India vs Sri Lanka: After registering a massive 7-wicket victory in the first ODI, Prithvi Shaw spoke about the direction received from coach Rahul Dravid before coming on to bat.
Prithvi Shaw on Sunday was back in Indian squad with a bang, opening against the mighty Lankans in the first ODI in Colombo, the opener played a rattling knock of 43 runs off just 24 deliveries and bagged the player of the match award.
It was comeback match for Young Prithvi after being dropped from the team after poor performance in Adelaide, during the test series against Australia. The right hand batsmen got the spot in the Playing XI after a tremendous performance in the domestic cricket followed by the IPL 2021. And on Sunday, when he took the field against the mighty Lankans, he presented a hands down performance and just destroyed the bowling line up.
After registering a massive 7-wicket victory Shaw spoke about the instruction he got from Coach Rahul Dravid before waking out to bat.
“Rahul sir didn’t say anything, I just went with my instinct and waited for the loose balls. Obviously wanted to keep the scoreboard ticking and yeah pitch was very nice. The first innings also was good but I think it got better in the second innings,” said Prithvi at the post match presentation.
Prithvi looked in a great flow until he was hit on the helmet by one of Dushmantha Chameera’s delivery while batting on 43. The blow was so hard that it broke the neck guard of the helmet. In the next over, he played a misjudged shot against Dhananjaya De Silva and ending up getting caught by Avishka Fernando at long on.
Talking about his dismissal, Prithvi said, “I enjoy batting against the pace. Maybe after being hit on the head I lost a bit of focus”.
After Prithvi’s wicket, Ishan Kishan slammed a furious fifty on his ODI debut while Dhawan also joined hands After scoring an unbeaten 86 off 95 balls to paved way for a fantastic victory with 15.2 over to spare.
India After taking a 1-0 lead in the 3-match ODI series, lock horns with Sri Lanka in the 2nd ODI on Tuesday at the same venue.
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