44th Match - Sri Lanka v India

[James]

Sri Lanka v India
6th July
Headingley

 

[Burner]

Sri Lanka vs India, always such high stakes.

 

[Daemon]

Hopefully Karthik is out for Agarwal

 

[OverratedSanity]

Sri Lanka vs India, always such high stakes.

It kind of is, tbh. If SA manage to win vs Aus, India get to face NZ in the SF, which although not a guaranteed win by any means would be a much more favourable matchup

 

[harsh.ag]

Hopefully Karthik is out for Agarwal

That would have made too much sense.

Karthik in. Jadeja and Kuldeep playing. Jadhav still out.

 

[GotSpin]

It kind of is, tbh. If SA manage to win vs Aus, India get to face NZ in the SF, which although not a guaranteed win by any means would be a much more favourable matchup

So this match doesnt matter then...?

 

[vcs]

That would have made too much sense.

Karthik in. Jadeja and Kuldeep playing. Jadhav still out.

Weird, not sure why Shami's been rested either. Sometimes I think they rotate just for the sake of it.

 

[harsh.ag]

Could have rested Bumrah, not Shami. He's been playing non-stop.

 

[OverratedSanity]

Could have rested Bumrah, not Shami. He's been playing non-stop.

Especially after that injury scare in the previous game

 

[vcs]

Perera dropped.

 

[weldone]

Bhuvi is slowly taking himself out of the semifinal spot contention.

 

[weldone]

Who is our 6th bowler today? Kohli?

 

[vcs]

Bhuvi is slowly taking himself out of the semifinal spot contention.

His pace is skidding on nicely. Bumrah's trajectory is much harder to get away.

 

[harsh.ag]

India almost Pakistanning this up, but Bhuvi makes a comeback.

 

[zorax]

Urgh off day for Bhuvi or have the SL openers played him well? Or is one of those things where they've gone after both but for no apparent reason have connected with Bhuvi but not Bumrah?

Jaddu finally gets a game. No Jadhav here suggests he won't get another game this WC. And I'm guessing Shami has been dropped because against both England and Bangladesh he got smashed despite picking up wickets. If they want to play two spinners leaving out Shami is the right move

Although Bhuvi might make them reconsider that here

 

[MW1304]

Mendis is such a frustrating player. All the talent, none of the game intelligence. It's like he needs his back to the wall to the furthest degree in order to score runs.

Honestly this Sri Lanka top 5 feels like it could be so good, they just can't put it together at the same time.

 

[rythy]

Bumrah should have been rested.

 

[abdalinayat]

india will loose the semi final against england

 

[zorax]

Sri Lolka

 

[Arachnodouche]

There's a four day break till the semi right? Enough time to recover. I'd rather Bumrah doesn't lose momentum.