Sri Lanka vs India 2017: Twitter Reacts As India Need 218 Runs In The Third ODI

Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat first in the third ODI at the Pallekele cricket stadium in Kandy. The hosts made two changes to their side with Dinesh Chandimal and Lahiru Thirimanne making a comeback to the team in place of Upul Tharanga and Danushka Gunathilaka. India, on the other hand, went unchanged in the third ODI, keeping the winning combination intact.

Virat Kohli was quite happy with the outcome of the toss as bowling first has been favorable for the team in the ongoing series. Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Jasprit Bumrah gave India a great start with two early wickets in the first ten overs. Dinesh Chandimal and Lahiru Thirimanne stabilized the innings for the hosts and building a partnership with the team. Chandimal scored 36 before giving his wicket to Pandya. Thirimanne played a slow but solid innings of 80 for the hosts to take them to a respectable total.

For India, Bumrah was the pick of the bowlers again as he took 5/27 in his 10 overs. Angelo Matthews played a sloppy reverse sweep to give away his wicket to Kedar Jadhav. Although the rain stopped play in the 47th over, the team were back quickly to play the remaining 3 overs. The hosts were restricted to 217/9  in 50 overs.

India needs  218  runs in 50 overs.

Here’s how people reacted to the Sri Lankan Innings on twitter.

https://twitter.com/Titasghosh22/status/901152177623777280

Jasprit Bumrah becomes the second Indian bowler to take consecutive 4-fors in ODIs in Sri Lanka after Ashish Nehra. #SLvIND

— The Cricket Man (@CricStatsMan) August 27, 2017

Indian bowlers with consecutive 4-fors in ODIs:

Hirwani
Prabhakar
Sachin
P Kumar
Nehra
Jadeja
Shami
U Yadav
JASPRIT BUMRAH* #SLvIND

— The Cricket Man (@CricStatsMan) August 27, 2017

Hate to watch this match…. Couldn’t Cross 250 once in 3 matches…
Making the chase too Boring…
A Cake walk waiting for India#SLvIND

— Ashwin Ash (@Crazy_Ash96) August 27, 2017

Pic 1- How others see #Bumrah
Pic 2 -How Sri Lankans see #Bumrah #SLvIND #INDvSL pic.twitter.com/0MpYd7pg84

— Rahul (@clickator7) August 27, 2017

Maiden over !! Bhuwi!! Wow #SLvIND

— බචාව්(THE LUNATIC) (@DilanRangikaDs) August 27, 2017

Bhuvaneswar Kumar needs to start bowling wicket to wicket if he would like to pick his first wicket in the series. #SLvIND #Cricket

— Abhishek Shekhawat (@abhi07cricket) August 27, 2017

Jasprit Bumrah becomes the second Indian bowler to take consecutive 4-fors in ODIs in Sri Lanka after Ashish Nehra.#SLvIND
–#GM_KaMI

— #ADilCricinfo (@Live_Pak_Team) August 27, 2017

Spot who? #SLvIND pic.twitter.com/XdCeVUxU3C

— Mahendra Ratnaweera (@mahenrr) August 27, 2017

What is the full name of Akila Dhananjay?

Answer-“Mahamarakkala Kurukulasooriya Patabendige Akila Dananjaya Perera”#INDvSL #SLvIND

— Reetesh Maheshwari (@Reetesh777) August 27, 2017

Last ball of his spell and Axar castles Kapugedera for 14. Axar in the three ODIs:

1st: 10-0-34-3.
2nd: 10-0-30-1.
3rd: 10-1-35-1. #SLvIND

— #MSDhoni MS Dhoni (@MSDcricbuzz) August 27, 2017

We want 280+ total so that kohli can score his century easily.. #INDvSL #SLvIND 3rd odi

— Kabir (@Thekabirsalam) August 27, 2017