Nidahas Trophy: Twitter Reacts As India Thrashes Sri Lanka

Published - 13 Mar 2018, 12:44 AM | Updated - 23 Aug 2024, 12:27 AM

India defeated Sri Lanka by six wickets in the rain-curtailed fourth game of the Nidahas Trophy to move to the top of the table. Chasing 153 in 19 overs, India reached home in the 18th over

India started their chase in a disastrous manner. Out-of-form Rohit Sharma was first to depart when he fell to Akila Dananjaya for 11. India then suffered another huge setback when the in-form Shikhar Dhawan was also dismissed by the same bowler for 8. Both the openers were back in the hut with just 22 runs on the board.

KL Rahul and Suresh Raina then steadied the ship. However, just when it looked the duo has its eyes set, Raina perished while playing a rash shot to end the stand which was worth 40 runs. The southpaw scored 27 with the help of two fours and as many sixes. A little while later, Rahul departed too in the unluckiest of fashions. The right-handed batsman was out hit wicket after he could score only 18 as India were reduced to 85 for 4.

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However, Manish Pandey and Dinesh Karthik then did not allow the hosts to make further inroads. The duo shared an unbeaten stand of 68 runs to take the team home with 9 balls remaining.

Earlier in the game, India fought back strongly to restrict Sri Lanka to 152 for 9. Sri Lanka were off to a blazing start with their openers ??? Danushka Gunathilaka and Kusal Mendis- adding 25 runs off the first two overs. The stand was broken when Suresh Raina took a blinder to dismiss Gunathilaka. 9 runs later, Washington Sundar castled in-form Kusal Perera to put India on top.

However, Mendis did not allow India to make further inroads, playing big shots regularly to keep the scoreboard ticking at a good rate. He and Upul Tharanga added 62 runs for the third wicket before the latter was clean bowled by Vijay Shankar. Sri Lanka soon reached the 100-run mark in the eleventh over and were well on course for a big total. However, they kept on losing wickets at regular intervals from thereon and ended up on 152 for 9. Mendis top-scored for the hosts, scoring 55.

Here is how Twitter reacted to the match:

Splendid batting by Pandey and Karthik: cool head, picked gaps well, ran hard between wickets, quelled Sri Lankan challenge effectively

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https://twitter.com/AllTimeBakchod/status/973261779391401985

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https://twitter.com/ya_jhakaas/status/973252021183639552

https://twitter.com/AllTimeBakchod/status/973251909464313857

India making heavy weather of overhauling modest total. Nothing to do with the climate in Colombo. Rather, state of mind of Indian batsmen

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Akila and Rohit love affair continues.?
Gud news is that he has to face him in #<!---->I<!---->P<!---->L<!---->2<!---->0<!---->1<!---->8 in nets only ?.#<!---->S<!---->L<!---->v<!---->I<!---->N<!---->D

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Wonder if Sri Lanka tried to score too many? They had a lot of time. Have welcomed India back into the game.

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Sri Lanka??? 152/9 in 19 overs (R/o: 8.00)
after 10.3 overs: 96/2 (R/o: 9.14)
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Unbelievable transformation from @<!---->K<!---->u<!---->s<!---->a<!---->l<!---->M<!---->e<!---->n<!---->d<!---->i<!---->s<!---->1. Looks like great player in the making #<!---->S<!---->L<!---->v<!---->I<!---->N<!---->D

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Washington Sundar bowls 3 Powerplay overs at 6 rpo and takes one wicket. The other three PP overs go for almost double that. Very valuable.#<!---->S<!---->L<!---->v<!---->I<!---->N<!---->D

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Rajasthan Royals after watching #<!---->J<!---->a<!---->y<!---->d<!---->e<!---->v<!---->U<!---->n<!---->a<!---->d<!---->k<!---->a<!---->t fielding and bowling #<!---->S<!---->L<!---->v<!---->I<!---->N<!---->D p<!---->i<!---->c<!---->.<!---->t<!---->w<!---->i<!---->t<!---->t<!---->e<!---->r<!---->.<!---->c<!---->o<!---->m<!---->/<!---->i<!---->A<!---->G<!---->G<!---->m<!---->9<!---->E<!---->j<!---->d<!---->j

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Breaking news : Rajasthan royals suspended again from this year's ipl due to a big scam.

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Phew, for a moment I feared an India Sri Lanka game could get washed out #<!---->S<!---->L<!---->v<!---->I<!---->N<!---->D

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