The post lunch session on day 2 of the ongoing test match between India and Sri Lanka was all about some annoying drama and uncalled pauses. The Sri Lankan players as they walked out to play after the lunch on day two were seen wearing masks as they expressed concerned about the quality of air in New Delhi.
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The drama didn’t just seem to stop and there were perplexed scenes at the Kotla time and again. First Gamage and then Lakmal both walked off leaving their overs in between. The game was stopped time and again for this apparent ploy from Sri Lanka. Whether it was a ploy or a genuine issue they faced is something only they would know.
Sri Lanka forced India to declare At one point in time Sri Lanka had only 10 men on the field. The play stopped when Chandimal realised that the team was one man shot and then things got uglier again. Sri Lanka was one man shot and they had no substitute fielders left to fill in the spot as those sitting out were already struggling.
Meanwhile Sri Lankan trainer Nick Lee was seen at the boundary line wearing a white dress, perhaps coming in to field for his team. As one after the other Sri Lankans halted play, Indian Skipper, Virat Kohli got really infuriated. Before this even Ravi Shastri had walked on to the ground being animated while talking to the umpires.
Kohli got really angry seeing things get bizarre and he ordered Jadeja and Saha to come back to the pavilion and declared the innings while India was 536/7. It seemed like Sri Lankan players mocked Virat Kohli’s decision of declaring the innings as they seemed to burst in laughter. First the substitute fielder Sandakan and then Dickwella were seen laughing at the decision of declaration that was taken by Kohli in wrath.
This was surely in incident where the Sri Lankan players stooped low even though Kohli’s decision of declaration was to help Sri Lanka itself.
Here is the video:
https://twitter.com/CricketKaVideos/status/937233350959423488?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fcricspirit.com%2Fwatch-furious-virat-kohli-declares-indian-innings-lankans-in-laugh%2F
Watch Sri Lankans laughing on Kohli’s decision:
https://twitter.com/CricketKaVideos/status/937236541931261952?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fcricspirit.com%2Fwatch-furious-virat-kohli-declares-indian-innings-lankans-in-laugh%2F
