Dhawan proud of his boys for good fight in 2nd SL T20

TIL Desk Sports/ India captain Shikhar Dhawan was proud of his team for putting up a good fight despite facing adverse circumstances in the low-scoring second T20 International against Sri Lanka, in Colombo, on Wednesday. India could score just 132 for 5 on a slow track. Sri Lanka chased down the total with two balls to spare and won by four wickets. The teams are level 1-1 in the three-match series.

With nine players unavailable after Krunal Pandya tested positive for COVID-19, India had no option but play with six specialist bowlers, including one pacer Navdeep Saini, who wasn’t even given a single over.

“The surface had turn and it was stopping a bit. Of course, we knew one batsman was short and we knew we had to construct the innings smartly and we had to content ourselves at some point,” Dhawan said at post-match presentation ceremony. “But, yeah, we were 10-15 runs short,” he conceded.