On July 31st, Indian spinner Ravi Bishnoi posted a photo of Rinku Singh and an unforgettable Akshay Kumar meme on Instagram. In this way, the Men in Blue completed a clean sweep of Sri Lanka in the last match of their three-match series played on July 30 with a Super Over win.
Shubman Gill (39) who managed to score the most runs for the visitors, helped India to 137 runs in their innings as they were batting first. With just 9 runs required off the last 12 balls and 129/4 on scoreboard, Sri Lanka appeared ready to win this match. The ball was then handed over to Rinku Singh by India due to its spin-friendly pitch for the second last over of the match.
Bowlers arrived on this field for T20Is, and the off-spinner made it there for a starting hour however; he did not let us down by taking two key wickets (Kusal Perera and Ramesh Mendis) while only permitting him three runs thus making pressure mount on them.
In that last over, Suriya Yadav was India’s captain who bowled during the super over by picking up two wickets as well. Washington Sundar was effective during the super over for the visitors taking 2 wickets for no runs. In retaliation to that, Suryakumar hit a boundary from the very first ball thereby clinching the match.
In his third match victory, Ravi Bishnoi posted a batting selfie (he score eight vital runs). Rinku Singh was also presented in this frame, after getting rid of someone else. In addition to that he included famous meme ‘idhar ka udhar’ featuring Akshay Kumar.
His post caption:
“Wrong number right nikal gaya.”
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This was India’s inaugural series victory under the new coach Gautam Gambhir.
“If you put your heart into it, you can pull it off” – Suryakumar Yadav sends a message to the boys before Sri Lanka’s pursuit
During the post-match presentation, captain Suryakumar Yadav stated that he boosted his players’ confidence by assuring them that the 138-run total was defendable.
“140 was a par score on this track. I told them I’ve seen such kinds of games and I told the boys if you put your heart into it, you can pull it off. The amount of skill they have and self-confidence they have – it makes my job easy.”
“The care for each other they show is unbelievable. They made my job easy and when I go into bat, I have little pressure and I just express myself. I don’t want to be the captain. I want to be the leader,” he said.
Suryakumar was also rewarded as the Player of the Series award.
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