Day 3 Galle test discussion and thoughts

[Ravi.]

And yes Harbhajan is most overrated bowler.He is an average bowler. His test record isnt bad but his oneday and t20 record is average. But we dont have any good replacement for average bowlers.

[Ravi.]

Thanks buddy.

[Manny_Pacquiao]

India might scrape a draw or even lose this test, but i think the team has reason to be optimistic. lets look at things in context: - his figures might not show it, but ishant bowled superbly. very hostile, varied in his approach and getting the ball to cut back in off a length. he made jayawardene look completely clueless at times and his three wickets before lunch were a fair reward for how well he bowled. if he bowls like this in the next test from the very first ball india will do really well. - mithun had an excellent debut. very good use of the bouncer, and usually bang on target. him and ishant both look very aggressive and while they may give up runs when given attacking fields, they will always take wickets. - dravid looked in great touch before he stupidly ran himself out by running on a misfield. he should know better than anyone to not run on a misfield. but he played some nice shots and looked solid for the short time he was there. same goes for tendulkar - that late cut he played to a ball spinning on leg stump through the gap past cover was an outrageously good shot. you know tendulkar is in good touch when he plays like that. murali got him out today with a predictable delivery, but he might not be this lucky next time. - sehwag. what a player. scores fast without taking any risks. such impeccable defensive technique. most people forget how good his forward defence is. i also loved how he was taking the attack to muralitharan, talk about gatecrashing a farewell party haha so these are the positives. i know people will be upset about gambhir getting out but he had a great knock in the warmup game. he loves playing against SL and i'm sure a big innings is around the corner. just needs to get past the first spell, and maybe take guard closer to middle stump to take the lbw out of play. india are usually slow starters in most test series they play, this one isn't any different. a poor day 1 performance is killing the team right now, along with the poor form of the spinners. if they get through this without losing, i back india to win the series easily