India sealed the series by winning the 3 T20I and white-washed Sri Lanka with 3-0. India won the thriller in the super over, India was in trouble but in the end, heroic spells by Rinku Singh and Surya Kumar Yadav in the last two overs made the match tie.
Such a bold move by Gautam Gambhir was later appreciated for this and even this move was managed brilliantly by Surya Kumar Yadav so the match was tied or else the match was completely shifted to Sri Lanka.
Gautam Gambhir lauds the team for a comprehensive win
India won the series after a thriller in Super Over and the team was appreciated for their great effort even Gautam Gambhir who was the mastermind behind this and even Surya Kumar Yadav as a skipper smartly took the match to the tie. India will be even more dangerous as they showed how matches are won and Gautam Gambhir will back his team every time whenever team gets in trouble then his plans will always help and so India will be crowned as Champions and so they play as champions. Gautam Gambhir lauds the team for a great win. Gautam Gambhir said:
“Guys, congratulations on a great series win. Congratulations to Surya as well, outstanding captaincy and more importantly, with the bat as well. I asked for something before the start of the game and you delivered it.”
“This is what happens when you keep fighting, (and when) you don’t give up. These kind of games happen and the only way these key games can happen (in our favor) is when we keep fighting on every delivery and for every run and this was the example.”
“We keep getting better, we keep improving our skills as well because we need to still get better on playing on wickets like these because we might end up getting this kind of wickets (in future). So we should first assess the situation and conditions quickly and what is the par score as well. There is a lot of learning from this game, but more important than not, this is a great series win,” said Gambhir in his dressing room chat video posted by BCCI on ‘X’.
“Some of the guys, who won’t be a part of the 50-over format (series against Sri Lanka), will have a longer break. So make sure when you come back for the Bangladesh series, you can take a break. You deserve it, but more importantly, keep your skills and especially the fitness levels high.”
“You don’t want to come for that series thinking that ‘okay, I can just turn up, probably deliver for the team’. So make sure that from the fitness point of view, the fitness levels are right up there,” added Gambhir.
India’s ODI series will commence on August 2 against Sri Lanka at Colombo’s R Premadasa International Stadium. Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli will be in action and it will be backed by Gautam Gambhir.