India’s head coach Rahul Dravid has urged patience as the team’s potential stars find their footing during their home T20I series against Sri Lanka with a rotating side.
In the second Twenty20 International, played in Pune, India lost to Sri Lanka by 16 runs. The visiting captain, Dasun Shanaka, was named Player of the Match for his outstanding performance with both bat and ball. On Thursday, the season finale will take place in Rajkot.
Wides and no-balls allowed in a Sri Lankan score of 206/6 put bowling discipline under scrutiny in the loss at the MCA Stadium. When India was responding, they were having trouble with the bat and were 34/4 when Suryakumar Yadav (51 from 36 balls) and Axar Patel (65 from 31 balls) attempted to save the situation, but it was ultimately in vain.
In his first over after rejoining the international team, Arshdeep Singh struggled to find his run-up and bowled three consecutive no-balls. He then returned to produce two more no-balls in the last over. As a result of the extra opportunities, Sri Lanka took advantage of his final score of 0/37 from the two overs.
Arshdeep and the inexperienced bowling squad were quickly defended by Dravid for their inconsistent play, saying that time will show results. Regardless of the game’s format, particularly in the T20 version, nobody likes to bowl wides and no-balls.
Dravid stated, “The young children will occasionally play games like this, and I believe we all need to be mindful of the fact that activities like this cannot occur while also being patient with them.”
He then added, “It’s difficult, in my opinion, for them to learn. Cricket at the international level is difficult to learn. You must pick up skills on the job. We’ll probably need to exercise some patience with these guys, in my opinion.”
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