\u201cI have a lot of wickets in domestic cricket. It\u2019s not like that, and I even have a wicket in ODIs. I had been informed by Surya to be ready for bowling in the series. Though I didn\u2019t bowl in the run-up to this game, Surya bhai had told me to keep practising my bowling and asked me to do it during warm-up.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cWhen the game was on, I did not expect that I would be asked to bowl, as the situation was totally neck-and-neck. Then he asked me to roll my arm over and once I started to bowl, it was God\u2019s plan \u2013 two wickets,\u201d said Rinku in a video posted by BCCI on their \u2018X\u2019 account.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Off-spinner Washington Sundar, who starred with an all-round performance (25 runs, 2-23) and restricted Sri Lanka to just two runs in the Super Over, was also in awe of Suryakumar\u2019s inventiveness.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cIt was a great decision by Surya first of all to bring in Rinku (in the 19th over). Rinku makes things very difficult for us when he bowls in the nets and now he\u2019s shown that in this game as well.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cFor Surya to bring himself into one of the most crunch situations, and almost winning the game for the team was amazing. Honestly, I was just focusing on what I wanted to do against those batters.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cIt was a great opportunity given to me, especially to win the game for my country. I don\u2019t know how many people would get the opportunity to do that every now and then,\u201d he said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Sairaj Bahutule, India\u2019s bowling coach on the tour, said one can expect surprises with Suryakumar as the captain of the T20I team. \u201cThe way I think Surya operates; you can never be short of surprises. It was a brave decision again.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cThe only learning from this is that all the batters should be bowling and on wickets like this, you might need to bowl that one over, which is crucial. We pushed ourselves to get into the Super Over and Washy did the job for us.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Suryakumar said he knew of the ways to take the game deep and win it from there, albeit with the ball and as the captain. \u201cI have featured in these close games previously under other captains. It means that I have seen how they have used bowlers to take matches to the last ball of the final over in many ways.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cI had said to Riyan and Rinku to keep bowling in the nets, as the wickets here are such that if they are dry, then you are needed to roll your arm over for a few overs. When it was 30 needed off 30 balls, I was reminded of what happened a month ago (in the T20 World Cup final). That wicket was easy, but this one was turning.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cWe thought that if we bowl one-two tight overs and get a wicket or two, it will create pressure and keep them away from winning the match. Taking that out-of-the-box call came into my mind, and I took it. I do really like my high-risk, high-reward system and it worked well.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
He signed off by citing his vast experience before playing internationally came in handy at Pallekele.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cWe thought that if we bowl one-two tight overs and get a wicket or two, it will create pressure and keep them away from winning the match. Taking that out-of-the-box call came into my mind, and I took it. I do really like my high-risk, high-reward system and it worked well.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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