@Sinhaya, Ref: "Posted by Sinhaya on (July 20 2012, 20:59 PM GMT)

@Bruisers check your world map please. Sangakkara definitely has 7 test centuries scored in Non Asian countries other than Zimbabwe. He is not a flat track bully. That was why he has tons in Hobart, Southampton and Durban."

Firstly, you really need to learn to count correctly. KS has 30 Test 100s in all. Of these, he has scored 18 in SL, 1 in India, 3 in Pak, 2 in UAE and 1 in Zim. This makes a total of 18+1+3+2+1=25 out of 30 in Asia or vs Zim. Now that we are done with basic maths lessons, I want to ask you why are you so much troubled over whether KS has 5 away 100s or 6 or 7? By your own (wrong) count, KS has scored only 7 100s away from Asia and not against Zim. That still means he scored a min of 23 100s either in Asia or against Zim. This clearly shows how much of a FLAT TRACK BULLY Sangakkara is. Also note that I would not have used this FTB logic had the SL fans not used this logic against Indian Players.

@Sinhaya - No mate. He has only FIVE. He has scored one hundred in Aus, one in SA, two in NZ, one in Eng and none in WI.. Also please stop comparing your SL batsmen to Sachin as Sachin has scored tons of runs everywhere, six hundreds in Australia alone.

@Sinhaya: (contd.) Now the 2nd flaw. I knew you were going to raise some past performance of a SL player to counter Kohli's 100. Please tell me if at any point anywhere have I said anything against Jayasuriya or Murali or Vaas for their performances against India? I guess not. In any case, how is SJ's 150 against India a thrashing but Kohli's 100 against SL in a chase of 321 runs in 37 overs NOT a thrashing? I have merely asked about the opinion of the SL fans for that match and esp Kohli's knock. No where have I said nor asked about the opinion about any other performance of any Indian or SL player. Please answer. Do you agree that Kohli played a great knock to help India get a fab win over SL? Or do you find it difficult to acknowledge this? Is it so difficult? What do you think of India's win over SL in the prev Asia Cup in SL and in the WC Final in Mumbai? Are these title wins good for nothing?

@Sinhaya: Again a flawed argument in both cases. You don't claim victory in sport by using the "Proxy" logic. And please don't try to beef up your argument by adding irrelevant data to your case. In the league matches SL had beaten Oz 3 times and not 4. The 4th was in the 2nd final and by that time India was already out so it is not applicable. Now, even these 3 league wins vs OZ would have meant nothing had India won 3-0 against Oz. In that case Oz would have been out and not India. Conclusion of this is that it was Oz that ensured that India don't get to the finals cos they won more. SL can't claim that they had kicked India out. Forget kicking India out, they did not even have the better of India, they were 1-2 down the CB Series and should have been 1-3 down but for that atrocious maths of the umpires in India's 30th over in that chase. If your "Proxy" logic was any good then SA could claim to be ODI WC Winners as they had beaten India in the league and then India had beaten SL. Ha

@Sinhaya: And show me when have I said that SL can't overtake India? It was mentioned by someone that India could become #1 in ODIs if they were to win 4-1. That is a valid statement. You seem to have a problem with even theoretical statements. I never said that SL can't overtake. I had only said that India have already been ranked #1 in ODIs in the past and could do that again in the future. I really fail to see anything appreciable in most of your comments except that they appreciably bitter towards India. Why are so bitter bro? I thought Dilmah was a good tea. Sip some of it and relax. Enjoy tomorrow's ODI match and esp the Day 3 of Eng vs SA. I would be hard pressed to decide what to watch.

@Harmony111, it is always correct to say Sri Lanka got their first test win faster than India. Your argument is wrong. Sri Lanka hardly got any tests in the early 80s. We even beat India in the 1979 world cup when we were not an official test playing country. Was n't that a thrashing? Fact is took too late to give us test status when we deserved it a long time before. 1932 versus 1982 argument is correct as it proves Sri Lanka has done far better than India in spite of the lesser chances we got.

@Harmony111, of course Sri Lanka kicked India out of the CB series. Sri Lanka was excellent enough to beat Australia 4 times in ODIs in their soil. Yeah wont you call Sanath Jayasuriya blitzing the Indian bowlers apart in Mumbai in 1997 when he scored 152 not out as a thrashing? Sanath Jayasuriya has given plenty of nightmares for the Indians.

@Harmony111, Sri Lanka can easily overtake India in the rankings. Sri Lanka has been ranked ahead of India in ODIs before and we can be no.1 by all means.

Another question for all SL fans. MJ scored a 100 in WC Final vs India and SL lost. TD and KS scored 100s in CB Series vs India and SL lost. 2 Pakistani openers scored 100s in Asia Cup vs India and Pak lost. TD scored 160 vs India some years back and SL lost then too. Given that Sachin has been called selfish since India has lost a few times inspite of Sachin's 100s (even when he has scored 175 while chasing 350) does this not mean that MJ, TD, KS and Hafeez and Azhar Ali are selfish players too? Please note that I AM NOT CALLING THEM SELFISH. I am merely asking if your SACHIN-IS-SELFISH argument extendable to these players or is the argument not applicable on these few?

@Bruisers check your world map please. Sangakkara definitely has 7 test centuries scored in Non Asian countries other than Zimbabwe. He is not a flat track bully. That was why he has tons in Hobart, Southampton and Durban.