Tournment Ends

[SaiSrini]

Sehwag to get a 1st baller , you heard it here folks

I am fearing that too. One day Sehwag will look like he is in that top zone, next day he will look so different. Hope the "purple zone" for Sehwag continues today.

Game to start in another 11 mins. Cant wait for it to unfold. Its all due to Sehwag.

 

[CaptainOZ]

Starting to get pumped up about today's play. Virender, can you score at least 16 more runs? :shout

 

[SaiSrini]

What a boring start with the pitch report by Gavaskar? He tried in vain trying to mimic the players from India and SL and how they would have done the pitch report..... The pitch is still very good for batting. India should be set for 800-900 total.

 

[CaptainOZ]

OK, here we go!! Virender getting setup at the crease, looking fresh, here comes the first ball....

CaptainOZ added 2 Minutes and 47 Seconds later...

Cool, he survives the first ball and the first over, moves to 285 and keeps the strike!

CaptainOZ added 3 Minutes and 57 Seconds later...

He's batting very carefully, nothing rash.

CaptainOZ added 2 Minutes and 54 Seconds later...

OOh, I thought Dravid was out then..... but he responds the next delivery with a big SIX

 

[MUFC1987]

What a damp squib that was.

 

[CaptainOZ]

Well, Sehwag is out for 293. Misses the triple-ton, but extremely good innings.

 

[SaiSrini]

Expected that!!! But when Sehwag started positively, the false hopes came back up and so was a lil' disappointed.

Sachin enters into a ground in his hometown to pin drop silence!! THAT IS WHAT SEHWAG HAS DONE!!

 

[pcfan123]

Hard luck, Murali almost dropped it as well

 

[CaptainOZ]

The snicko-meter shows that Dravid did indeed edge that ball to the keeper. He's very lucky, and needs to ride that fortune to a century.

 

[SaiSrini]

If Dravid gets a hundred here, he can thank the umpire for it. He was GONE to Herath (the snicko confirms the faint edge).

The turn is more visibly evident today. If it continues, India should feel happy. But we need to build as much lead as possible.

Edit: Its evident that the Indians want to unsettle Murali so badly. Very rare to see Sachin step out to Murali so early in the innings. But its entertaining to watch! Two fours off consecutive deliveries.

 

[CaptainOZ]

Sachin is making a statement early. He's looking to keep the runs flowing

 

[SaiSrini]

Dravid looking really positive today. Sweep from outside the off stump for two! We need to bat positive inspite of Sehwag's dismissal.

 

[nikhil_99]

Finally the classy inngs of Sehwag comes to an end...One of the best inngs of recent few years...

 

[CaptainOZ]

Just realised that Tendulkar is not far off reaching 13,000 Test runs.

 

[SaiSrini]

Dravid is GONE!! Damn, that third consecutive hundred goes missing! Good start from Sri Lanka! Still have a chance in this match if they pick wickets at regular intervals.