The 22-year-old India Nationwide Cricket Workforce all-rounder Riyan Parag suffered a brain-fade second within the third and remaining ODI in opposition to Sri Lanka Nationwide Cricket Workforce, which led to him getting castled by Jeffrey Vandersay on Wednesday, August 7, on the R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo.
Riyan Parag lastly obtained his ODI debut cap within the essential do-or-die sport in opposition to Sri Lanka after grinding onerous in home cricket in addition to within the Indian Premier League. He was handed the cap by Virat Kohli, who’s the idol of the Assam batter.
Riyan Parag got here in as a substitute for Arshdeep Singh and he showcased a bowling masterclass within the first innings. Together with his off-spin bowling, he obtained some essential wickets and completed with figures of three/54.
Within the second innings, when he got here out to bat, India had been in hassle however he batted confidently and hit a few boundaries. It regarded like Riyan Parag would shine with the bat as nicely, however he was dismissed within the sixteenth over, courtesy of a brain-fade second.
On the final ball of the sixteenth over, Jeffrey Vandersay bowled a leg-break to Riyan Parag that went straight. The India batter did not cowl his stumps and left the ball. It was a fully poor depart from the Parag because the ball went on to demolish the stumps.
Riyan Parag was again within the hut after scoring 15 runs off 13 balls, with 2 fours. He batted with a strike charge of 115.38, and after his dismissal, India misplaced fast wickets and obtained bowled out for 138, dropping the match by 110 runs and going through a 0-2 sequence defeat.
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Jeffrey Vandersay did an ideal job – Maheesh Theekshana
Talking after the match, Sri Lanka spinner Maheesh Theekshana acknowledged that the sequence victory over India was a confidence booster for the Lankan Lions. He additionally added that Indian gamers are used to enjoying on flat wickets and smaller grounds however circumstances are completely different in Colombo. He elaborated:
“For me, it is a confidence booster as a crew. We misplaced the T20 sequence 3-0. The entire crew was upset and we took it as a motivation. Very comfortable to play the final sport and win the sequence after 1997. It is an enormous victory for us and I’m actually proud to be a part of the XI.Â
“They (India) normally play on good wickets and small boundaries in India. We knew enjoying in Premadasa, if there’s little bit flip, we will take benefit as a result of we’ve got good spinners. Even in home, the wickets will probably be like this and our batters know find out how to play. Once we had been batting first, we thought that the wicket could be significantly better than the primary two wickets.”
Maheesh Theekshana additional lauded Sri Lanka gamers, together with Jeffrey Vandersay, for performing nicely. He acknowledged:
“We needed to bowl extra good deliveries than the final couple of matches. Rohit got here into bat and he attacked me, Asitha obtained a very good begin, got here again and obtained Shubman after which Wellalage was good, Vandersay did an ideal job … Hasaranga within the first sport, Akila bowled economically in each the video games. I wished to bowl extra dot balls. It was a crew effort. All of the gamers contributed, that is why we ended up successful.”
