Twitter reacts as Pandya and Shami tear the Sri Lankan bowling apart

07/27/2017

India asserted their authority over Sri Lanka in the first Test as after scoring 600 runs in the first innings, they left Sri Lanka reeling at 154/5 at stumps. Earlier, Hardik Pandya and Mohammed Shami tore the Lankan bowling apart as they put on a 62-run stand that helped the visitors reach 600.

Brief scores: India 600 (Shikhar Dhawan 190, Cheteshwar Pujara 153, Ajinkya Rahane 57, Hardik Pandya 50; Nuwan Pradeep 6-132, Lahiru Kumara 3-131) lead Sri Lanka 154/6 (Upul Tharanga 64; Angelo Mathews 54*; Mohammed Shami 2/30) by 446 runs.

Here are the best tweets from Day 2 of the First Test.

And Pujara started the day off by getting to his 6th 150. What have we done to deserve you? _/\_

Cheteshwar Pujara:

Test 100's: 12

Test 150's: 6

Test 200's: 3

Incredible conversion rate!
— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) July 27, 2017

Oh we're sure he'll definitely succeed against England and South Africa too..

Save some runs for South Africa & England too, Che.#SLvInd #SLvsInd
— Suneer (@suneerchowdhary) July 27, 2017

And then Rahane fell, trying to do this.. :|

Rahane tactic to break another Sri Lankan thumb fails #SLvIND
— Gaurav Kalra (@gauravkalra75) July 27, 2017

A Frustrated Indian..

If Hardik Pandya is considered a No.8 bat, then on a pitch that is expected to take turn, wouldn't it have been better to go with Kuldeep?
— Saurabh Somani (@saurabh_42) July 27, 2017

But Pandya responded in style

Hardik Pandya Hit 3 Sixes In His Test Debut Inning. That's Most By An Indian On Debut. 🙏🇮🇳#IndvsSL #INDvSL #SLvIND pic.twitter.com/0ots7VHuhO
— Sir Ravindra Jadeja (@SirJadeja) July 27, 2017

Pandya certainly made sure that this didn't happen :D

Pandya & Jadeja batting together. It's sign of something disastrous. Remember this #IndvsSL pic.twitter.com/R6CWsuLL5q
— ßєคɾɖ ßɷყ 🇮🇳🏏 (@BeingFlicked) July 27, 2017

Amen.

Kids watch Sehwag Tendulkar partnership.

Adults watch Hayden Gilchrist partnership.

Legends watch Shami Pandya partnership.#SLvIND
— Sameer Allana (@HitmanCricket) July 27, 2017

Can the Lower Order and Top Order switch positions in the next innings please?

6s by Indian Top Order: 0

6s by Indian Lower Order: 7

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.#Hardik #Pandya #INDvSL #SLvsIND #Cricket #BCCI #TeamIndia #UmeshYadav #Shami
— Not Virat Kohli (@notviratkohlii) July 27, 2017

An impressive display from the SL pacers... Or maybe not.

9 wickets to pace and just one to spin. It is first time that Sri Lanka pacers have accounted for 9 wickets in a Test inns at Galle. #SLvInd
— Mazher Arshad (@MazherArshad) July 27, 2017

Expectation vs Reality

" We have a game plan for each India player " ~ Herath

India: 600/10
— Broken Cricket (@BrokenCricket) July 27, 2017

The review was so bad that even the 3rd Umpire trolled SL for it

"That doesn't look like a great review, does it?"

3rd umpire is trolling Sri Lanka. 1st wicket gone!#SLvIND Live: https://t.co/FUO8VLbWHD pic.twitter.com/VMg66wM5Uz
— The Field (@thefield_in) July 27, 2017

Looks like Abhinav Mukund came to SL just to do this

Upul Tharanga in his previous Test was run out for backing up. Today he is out cos his bat bounced up. He was never run out in Tests before.
— Mazher Arshad (@MazherArshad) July 27, 2017

Joke of the year