Dharamsala, ANI. India also took a clean sweep after beating Sri Lanka 3-0, followed by New Zealand and West Indies. In the last T20 played in Dharamsala, the Indian team achieved this feat by defeating Sri Lanka by 6 wickets. Batting first after winning the toss, Sri Lanka scored 146 runs in the allotted 20 overs for the loss of 5 wickets. India achieved this target with the loss of only 4 wickets thanks to Shreyas Iyer’s unbeaten 73. Captain Rohit Sharma did not bowl to Ravindra Jadeja in this match. But after the match, Ravindra Jadeja himself told why he was not bowled.
Ravindra Jadeja said that the team’s plan was to make Kuldeep Yadav and Ravi Vishnoi match practice, which is why they were not given the bowling.
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Ravindra Jadeja contributed with the bat for the team
However, in this match Ravindra Jadeja contributed with the bat for the team. And scored an unbeaten 22 runs in 15 balls. Jadeja hit 3 fours in this innings. Let us tell you that Jadeja has returned to international cricket after almost two months in the series against Sri Lanka.
Jadeja took 1-1 wickets in the bowling of 4 overs in the first and second T20. Talking about batting, Jadeja scored an unbeaten 47 runs in 18 balls in the first T20 and 3 in the second T20. In this series, Jadeja was sent up to bat.
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Told Rohit Sharma that the team needs Jadeja’s contribution in batting as well
When Captain Rohit Sharma was asked about this. He told that the team needs Jadeja’s contribution in the batting as well. Due to which his batting order was changed.
Jadeja was denied bowling in the third and final T20 due to the bowling practice of Kuldeep and Ravi Vishnoi. Talking about the bowling of Kuldeep Yadav. And Ravi Vishnoi in this match, Vishnoi spent 32 runs in the bowling of 4 overs. And took 1 wicket while Kuldeep bowled economical and gave only 22 runs. However, Kuldeep did not get any wicket in this match.
Let us tell you that after cleaning the T20 series. India will be eyeing the two-Test series against Sri Lanka, which will start in Mohali from March 4. This Test will be the special match of Virat Kohli’s career as it will be his 100th Test. However, the Mohali Test will be played without spectators.