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‘Removes tailenders within minutes’: Fans miss Jasprit Bumrah as Sri Lanka's lower order, Sonal Dinusha defy India in Colombo Test originally appeared on Cricket News .
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Sri Lanka ’s lower order continued to frustrate India on Day 5 of the Colombo Test.
Sonal Dinusha and Keshara Nuwantha helped Sri Lanka stretch their lead past 100 runs.
Fans questioned India’s inability to finish the tail and said Jasprit Bumrah was being missed.
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Sri Lanka’s lower order frustrates India in Colombo Test
India's inability to knock out Sri Lanka’s tail-enders in the final day of the second Test in Colombo is frustrating the fans, as many consider the absence of Jasprit Bumrah a crucial factor behind the hosts' stubborn show.
Sonal Dinusha and Keshara Nuwantha kept India struggling as Sri Lanka resumed Day 5 at 229/6 with a lead of 16 runs, after being asked to follow on. They soon surpassed the 100 runs lead over India to reach 399/8 with a 186 runs lead in the first session with Dinusha scoring a century.
This scenario is very interesting, since India was close to achieving their objective on Day 4 if not for the interruption caused by rain. Now India’s hopes of concluding the Colombo Test match have been pushed back further as SL continue to bat through the second session post-lunch.
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Fans bring up Jasprit Bumrah
The drawn-out resistance led to several X users pointing out what India lacks without Bumrah.
One supporter pointed out Bumrah's capability to "remove tailenders within the minutes but some lockdown and nonsense cricket fans troll him for taking tailenders wicket, while stating that "India doesn't deserve to win here".
This Indian bowling line-up unable to take Srilankan tailenders wicket that's why I think this match should be draw , India doesn't deserves win here But I want to point out, What Jasprit Bumrah is, He always remove tailenders within the minutes but some lockdown and nonsense… pic.twitter.com/opvlopLuv6
— Cricket and society (@Cric46966) August 27, 2026 Another mentioned that Bumrah "will always be missed" in the moments when India need a wicket, while another noted that Colombo was a "prime example" of why Bumrah was thought of as being among the best.
He will always be missed when he doesn't play such is his class and presence!
— Aman Singh (@amansingh4u2) August 27, 2026 This situation is the prime example why Bumrah is the Greatest. He could have produced wickets here when every other bowler is clueless.
— Â (@RR_for_LIFE) August 27, 2026 There were also some critics of India's strategy on the field, with one supporter arguing that it was a boundary-saving strategy that had made it possible for the Sri Lankan batters to accumulate scores without any pressure on them.
You cannot buy wickets with boundary-saving fields. India’s tactical passivity in the field today has been glaring. With the opposition lead now over 150 and rain in the forecast, the door to a 2-0 series victory has firmly shut.
— Wisdom of Cricket (@WisdomOfCric) August 27, 2026 Another supporter claimed that India had treated the lower order as something easy to deal with and found themselves without any time due to the resistance of Sri Lanka.
Problem was everyone considered it an easy task. Just turn up and the wickets will fall! The lower-order of yet another Test side is keeping India at bay. Time will run out and they may miss out on winning the Test #cricket #SLvInd
— Chandresh Narayanan (@chand2579) August 27, 2026 You miss Jasprit Bumrah is such situations.
— Vipul 🖕🏿 (@Vipul_Espeaks) August 27, 2026 Bumrah was initially selected to play for India as long as he received medical clearance, but was then left out of the entire Sri Lanka series due to a left knee injury. The replacement was Auqib Nabi.
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India may be losing control, but Bumrah’s absence is being felt
India can still pull off a win if they can find quick wickets with over a session left in the day, but Sri Lanka has put up a fight, and the looming possibility of rain makes time of the essence. The tourists need some quick scalps to get going if they want to win before losing control of walking away with 12 WTC points.
Although the fans may be exaggerating about the importance of Bumrah in this series, Colombo has shown how important he really is. The knack he has for making breakthroughs at the right times is just what India is missing in this match.
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