India, precariously poised?

Question

Below is an extract from the cricinfo.com live commentry, 3rd test match, India tour of Sri Lanka.

34.5 Mendis to Tendulkar, OUT

SR Tendulkar lbw b Mendis 14 (22b 1x4 0x6) SR: 63.63

Tendulkar has asked for the review for the lbw decision. What drama here! He didn't pick the googly. He leaned forward and padded it away! It landed just outside the off stump and hit him in front of off and middle and on the knee roll. That looks out. Decison pending.

>>>OUT!<<<

What do the Y!A community think about this particular test match? And what of the whole series?

(In my opinion, this series is one of the best ever played in the recent past)

Answer 1

Sri Lanka are giving it there all.

India are a team who like to figure things out. They tried to outplay Australia and were successful, they&#039;re always up for the challenge. But Sri Lanka or should i say Mendis have got them.

Sri lanka&#039;s bowling unit mainly because of one main man is really strong right now. (Mendis has the record for the bowler who has taken most number of wickets in a three-match debut series) Prasad is another excellent find. He&#039;s quite good with the bat as well.

The precence of Mendis has allowed the team to relax in batting in my opinion. This has been a really interesting test series SO FAR. Looks like there is more to come.

Answer 2

Other than sewag and ghambir they rest of the Indian team always looked vulnerable playing M&amp;M.

The result could have easily been 3-0 if Sewag had not got a double hundred.

Answer 3

Yes.India 14 for 5 effectively.

Once the Dravid Laxman pair is separated the end will come very soon.Even a target of 100 looks bleak unless they play one of their best innings.

It appears matter of only, by how many wickets SL will win.

Answer 4

yup, it looks best to you because your bowlers have been getting the benefit of doubt in case of LBW reviews, the rule says, if there is a doubt in case of LBW, it should go to the batsman ~ i have been sick of Doctrove saying out sitting in front of TV , actually he doesn&#039;t have hawkaye and snicko also, just review how many times you got BIG 4 without LBW reviews in this series ~

cheap Mahela and his ugly luggage of review and Doctrove&#039;s obligations ~ BCCI for sure didn&#039;t buy the umpires , it looks the other way, the way Doctrove is approving ugly LBW package of Mahela against BIG 4 in this series, even if field umpires don&#039;t give them, Dravid was screwed thrice in the series by cheap Mahela reviews, lol!

hope it helps!

Answer 5

india is going to lose

Answer 6

SriLanka will definitely win the match.

All the best for Srilankans!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 7

I think it shows that without their specially doctored pitches India are not as good as you think! SL have really taken it up to them &amp; they have failed in many areas. It is almost a &#039;fait accompli&#039; for SL, &amp; I wish them luck.