IND-SL crucial tie pattern is unmistakable

[Temujin Khaghan]

Crucial match - IND/SL - 96WC, 07WC, Asia cup final - today India win the toss - YIPEE! India elect to bowl - Uh-Oh SL lose three quick wickets - YIPEE! One Lankan scores a blinder of an innings - Desilva in 96WC, Tharanga 07WC, Jayasurya today Srilanka post a decent target. 240 - 260 usually One of our guys score of an super half century - YAY! - Sachin 96WC, Dravid07WC, Sehwag today Then starts struggle. We are humiliated by spin...

[Predator_05]

...and what happened in '99 and '03 ?

[Temujin Khaghan]

^^ we wouldn't have been kicked out if we lost those matches - read crucial tie - for us!

[Sachinism]

...and what happened in '99 and '03 ?

the slaying of Sri Lanka

[Predator_05]

^^ we wouldn't have been kicked out if we lost those matches - read crucial tie - for us!

Are you kidding ? The '99 game was a MUST WIN game - India were on the brink of elimination after losing to SA and ZIM. And '03 was a crucial super six match.

[Temujin Khaghan]

^^ in the 99 edition we batted first - ganguly scored 186 something. we batted first in 03 edition too brother. sachin scored 97

[Predator_05]

^^ in the 99 edition we batted first - ganguly scored 186 something. we batted first in 03 edition too brother. sachin scored 97

??? So just because India batted first, those matches weren't CRUCIAL ? :haha: You are really reaching now, dude. Face it, there is no "pattern"

[The Outsider]

^ The pattern is that we've lost 5 finals in a row to them now.

[fineleg]

^ The pattern is that we've lost 5 finals in a row to them now.

Yes, also we have lost many, many finals if u look beyond just SL :((

[Temujin Khaghan]

??? So just because India batted first, those matches weren't CRUCIAL ? :haha: You are really reaching now, dude. Face it, there is no "pattern"

pattern when we bat second! infact it starts with choosing fielding after winning the toss and the rest follows!

[Rajiv]

They just killed us, accept it

[Temujin Khaghan]

Not just killed us, we lost in style.

[THX_1138]

Ghosts of Eden Gardens have afixed themselves to our collective backs... and burden us in our trevails. I think we need to get this jimmy off our back by beating Sri Lanka in the 2011-2012 word cup, semifinal at Eden Gardens... its our very own curse of the Babe Ruth...

[THX_1138]

Ghosts of Eden Gardens have afixed themselves to our collective backs... and burden us in our trevails. I think we need to get this jimmy off our back by beating Sri Lanka in the 2011-2012 word cup, semifinal at Eden Gardens... its our very own curse of the Babe Ruth...