India grabbed a3-0 clean victory in the 3-match T20I series against Sri Lanka with a fantastic super over victory in the last match. Sri Lankan team was on a constant pace in collecting runs, but Surya’s shocking decision to send Rinku Singh in the second-last over and bowling the last over himself was a serious game changer. Indian bowling lineup was catching up to the pace and then wickets started flowing like water for Sri Lanka as they went from 110-1 to 137-8 in 20 overs. Since the match ended in a tie, a super over was declared, where, the hosts could only score 2 runs before losing both their wickets. Indian batters were quick to grab the victory on this one as Surya sent a boundary on the very first ball and India marched to a spectacular win.
Former Indian cricketer Mohammad Kaif was impressed by this show of Suryakumar’s captaincy and went on to social media to shower him a massive compliment regarding the change in his bowling.
When Sri Lanka was 9 runs short off 12 balls, Rinku Singh came out on the field to put his off-spin into play. As much as for his first time bowling in the T20Is, Rinku only gave out 3 runs while picking 2 wickets in the 19th over. There was more unexpected thought process to be witnessed, as Suryakumar himself came out to bowl the last over, then went on to successfully defend 5 runs and on top of that, took 2 wickets. This sent the game to a Super Over, where India won and sealed the series with a 3-0 triumph.
“I have a lot of wickets in domestic cricket. It’s not like that, and I even have a wicket in ODIs. I had been informed by Surya to be ready for bowling in the series. Though I didn’t bowl in the run-up to this game, Surya bhai had told me to keep practicing my bowling and asked me to do it during warm-up.”
“When the game was on, I did not expect that I would be asked to bowl, as the situation was totally neck-and-neck. Then he asked me to roll my arm over and once I started to bowl, it was God’s plan – two wickets,” said Rinku in a video posted by BCCI on their ‘X’ account.
