Ravi Bishnoi Reveals Gautam Gambhir's Priceless Advise Behind Sri Lanka Tour Heroics

29.07.2024 - 19:25 sports.ndtv.com

No Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma or Jasprit Bumrah, yet the Indian cricket team continues to march on, securing their second consecutive win of the 3-match T20I series against Sri Lanka.

Ravi Bishnoi, much like the first T20I, played an important role in the team's triumph in the second match. Speaking to media in the post-match press conference, Bishnoi only had positive things to say about India's new T20I skipper Suryakumar Yadav who has marshalled his troops quite effectively in the island nation. "They play spin really well, but I don't know what has happened to them.

They collapsed between the middle overs, and they were known as a good spin-playing team, but I think something has gone wrong," Bishnoi said in the press conference after the 2nd T20I.

Bishnoi also revealed that both Suryakumar and Shubman Gill, India's vice-captain in T20Is, have backed him to the hilt. "Suryakumar is doing great captaincy.

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Avishka Fernando scored a superb 96 and Dunith Wellalage took five wickets as Sri Lanka thumped India by 110 runs in Colombo on Wednesday to seal a first bilateral one-day international series win over their south Asian neighbours in 27 years.

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India's three-match ODI series against Sri Lanka, starting on Friday, will also be the first time of the side playing under new head coach Gautam Gambhir. Skipper Rohit Sharma said Gambhir, who has taken over from Rahul Dravid, has a very clear mind in what he aims to do with the team. "Look, Gautam Gambhir has played a lot of cricket firstly and then he has been involved with a franchise team as well before sitting at the top. So yes, like I said, it's obviously going to be different from the previous coaching staff. Every human and individual is different. Before when Rahul Dravid joined the team, we had Ravi Shastri."

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Super Over Madness, Rinku Singh And Suryakumar Yadav Bowl, As India Beat Sri Lanka In 3rd T20I

India defeated Sri Lanka via the Super Over in the inconsequential third and final T20I at Pallekele here on Tuesday to sweep the series 3-0. Kusal Perera (46, 34b) and Kusal Mendis (43, 41b) guided Lanka's chase of 138 before their innings fell apart in the familiar fashion at the business end. SL ended up at 137/8 after stipulated 20 overs, taking the match to Super Over. For India, Washington Sundar, Ravi Bishnoi, Rinku Singh and skipper Suryakumar Yadav took two wickets apiece. India needed just three runs to win in Super Over.

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India vs Sri Lanka Live Streaming 3rd T20I: India to go up against Sri Lanka in the third T20I of the three-match series on Tuesday in Pallekele. Suryakumar Yadav and co have already gained an unassailable 2-0 lead in the series. On Sunday, India defeated Sri Lanka by seven wickets (DLS method) in the 2nd T20I. Chasing a revised target of 78 in 8 overs, the visitors reached home in 6.3 overs, thanks to Yashasvi Jaiswal's 30 off 15. The conditions for the game were revised due to rain delay in the second innings. Earlier, Ravi Bishnoi returned figures of 3 for 26 as India restricted Sri Lanka to 161 for 9.