Team India clinched a dramatic win over Sri Lanka in the 2nd ODI on the back of Deepak Chahar’s heroics with the bat. He smashed unbeaten 69 runs in 82 balls and scored winning runs for the team. Meanwhile, cricket fans witnessed Team India’s head coach Rahul Dravid getting anxious in the dugout when his side was struggling on the field. And, post-match he looked like one of the most satisfied individuals in Team India’s dugout. Now, BCCI has released a video in which a former Indian cricketer can be seen giving a motivational speech in the dressing room to the players for giving their best.
Sri Lanka managed a defendable total of 275 runs in 50 overs. Avishka Fernando smashed a brilliant fifty with the bat. Other batting contributions came from the bat of M Bhanuka, Dhananjaya de Silva, Asalanka and C Karunaratne.
Rahul Dravid Gives Pep Talk To Team India Players
Looking forward to the previous performance of Team India it looked like a cakewalk for them to chase a target of 275 runs. But, a sudden top-order collapse saw visitors struggling in the 2nd ODI. In the end, Deepak Chahar rescued Team India from facing a poor defeat in the match.. He scored a brilliant knock of 69 runs. Meanwhile, Bhuvneshwar Kumar accompanied Chahar from the other batting end. He contributed 19 runs off 28 balls and played an important role.
Post-match, Rahul Dravid looked a bit emotional and even hugged Man of the Match Deepak Chahar for playing a stupendous knock with the bat. Now, BCCI has shared a video in which Dravid can be seen giving an emotional cum motivating speech to the players of Team India.
“We obviously finished on the right side of the result, which is incredible and fantastic. But even if we didn’t finish on the right side of the result, the fight that we put forth was absolutely brilliant. Well done all of you.”
“It is not the right time to talk about individual names at this point of time, obviously there have been fantastic individual performances, especially towards the end. But we have talked about that in our meetings, acknowledged and recognized everyone’s contribution in this game. But I think when you look at the whole game, it was a really good team performance. Many performances right across bowling, batting even at the start or even at the guys who finished it off in the end. It was a fantastic team performance. Well done to all of you!”
