Pune: India lost another high-scoring thrilling T-20 match played at Pune. Despite Akshar Patel and Surya Kumar Yadav’s brilliant innings, India lost by 16 runs. Arshdeep Singh proved to be the villain of this match. In the second T20 match, Arshdeep Singh was played in place of Harshal Patel, but the bet of the Indian Cricket Team failed. Arshdeep Singh bowled 5 balls in his spell of 2 overs and plundered a total of 37 runs. It proved to be very expensive. Arshdeep bowled a total of 5 balls in his 2 over spell, due to which captain Hardik Pandya was furious and expressed his anger at the presentation ceremony after the match.
Hardik, who is taking over the captaincy in the absence of Rohit Sharma, made a big statement on Arshdeep’s no-ball after the match. He said that he has bowled no-balls before. Throwing a no ball in any match is a big crime. The Indian team gave away a total of 12 extra runs in the match, including 5 no-balls from Arshdeep Singh. After losing the match, Hardik Pandya said, ‘Arshdeep Singh has bowled no-balls many times before. Not to accuse anyone, but throwing a no-ball is a crime.
Hardik Pandya said about the match, ‘Powerplay hurt us while bowling and batting. We made simple mistakes that should not have been made at this level. We must learn the basics that we can control. You may have a bad day but don’t get away from the basics. It is very difficult in this situation.
Why was Rahul sent before Surya?
Asked why he sent debutant Rahul Tripathi to bat at number three ahead of Suryakumar, Pandya said he wanted to give Tripathi a role that suited him. Hardik Pandya said, ‘Suriya performed brilliantly at number four. Whoever comes on the team, you want to give them a role in which they are comfortable and can perform well.
Despite Surya-Akshar’s fifty, they could not win the match
Batting first after losing the toss in the match, the Sri Lankan team made a huge score of 206 runs for 6 wickets. Captain Dasun Shanaka played an innings of 56 runs in 22 balls. While Kusal Mendis scored 52 runs in 31 balls. In response to the target of 207 runs, the Indian team could score only 190 runs for 8 wickets. Akshar Patel played a blistering innings of 65 runs off 31 balls, in which he hit 6 sixes and 3 fours. His strike rate was 209.68. Suryakumar Yadav was dismissed for 51 runs off 36 balls. During this he hit 3 sixes and as many fours. Surya’s strike rate was 141.67. Along with Akshar Patel, he registered a quick partnership of 91 runs for the sixth wicket.