IND vs SL 3rd T20I: Shocking start of ‘Gambhir era’, one move of the coach changed the whole match, there was a stir after seeing such a strategy
Team India coach Gautam Gambhir: Coach Gautam Gambhir’s era has started with a bang. India has won the T20 series against Sri Lanka 3-0. India won the third T20 match in the super over, this was the first series played by the Indian team under Gambhir’s coaching. Coach Gambhir’s impeccable moves in the very first series have forced world cricket to think. Especially in the third T20, the Indian team tied the match in a way that was similar to the win in the first match, which surprised world cricket.
Actually, at one time the Indian team was close to losing the match but the bowling of Rinku Singh and captain Suryakumar made all the difference in the match. These two players bowled in the match and tied the match for India. The bowling of both of them turned the match around. After this, in the super over, Washington Sundar gave only one run and made India win the match.
Fans are praising coach Gambhir
Indian fans are praising coach Gambhir. Actually. It is an example of Gambhir’s attack strategy that Rinku Singh bowled at the crucial time and Suryakumar Yadav bowled in the last over. The bowling of both stunned the Sri Lankan batsmen. Sri Lanka were heading for a comfortable victory at 110 for 1 in the 16th over with Kusal Mendis (43) sharing 58 for the opening wicket with Pathum Nissanka (26) and 52 for the second wicket with Kusal Perera (46) in a match that was delayed by an hour due to rain, but the bowlers turned the tables.
Let us tell you that Sri Lanka needed 30 runs to win in the last five overs, Rinku Singh made the match exciting by catching Perera on his own ball in the 19th over and then dismissing Ramesh Mendis (03). Perera hit five fours in 34 balls.
6 runs were needed in the last over, Captain Surya bowled
Sri Lanka needed six runs in the last over, Captain Suryakumar Yadav himself came to bowl. He got his first wicket in T20 International by getting Kamindu Mendis (01) caught by Rinku on the second ball. Teekshana (00) also got caught by Samson on the next ball. Fernando scored one run on the fourth ball. Now five runs were needed on the last two balls. Wickramasinghe scored two runs on both the balls and tied the match.
Shocking start of Gambhir era
As soon as Gambhir became the coach, aggressive decisions started coming in Indian cricket. First Surya was made the captain of T20, then Shubman Gill was appointed the vice-captain of ODI and T20. At the same time, senior players like Kohli and Rohit were called to play in the ODI series. After this, Surya and Rinku bowled in the last match of the T20 series and announced the Gambhir era. Now world cricket is also shocked by the arrival of the Gambhir era.
Indian team will now play the ODI series from August 2. Legends like Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma will be seen spreading their fire in this series.
ODI series schedule
August 2 – First ODI – 2:30 PM
August 4 – Second ODI – 2:30 PM
August 7 – Third ODI – 2:30 PM