting though.
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) September 3, 2017
? ODI stumpings for MS Dhoni! ?
Sri Lanka are 7 down and falling going downhill.#SLvIND— Mumbai Indians (@mipaltan) September 3, 2017
Congratulations, @BhuviOfficial! ? #SLvIND pic.twitter.com/wGzHnh7U3P
— ICC (@ICC) September 3, 2017
No wickets for 3 games, comes back and takes 5! Well done, @BhuviOfficial!
— Nikhil ? (@CricCrazyNIKS) September 3, 2017
A fifer for @BhuviOfficial helps #TeamIndia restrict the Lankans to 238 all out. India require 239 from 50 overs.#SLvIND
— SunRisers Hyderabad (@SunRisers) September 3, 2017
Yes truly he is a likeable character and you want him to do well.Match winning innings and then a fifer. Well played @BhuviOfficial #INDvSL
— Vikram Sathaye (@vikramsathaye) September 3, 2017
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