Twitter Reactions: A thrilling day of Test cricket at the Eden Gardens ends with a draw

The final day at the Eden Gardens was full of action with India settling for a draw after some splendour day at the field. A wonderful day of Test cricket witnessed a Virat Kohli special, there was some spice in the game towards the end with the players exchanging words, the Indian pacers bowled some fired up spells but it was still a draw.

While India lost quick wickets in the first session after KL Rahul was dismissed, it seemed like the match was heading towards a draw. However, after lunch, Virat Kohli changed gears. He went on to register his 50th international century as India declared at 352/8. Mohammed Shami also swung his bat and got a few hits.

With a target of 231 for Sri Lanka, India thought of making a game out of it. Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Mohammed Shami had both the openers back to the pavilion with just 2 runs on the board for the visitors.

Lahiru Thirimanne and Angelo Mathews were dismissed early in the third session as India revived hopes of a possible victory. The entertainment started with a bit of banter shared between Niroshan Dickwella and Mohammed Shami. With both the players inspired to give their best for their respective countries, it added to the excitement.

Soon, Shami got the better of Dinesh Chandimal as Sri Lanka were reduced to 69/5. Dickwella who had been surviving dangerously was trapped in front of the stumps which had them reeling at 69/6. They were further reduced to 75/7 before bad light played spoilsport yet again to end the game in a tame fashion.

Twitter had a splendid time throughout the final day’s play. Virat was praised widely for his brilliant batting and captaincy. The duo of Shami and Bhuvi were appreciated for their amazing bowling. On the other hand, Dickwella was majorly trolled for his antics on the field.

Here we present to you some of the tweets from Day 5 of the first Test match: