What mistake did Rishabh Pant and Manav Suthar make?
On the fourth ball of the 20th over of the Indian innings during the warm-up match, Nishan Madushka tried to steal a run from Yashasvi Jaiswal. However, Ravindu Rasantha kept watching the ball and failed to run. This resulted in Madushka reaching the running end. Yashasvi Jaiswal threw the ball to Manav Suthar, who threw it towards wicketkeeper Rishabh Pant at the batting end. However, his throw went over Pant. After this mistimed throw, Pant dislodged the bails with his gloves without even touching the ball. It was KL Rahul who used his brain and easily uprooted the stumps. When the bails fall, the ball must be hit against the stumps to dislodge them.
Indian Bowlers Thrashed
The Indian bowlers bowled very poorly in the ongoing warm-up match in Colombo. Sri Lankan opener Nishan Madushka played a brilliant innings of 66 runs. He and Ravindu Rasantha added 110 runs for the first wicket in 124 balls. After Madushka’s dismissal, Ravindu also completed a brilliant half-century. However, after Madushka, Ravindu had already shared a half-century partnership with Pasindu Suryabandara. At the time of writing this report, Sri Lanka had scored 170 runs.
The Indian bowlers, especially Prasidh Krishma, Ravindra Jadeja, and Gurnur Brar, bowled aimlessly and leaked runs. Kuldeep Yadav also failed to make much of an impact.