{"id":140136,"date":"2024-08-10T14:00:35","date_gmt":"2024-08-10T14:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=140136"},"modified":"2024-08-10T14:01:25","modified_gmt":"2024-08-10T14:01:25","slug":"indian-cricketing-machismo-spews-out-in-the-field-at-khetharama-as-they-lose-comprehensively-by-andrew-fidel-fernando","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/indian-cricketing-machismo-spews-out-in-the-field-at-khetharama-as-they-lose-comprehensively-by-andrew-fidel-fernando\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian Cricketing Machismo SPEWS OUT in the Field at Khetharama \u2026 As They Lose Comprehensively-by Andrew Fidel Fernando"},"content":{"rendered":"

Indian Cricketing Machismo SPEWS OUT in the Field at Khetharama \u2026 As They Lose Comprehensively-by Andrew Fidel Fernando<\/span><\/h2>\n

Source:<\/span><\/strong>Thuppahis<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Andrew Fidel Fernando<\/strong>\u00a0in ESPNcicinfo,\u00a08 August 2024,<\/a>\u00a0where the title runs\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cIs this for real? Sri Lanka\u2019s rare glory leaves India shaken\u201d\u00a0\u2026.. while his report here has had highlights imposed by The Editor, Thuppahi<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The visitors were left with plenty to ponder after their batting struggled in spin-friendly conditions.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Avishka Fernando cover drives\u2026. & Wellalage celebrates one of his wickets<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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Mohammed Siraj<\/a>\u00a0is fired up.<\/span><\/p>\n

Halfway through his seventh over, the 39th of the innings, he strides down the pitch and\u00a0sprays a few angry words at\u00a0Kusal Mendis<\/a>, who responds in kind.<\/strong>\u00a0In his next over, Siraj bowls a ball to Janith Liyanage that the batter drives back at him.\u00a0Siraj picks the ball up in his follow<\/strong>\u00a0through, and flings it at the stumps, and misses.<\/strong>\u00a0The batter would have been back safely in any case.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

In the background of that shy at the stump is\u00a0Virat Kohli<\/a>, applauding the bowler\u2019s aggression.\u00a0Through the course of these middle overs, Kohli\u00a0has gone through some big emotions of his own.<\/strong>\u00a0He\u2019s celebrated wickets with more verve than the bowlers and\u00a0yelled at exiting batters,<\/strong>\u00a0appealed so vociferously it felt like his lungs might come flying out of his body.\u00a0He\u2019s backed up every move of the bowlers like they were boxers at the Olympics and he was their coach in the corner.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

At one point he fields the ball at short mid on and throws at the stumps but hits the pad of\u00a0Charith Asalanka<\/a>. The batter had not only never seriously attempted a run, he\u2019s so far home he\u2019s fallen asleep in front of a Netflix documentary.<\/span><\/p>\n

But none of this is massively out of the ordinary. We have seen Siraj this fired up before.\u00a0For Kohli, this is like a six out of 10 on the macho-flailing scale.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

But this is what is truly surprising. Kohli has played many matches against Sri Lanka in which he has found no need to reach into the angrier portions of his heart. Siraj has usually had a very high smile-to-grimace ratio when facing this opposition.<\/span><\/p>\n

And now\u00a0all this aggression\u00a0has been accessed for Sri Lanka? Wow. Should they be blushing? Is this for real?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Before this series, Sri Lanka had played 19 ODIs against India since the start of 2015, and lost 16 of those games. The most recent memories were of being bowled out for 55\u00a0at the Wankhede in the World Cup<\/a>\u00a0and being blasted out for 50\u00a0in the Asia Cup final last year<\/a>, when Siraj took 6 for 21 at this very venue and was inflicting so much trauma it seemed more appropriate for India\u2019s players to cuddle Sri Lanka\u2019s batters rather than cuss at them.<\/span><\/div>\n
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But through the course of this ODI series,\u00a0this Sri Lanka team,<\/strong>\u00a0ranked seventh in ODIs, who finished ninth in last year\u2019s World Cup and as such have not qualified for the Champions Trophy, who struggle to get their seam bowlers on the field, and who haven\u2019t made a global-tournament semi-final in 10 years,\u00a0has asked some serious questions of an India side whose ambitions are world domination.<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
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A quick rundown of those questions:<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
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