IND vs SL, 3rd Test: Twitter Reacts India dominate day two
Dec 3, 2017 at 5:02 PM
After the batsmen put India in a commanding position, the bowlers also joined the party, reducing Sri Lanka to 131 for 3 to put the hosts in the driver’s seat after the second day’s play of the third Test in Delhi.
Mohammed Shami gave India a flying start with the ball by dismissing Dimuth Karunaratne off the very first ball of the innings, with a stunning away-swinger that took the outside edge. Ishant Sharma also joined the party soon, removing Dhananjaya de Silva to reduce the visitors to 14 for 2. Makeshift opener Dilruwan Perera and former skipper Angelo Mathews then stopped the rot by sharing a 61-run stand before the former was trapped in front by Ravindra Jadeja.
Skipper Dinesh Chandimal and Mathews then helped the Islanders to see out the day without suffering any further setback by sharing a fifty-plus stand. The visitors were at 131 for three stumps with Mathews batting on 57 and Chandimal on 25.
Earlier, India expectedly began the proceedings with Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma punishing the Sri Lankan bowlers to keep the scoreboard ticking at a good rate. Kohli soon scored his second consecutive and sixth Test double century and the first session was looking set to be yield nothing for the visitors before Lakshan Sandakan dismissed Rohit at the stroke of lunch with the scorecard reading 500 for 5.
The session after lunch, however, was full of drama as several visiting players walked out with pollution masks on and appeared to be struggling which caused a couple of lengthy delays. India paid a hefty price for the delays as Ravichandran Ashwin, and Virat Kohli lost their concentration and were dismissed soon after the restart. The delays The drama only increased from there as both coaches – Ravi Shastri and Nic Pothas went out on the field to talk to the umpires. With the Sri Lankan players continuing to complain about the pollution, Kohli eventually decided to declare the innings at 536 for 7.
Here is how Twitter reacted to the day’s play:
Sri Lanka's best phase in the match; experienced batsmen showing their teammates that this is actually a nice pitch to bat on.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) December 3, 2017
Good to see Kohli back to familiar ways of scoring big hundreds and dropping slip catches.#IndvsSL
— Gaurav Sethi (@BoredCricket) December 3, 2017
Doesn't quite look a flat track with Shami and Ishant bowling
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah) December 3, 2017
Delhiites who are screwing Sri Lanka today:
1. Virat Kohli
2. Ishant Sharma
3. Pollution— Sagar (@sagarcasm) December 3, 2017
Last time India picked up a wicket off the first ball of a Test innings was in 2009 at Kanpur against Sri Lanka.
Tillakaratne Dilshan got out to Zaheer Khan on the very first ball of their 1st innings of the game. #INDvSL— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats) December 3, 2017
https://twitter.com/sagarcasm/status/937232419328991233
Just as well that Virat Kohli didn’t score his maiden triple against Sri Lanka in india. Like to see him reach that mark against a stronger opposition, like Bangladesh in Bangladesh. #INDvsSL
— Gaurav Sethi (@BoredCricket) December 3, 2017
Breaking: Sri Lankan cricket board requested BCCI to always have the final game of the #INDvSL tournament in Delhi so that nobody can see Sri Lankan players crying. #smog
— 🇮🇳 (@Ojasism) December 3, 2017
https://twitter.com/Brokenpundit/status/937216981626904576?
Sri Lankan wickets:
Sandakan – 3
Perera – 1
Gamage – 1
Pollution – 2— Mama | 360° Sports Entertainment (@SriniMama16) December 3, 2017
Sri Lankans are wearing mask and playing under Smog.
England or Australia would have walked out of this test if they were here #IndvsSL— a (@NevrBackDown_) December 3, 2017
Virat Kohli ne Sri Lanka khiladiyo ko muh chhupane pe majbur kar diya hai #IndvSL pic.twitter.com/EQLW6zTObs
— Shubh Aggarwal (@shubh_chintak) December 3, 2017
The floor is century! pic.twitter.com/LEZlkjTwka
— Silly Point (@FarziCricketer) December 3, 2017
How is Kohli dealing these days?
In double tons! #INDvSL pic.twitter.com/39gHzAbHmM
— Nikhil Mane 🏏🇦🇺 (@nikhiltait) December 3, 2017
https://twitter.com/cricketingview/status/937212895863197696?
Virat Kohli's comfort level when he bats against Sri Lanka. #INDvSL pic.twitter.com/OcROHCvoeS
— Silly Point (@FarziCricketer) December 3, 2017