India v Sri Lanka, 2nd Test, Nagpur, 24-28 November, 2017

Geez, an absolute plethora of sports this weekend on Nein and Foxy. 1st Ashes Test, this one, AND the final V8 Supercar race of the season, in Newcastle (a new venue).

The remote might melt down. Grouse!!

Moral winners of the first test. It's practically 1-0 in India's favour

Did I hear right? Bhuvaneshwar and Dhawan have pulled out.

Pulled out? Really? Why?

I consulted Dickinfo

"Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Shikhar Dhawan have been released from India's Test squad against Sri Lanka on personal grounds, the BCCI announced on Monday. While Bhuvneshwar has pulled out for the remainder of the Test series, Dhawan will be available for selection for the third Test, which starts from December 2 in Delhi.

Tamil Nadu allrounder Vijay Shankar has been picked as Bhuvneshwar's replacement. The board said the two players had requested the selectors and the team management to allow their release. Bhuvneshwar is set to be married later this week."

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skully wrote:Pulled out? Really? Why?

I consulted Dickinfo

"Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Shikhar Dhawan have been released from India's Test squad against Sri Lanka on personal grounds, the BCCI announced on Monday. While Bhuvneshwar has pulled out for the remainder of the Test series, Dhawan will be available for selection for the third Test, which starts from December 2 in Delhi.

Tamil Nadu allrounder Vijay Shankar has been picked as Bhuvneshwar's replacement. The board said the two players had requested the selectors and the team management to allow their release. Bhuvneshwar is set to be married later this week."

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Sudden marriage?

Pulled out?

Bumrah will be relieved.

skully wrote:Geez, an absolute plethora of sports this weekend on Nein and Foxy. 1st Ashes Test, this one, AND the final V8 Supercar race of the season, in Newcastle (a new venue).

The remote might melt down. Grouse!!

final GP also

All on Pujara now. F*cking Kohli is likely to swagger his way to a 20 and out.

Shanaka charged with ball tampering

http://www.cricket.com.au/news/dasun-shanaka-ball-tampering-seam-picking-sri-lanka-india-second-test-icc-sanction/2017-11-26

Big Dog wrote:Shanaka charged with ball tampering

http://www.cricket.com.au/news/dasun-shanaka-ball-tampering-seam-picking-sri-lanka-india-second-test-icc-sanction/2017-11-26

clearly not very good at it, since India is 2/312

Looks like a pizzling on the way for Lanka.

Is Pujara the most underrated batsman in world cricket?

Dunno, but he's our best test batsman.

And Nagpur should really not be an international venue. The stadium is in the middle of bloody nowhere. Some 25-30km away from the city at least.

Kohli loves to cash in against the likes of Lanka.

tricycle wrote:Dunno, but he's our best test batsman.

And Nagpur should really not be an international venue. The stadium is in the middle of bloody nowhere. Some 25-30km away from the city at least.

On the upside, parking shouldn't be a problem.

Lanka need 406 in their second innings before they can force India to bat again. Best of luck with that.

All these batting hundreds aside I can’t help feeling SA bowlers will still have their wicked way with us when we tour.

furriner wrote:All these batting hundreds aside I can’t help feeling SA bowlers will still have their wicked way with us when we tour.

Steyn and Philander are both back to fitness and playing.

taipan wrote:

furriner wrote:All these batting hundreds aside I can’t help feeling SA bowlers will still have their wicked way with us when we tour.

Steyn and Philander are both back to fitness and playing.

Hopefully they’ll both cop a wrist sprain or something. But other than that I quite think we’ll smash ‘em.

Lanka 21/1 at stumps.

Well begun is half done, as Don Bradman once told me. I cut him quite dead for offering unsolicited advice.

I’m quite sad at how bad Sri Lanka are these days. One of the better teams to watch when they’re playing well, as they tend to produce unorthodox, entertaining cricketers.

No need to feel sad. They only recently became the first team to not just win but also whitewash Pakistan in their make believe home venue. They struggle to hack it against India because aside from Murali (and Mendis in one series) they simply haven't had the spin arsenal to worry Indian bats.

Ending fast.

Still a chance of being one of the 10 worst losses ever.

And it's almost certain to be India's biggest ever win.

^^ Well now that you're here, we could be watching the most remarkable turnaround in cricket history.

Lanka flying on Plummet Airways atm.