India pacer Deepak Chahar, who was an sudden hero with the bat within the second ODI in opposition to Sri Lanka, on Tuesday stated coach Rahul Dravid’s perception in his batting impressed him to provide a match-winning knock for his crew. Chahar got here forward of the extra completed Bhuvneshwar Kumar within the batting order after India misplaced their six wickets for 160 runs whereas chasing 276. In the top, they each cast an unbeaten 84-run stand to script a three-wicket win for India.
“No higher solution to win the match for the nation. Rahul sir informed me to play all of the balls. I’ve performed a number of innings with India A (when Dravid was coach) and I believe he has perception in me.
Just silently sits in a nook to sip some water submit his batting heroics 👌🏻🔝👍🏻
What a knock tonight from Deepak Chahar 🙌🏻 #GroupIndia #SLvIND pic.twitter.com/mWr2DY1zPA
— BCCI (@BCCI) July 20, 2021
“He told me he thinks I’m good enough to be a No. 7 (but he batted at 8). He has belief in me. Hopefully in the coming matches I don’t have to bat. When we came under 50 that’s when I believed we can win. Before that it was ball by ball. I took some risks after,” stated Chahar on the submit match presentation.
Prior to this sport, his highest scored in worldwide cricket was 12.
“It was scorching on the market, we did nicely there. Got two wickets. We managed to cease them at 270 (275 really). It was an honest rating on this wicket.
“Only one thing that was going on in my mind: this is the kind of innings I’ve been dreaming of. No better way to win the match for the country,” he stated speaking about his mindset within the center.
India had romped to victory within the first ODI but it surely took much more effort on Tuesday.
What a particular win🇮🇳♥️The grit and composure you displayed in the present day was unbelievable @deepak_chahar9 🙌🏻 pic.twitter.com/Kv37hwdMEj
— Surya Kumar Yadav (@surya_14kumar) July 20, 2021
Tail-ender Deepak Chahar introduced India again from the useless with a steely 69 off 82 balls and script the visiting crew’s series-sealing victory within the second ODI in opposition to Sri Lanka right here on Tuesday.
Chasing 276, India have been down and out at 193 for seven earlier than Chahar and Bhuvneshwar Kumar (19 not out off 28) cast an unbeaten 84-run stand to seal a memorable win for the guests who prolonged their report of not shedding an ODI on Sri Lanka soil since 2012.
A struggling Sri Lankan outfit badly wanted a morale-boosting win however has solely itself in charge for not ending the job from a commanding place.
Chahar, whose highest rating earlier than this sport was 12, confirmed exceptional resolve and composure below strain to take his crew over the road with 5 balls to spare. He fittingly hit the profitable boundary.
It was India’s ninth consecutive bilateral collection win over Sri Lanka. The third ODI might be performed on Friday.
It was anticipated to be one other comfy chase for India after Sri Lanka put an improved batting effort to submit 275 for 9.
However, questionable shot choice from the vast majority of the Indian batsmen gave their struggling opponents hope.
Barring Chahar and Suryakumar Yadav (53), the Indian batsmen faltered. Leg-spinner Wanindu Hasaranga troubled the Indians along with his variations and ended up being the stand out bowler for his crew.
