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Rinku Singh and Gautam Gambhir (Source: X)
Considering the kind of team the hosts had, India's clean sweep against Sri Lanka wasn't surprising. However, the bowling changes made in the last two overs by skipper Suryakumar Yadav shocked the entire nation in the 3rd and final T20I of the series. While the results were in India's favour, the bold move of giving Rinku Singh to bowl the 19th and Suryakumar Yadav to bowl the 20th over was insane.
Rinku bowled one over, taking two wickets and conceding just 3 runs. When he came to bowl, he was up against a set batter, Kusal Perera, who was playing on 46 runs. But Rinku managed to dismiss him on the second ball, putting a smile on the ever-serious Gautam Gambhir's face. The new head coach, who is always seen with a frown on his face, finally kept smiling for a while after Perera's dismissal.
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India won the game in the Super Over, where only 2 runs came, including one extra. It was one of the worst batting collapses of Sri Lanka because they failed to chase 9 runs off 12 balls. There were set batters on the crease, and they had four wickets in their hands when SKY and Rinku Singh came in and snatched the game away from them.
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We play hard, but we have fun as well: Riyan Parag
The young India team won the series against Sri Lanka, 3-0, which is nothing less than an achievement. They showed great intent during the series and seemed like were enjoying the game out there. India's one of the best advantages was having Riyan Parag, who could bat and bowl at the same time. Parag mentioned that the players were having fun along working hard.
"It was fun, we didn’t feel the nerves, we planned it in such a way that it was very spontaneous. Thought Siraj was going to bowl that last over and Surya bhai decided to roll his arm over. That’s our motto, we play hard but we have fun as well," said Riyan Parag at the post-match presentation.