Ravi Bishnoi goes loudmouth; claims Gautam Gambhir and Suryakumar Yadav have immense faith on him

India legspinner Ravi Bishnoi had a great match in the 2nd T20I of the three-match series against Sri Lanka at Pallekele. Bishnoi was brought in at a critical time during the death overs when Sri Lanka were looking to go hard at Indian bowlers.

But the youngster trusted his skills and stuck to the plans to scalp two massive wickets in succession which reduced Sri Lanka to a much lower score than expected. Bishnoi finished with 3-26 in his four overs and was adjudged Player of the Match.

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Ravi Bishnoi breaks silence on his brilliant bowling performance against Sri Lanka

During the post-match presentation, Bishnoi spoke about the pitch and his love of bowling googlies consistently. The youngster revealed that he was confident about his skills and loved bowling googlies at a high pace.

“The pitch was a little different from yesterday. It was turning a bit. Today, in the first innings it was helping the spinners. What I bowl, that's good pace for me. I stick to my plans. I just love bowling the wrong 'uns. The things which work for me, I try to bowl that and wrong 'uns work for me against the left-handers," Bishnoi said.

When asked about bowling at the death, Bishnoi revealed that instead of feeling the pressure, he loves bowling during the final overs and would love to take that responsibility forward.

"It's a good responsibility to have (to bowl at the death), it means that the management and captain trust in you. I would love to take that responsibility,” said Bishnoi in the post-match presentation," the 23-year-old added.

Despite going for two boundaries right after the powerplay in his first over of the match, Bishnoi came back strongly to pick up the crucial wicket of Pathum Nissanka in his second over of the match. Nissanka was looking good at the crease as he scored 32 off 24 balls. He was SL's highest run-getter in the previous match where he scored a magnificent 79 off 48 balls.

Sri Lanka reduced to a below-par score

Nissanka's wicket was crucial in the context of the game as he is the glue of Sri Lanka's batting line-up. Meanwhile, Ravi Bishnoi came back to bowl the 17th over of the match.

The young legspinner was up against the power hitters who were looking to go big. But Bishnoi dismissed Dasun Shanaka and Wanindu Hasaranga off successive deliveries to give Sri Lanka a massive setback.

As a result, Sri Lanka was reduced to a below-par score of 161-9 in 20 overs, During the run-chase, rain arrived in the first over of the match and the match was halted for some time.

When the chase resumed, India were given a revised target of 78 runs from 8 overs. Despite losing Sanju Samson early, Yashasvi Jaiswal and Suryakumar Yadav smashed the SL bowlers all around the park to make the chase an easy one.

India lost both Jaiswal and Suryakumar Yadav but Hardik Pandya ensured India got over the line with a fiery 22 off 9 balls.