Kumara Sangakkara

Kumara Sangakkara Bids Adieu to Test Cricket at Colombo As India Dominate the 4th Day

 August 24, 2015   R K Gupta

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Kumara Chokshanada Sangakkara visited the cricket pitch for the last time in his career after the dismissal of Kaushal Silva in the third over of Sri Lanka’s second innings. He didn’t have a fairytale ending to his cricketing career but that didn’t stop his fans from getting emotional after he fell to Ravichandran Ashwin for […]

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Despite Mathews’ Century India End Third Day of the Colombo Test with Some Advantage

 August 23, 2015   R K Gupta

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Indian bowling was fully tested in the first session of the third day. They couldn’t find a wicket and looked helpless against the determined Sri Lankan skipper Angelo Mathews. Sri Lanka began the day in trying to prevent India gaining any further advantage after they posted 393 runs and took three wickets for 140 at […]

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Nothing Spectacular From India’s Viewpoint on Second Day of the Colombo Test

 August 22, 2015   R K Gupta

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Overnight not out batsman Wriddhiman Saha helped India stretch the morning and caused enormous frustration to the Sri Lankan bowlers. If it was not for Saha, who recorded his highest test score of 60 at Galle, the innings could have folded much earlier. Saha was the 9th India wicket that fell on the second day […]

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Riding on Lokesh Rahul’s Century India Reach 300-Plus on First day of the Colombo Test

 August 21, 2015   R K Gupta

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Just when, he should have thought of preparing himself for the next day, Rohit Sharma fell leg before to Mathews. It was a similar delivery that the Sri Lanka skipper had used against Rohit in the first test. Rohit, however, had done the job by scoring 79 but his wicket yielded a psychological advantage to […]

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Before Colombo Badly Bruised India Trying to Recover From the Gargantuan Galle Gloom

 August 18, 2015   R K Gupta

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For India’s cricketers, especially the batsmen, it is not easy to forget what they did on the fourth day of the Galle test. As they arrived in Colombo for the second test beginning next Thursday, the memories of that woeful disaster kept chasing them. Ten remaining batsmen could not stand up to Rangana Herath on […]

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Rangana Herath Deflate India in An amazing Turnaround at Galle

 August 15, 2015   R K Gupta

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For two days of the Galle test, India held an upper hand. On the third day came Dinesh Chandimal, whose single-handed effort resulted in Sri Lanka taking a tricky 175 run lead. From what looked like India’s game at the end of the second day, Chandimal dictated terms and blew away India’s 5-bowler strategy. Kohli […]

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Shikar Dhawan

Centuries from Dhawan and Kohli Help India Hold Edge in Galle Test on Second Day

 August 14, 2015   R K Gupta

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India began the second day at the Galle test with caution. They were 55 runs behind the Sri Lankan score of 183 all out and the wicket still had the bounce and turn. 99 runs were added by Shikhar Dhawan and Virat Kohli by lunch and Dhawan helped himself to his fourth century in tests. […]

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With Ravichandran Ashwin’s 6-wicket Haul Day-One Honors Belong to India in Galle Test

 August 13, 2015   R K Gupta

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As if to prove that India’s five-bowler strategy is the most ideal, two pace bowlers and three spinners were included in the squad for the first test at Galle with great results on the opening day. India bowled out Sri Lanka for 183 with Ravichandran Ashwin leading the charge. There is hardly any history about […]

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Mathews and Kohli Are Two Contrasting Faces of the Same Cricket-Captaincy Coin

 August 11, 2015   R K Gupta

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With the first test between Sri Lanka and India less than 24 hours away, there are already close-door activities on either side. They are weighing their strengths and weaknesses; conjuring up the possible elevens in the team and strategizing the on-field performances. Meanwhile there is bad news for India. Murali Vijay has failed to show […]

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Team India Fail to Consolidate Against Sri Lanka Board President XI on Last Day

 August 9, 2015   R K Gupta

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On the third and last day, Indian bowlers failed to emulate their second day’s showing against Sri Lanka Board’s President XI, who trailed by 410 runs at the start of their second innings. Earlier, they had bowled out India for a paltry 180 runs in less than 60 overs. First innings bowling, hero Ishant Sharma […]

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