Gautam Gambhir stated it was as much as the Indian cricket board to determine his destiny as coach after overseeing a 2-0 Take a look at sequence defeat to South Africa. Picture: AFP
COLOMBO:
India coach Gautam Gambhir stated he was happy with the rise in youthful gamers forward of the second Take a look at towards Sri Lanka on Sunday.
India maintain a 1-0 lead within the two-match sequence and a victory in Colombo will assist hold hopes of reaching the World Take a look at Championship ultimate alive.
Younger batsman Devdutt Padikkal, enjoying his third Take a look at, was one of many stars of India’s complete 165-run win in Galle, scoring 167 and 44.
Spinner Manav Suthar, in his second look for India, claimed a match haul of 10 wickets.
“Extraordinarily satisfying to see these youthful gamers getting a chance and them delivering immediately,” Gambhir informed reporters, however added that there’s “nonetheless plenty of work to be finished”.
“You may’t decide gamers by just one or two performances,” he stated.
Whereas India are ranked primary in ODIs and T20Is, their fortunes in Take a look at cricket have been much less spectacular, having misplaced a house sequence to South Africa final 12 months and one other to New Zealand earlier than that.
Gambhir stated there is no such thing as a trigger for concern and that the group goes by means of a “transition in Exams”.
“I’ve believed that for the final one 12 months we now have finished moderately effectively,” he added.
The previous India opener additionally made a case for three-match sequence, arguing that two-match contests go away little room for a group to get well from an early setback.
Sri Lanka skipper Dhananjaya de Silva stated top-order batter Kamil Mishara was more likely to make his Take a look at debut in Colombo.
Mishara, a left-handed batsman who has already represented Sri Lanka in white-ball cricket, has been a prolific run-scorer in first-class cricket in current seasons.
Sri Lanka, who suffered a 1-0 sequence defeat within the West Indies earlier within the 12 months, are in dire want of a win to maintain their World Take a look at Championship marketing campaign afloat.
“These are two evenly matched sides and we count on to place up efficiency on this Take a look at,” de Silva stated.