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Virat Kohli picks Hardik Pandya as biggest certain from Sri Lanka win
- Updated: August 15, 2017
Hardik Pandya and Virat Kohli
India skipper Virat Kohli on Monday picked rising all-rounder Hardik Pandya’s opening as a biggest certain after a visitors comprehensively kick Sri Lanka by an innings and 171 runs to finish their lass 3-0 purify brush of a islanders.
Pandya starred with a bat, banishment his lass Test ton (108 off 96 balls) to assistance India post 487 in their initial innings during a Pallekele International Cricket Stadium here. He also bagged a wicket of dangerman Angelo Matthews in a hosts’ initial innings
Besides a Pallekele ton and a 50 in a initial compare during Galle, Pandya picked adult 4 wickets in his entrance Test series.
Hailing a immature all-rounder, Kohli pronounced Pandya’s opening will do a universe of good in achieving a ideal change in a side in a arriving Test tours.
“Good win for us. Very happy with a altogether performance. Always feels good to have convincing wins, flattering good day for us,” he pronounced during a post-match presentation.
“The regulars have performed, though a biggest certain would be Hardik’s inclusion and a approach he made adult in these 3 Test matches. The kind of certainty he showed with a round and a majority with a bat, it unequivocally gives us a lot of boost and a balance,” he added.
Reiterating a team’s plan to play cruel cricket, Kohli pronounced a stream stand have a lot of cricket to play together in a entrance years and he would wish his side to “be active rather than being reactive”.
“The common suspects are always there and thereabouts. We are a immature side, we demeanour brazen to personification Test cricket, we demeanour brazen to personification any singular Test compare with a same kind of fad and that is a usually approach we can be ruthless,” he said.
“We like to be prepared previously and be active rather than being reactive. We have age on a side and we have an event to play together for five, 6 years for a country,” a 28-year-old added.
The Delhi batsman also praised a opponents as “super talented” cricketers, who mislaid a movement during a array though can rebound behind good if they trust in themselves.
Talking about a Sri Lankan team, he said: “All of them are super gifted players… that is since they are personification for a country. They kick Australia 3-0. Sometimes a side has momentum, infrequently they don’t. It’s all about gripping a faith going and not losing proclivity since of a few results….”
Crediting India for a extensive win, Sri Lanka skipper Dinesh Chandimal said: “You can’t control a toss, though this was a tough series. Credit to India for personification superb cricket via a series.”
“Our batting and bowling was next par. They scored 600 in any innings, so that is since we motionless to play 5 bowlers. We have to be studious and combine harder (when batting or bowling),” he added.
Man-of-the-series Shikhar Dhawan, who wasn’t a initial choice opener and usually came in as a deputy for a harmed Murali Vijay, finished as a top run-getter (358), that enclosed dual centuries.
“Before this array we was in Hong Kong enjoying a holiday. But we got an event since one of a openers was injured. we am enjoying my batting right now. we have to keep behaving since we have tough foe for all a slots, so that is a good pointer for Indian cricket,” he said.
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