Internet Desk : Indian captain MS Dhoni has made his intentions clear following his team’s series leveling win at Ranchi yesterday . Dhoni said the team management will continue to experiment with various combinations prior to the World T20 to be held at the Indian Soil in March-April.
“Experimenting is a word banned from Indian cricket, but yes we’re trying different things. Our top order has done well, so we’re trying to give everyone an opportunity whenever possible”.
Dhoni sent Hardik Pandya and Yuvraj Singh up the batting order besides giving Jaspreet Bumrah the ball only in the death overs of Sri Lankan innings.
The Indian captain did not hide his satisfaction about the 22 yards though.”Almost 200 runs were scored, but there was something for everyone. Overall it was very good for us.”
On his two stumpings and team’s fielding, he added: “Most of our fielders are above average. Sometimes in T20s, even the slower ones can get away. But yes, fielding is very important.
“Being a bit unorthodox behind the stumps really helps, but credit to the bowlers for beating the batsman.”
Shikhar Dhawan, who was adjudged man of the match after scoring his maiden T20 International fifty, said : “Happy to have got my first T20I fifty. I was hitting the ball well. I like to play my natural game. I got a lot of support from the captain and the coaching staff. We didn’t have any specific plan to hit 70 in the first six. Once I started connecting the ball well, it all came together.”
Sri Lanka captain Dinesh Chandimal said his team needs to bowl better on a dry surface like what was used today.
“Credit to the Indian batsmen. We tried hard as a bowling unit, but eventually gave away 25 extra runs. We need to regroup. On this kind of track, we needed to mix our yorkers and slower deliveries well. Hopefully our bowlers will learn quickly. We’ll put our heart and soul into the next game,” said Chandimal.