Hardik Pandya-led Team India on Tuesday registered a detailed win towards Sri Lanka in the inaugural recreation of the three-match T20I sequence. India set a goal of 163 and went on to win the recreation by two runs. While Deepak Hooda 41(23) and Shivam Mavi (4/22) shined for India, Umran Malik additionally impressed along with his sheer tempo.
Among his two wickets, the one through which Umran dismissed the Sri Lankan skipper Dasun Shanaka was a 155 kph ripper. The scorching wicket-taking delivery by the right-armer was not simply the quickest in the match however the fastest delivery ever bowled by any Indian pacer. He ended the 1st T20I match with a convincing determine of 2/27 in 4 overs. It was additionally his first worldwide recreation at dwelling; earlier than showing for this recreation, he had performed 5 ODI’s and three T20I’s video games however exterior India.
The record of the fastest delivery by an Indian pacer was beforehand held by Jasprit Bumrah. He had achieved the feat throughout the first Test of the 2018-19 Border-Gavaskar sequence at the Adelaide Oval, bowling a 153.2 kph delivery. Bumrah, who has been out of motion for fairly some time, can also be again in the ODI squad towards Sri Lanka.
“Bilaterals we are very good at and this is how we are going to challenge ourselves. To be honest, all the young guns got us out of the situation today. The conversation was very simple, I have seen him (Mavi) bowl well in the IPL and I know what are his strengths, just back yourself and don’t worry about getting hit. If the same situation is there then yes, I have worked on my swing bowling and I have worked on that (inswinger), I am bowling in nets and I like bowling with the new ball,” mentioned Indian captain Hardik Pandya after the match.