New Delhi. The second T20 International match of the three-match series between India and Sri Lanka was played on 28 July in Colombo. Before this match, Team India suffered a major setback when the report of Krunal Pandya’s Kovid-19 test came positive. After this, eight other Indian players who came in his close contact were out of the series. It has become such that the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) had to include net bowlers in the main squad, but despite all these difficulties, the things that the head coach of the team, Rahul Dravid said before the match, are winning everyone’s heart. .
Rahul Dravid, who went on a tour of Sri Lanka as the head coach with this team under the captaincy of Shikhar Dhawan, said before the match, ‘I always want the player who is going on tour with the team, he gets a chance to play. When you pick 15-20 players, you don’t pick them because they are going on holidays or just coming around, you pick them thinking that they might need to play.
These words of Rahul Dravid before the match have won the hearts of the fans. The way Rahul Dravid spoke in difficult situations shows the level of player he has been. Rahul Dravid also said that I do not understand this thing when people say that Team India’s cap earning, when you are selected in the team, it means you are special. In a country with such a large population where so many people play cricket, you have been selected from among them.
Rahul Dravid jokingly said that we have only 11 players left, out of which we have to play 11. We gave everyone a chance to play in the ODI series, when we won the series, here we have to do it without winning the series. Talking about the match, Sri Lanka once again won the toss and decided to bowl first against India. Captain Shikhar Dhawan played an innings of 40 runs, but for this he faced 42 balls. Debutant Gaikwad opened the innings with Dhawan but was dismissed for 21 off 18 balls. Devdutt Padikkal then came and scored 29 runs. Padikkal faced 23 balls. Sanju Samson once again disappointed and was dismissed for just 7 runs, while Nitish Rana too could not go beyond 9 runs. India scored 132 runs for five wickets in 20 overs. Akila Dhananjay took two wickets. In reply, Sri Lanka won the match by scoring 133 for six in 19.4 overs. Dhananjay de Silva returned not out after scoring 40 off 34 balls and was adjudged man of the match.
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