2024-07-28 08:27:14
Pallekele: In the first T20 match played between Sri Lanka and India, a terrible accident happened with Team India’s young leg spinner Ravi Bishnoi. The ball hit him just below his eye and he got injured. A cut was clearly visible below his eye. He was also bleeding. After all, when and how did he get this injury. Let us tell you in detail.How did the ball hit Ravi Bishnoi?
Actually, Ravi Bishnoi was bowling the 16th over of Sri Lanka’s innings on behalf of the Indian cricket team. On the first ball of his over, Sri Lanka’s Kamindu Mendis was on strike. Bishnoi bowled a googly ball which took the leading edge of his bat and the ball was coming back towards Bishnoi’s right hand. In such a situation, Bishnoi took a great dive in an attempt to catch the catch.
He reached the ball but could not catch it with one hand. However, when he was diving and falling on the ground, the ball bounced down and hit him below his left eye. This caused a cut below his eye. Ravi Bishnoi was bleeding but the physio came on the field after that and put a bandage under his eye. Let us tell you that on the last ball of the same over, this leg spinner also took the wicket of captain Charith Aslanka.
India won the match by 43 runs
Sri Lanka’s captain won the toss and decided to bowl first against India in the first T20. Due to this, India batted first and put 213 runs on the board for 7 wickets. Suryakumar Yadav played a stormy innings of 58 runs. While chasing 214 runs, Sri Lanka was all out for 170 runs in 19.2 overs and lost the match by 43 runs. Let us tell you that this was India’s first T20 win under the new coach Gautam Gambhir and new T20 captain Suryakumar Yadav. Team India has now taken a 1-0 lead in the 3-match series.