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Ravi Bishnoi, who leaked 29 runs with three no-balls in a row against Egland in a T20I match at the Old Trafford cricket ground, is set to work with Sunil Joshi to readjust his bowling.
Since the 29-run over, the Indian team management did not include the wrist spinner for the remaining part of the T20I series, but named him in the T20I squad again for India’s tour of Zimbabwe due to Varun Chakravarthy’s injury. During the India vs Zimbabwe T20I series, Bishnoi could get the opportunity to work with former India spinner Sunil Joshi.
Ravi Bishnoi was dropped from the playing eleven against England
Selectors were forced to retain Bishnoi for another T20I series because of the injury to Varun Chakravarthy. By keeping Ravi on the bench after the disastrous over for the remainder of the contest, the management showed that they lacked confidence in the spinner.
Team India was in a position to defeat England in Manchester on the second of the 5-match T20I series. England was on the back foot as they had lost most of their key batters in the run chase. Only Jacob Bethell was on the crease, the last pure batter in England’s batting. If India could claim another wicket, then the result of the match could have been different.
In the 17th over of the match, captain Shreyas Iyer handed the ball to Bishnoi. And it proved horrendous for the Men in Blue as the spinner offered multiple no-balls and eventually leaked 29 runs in that over. Jacob Bethell emerged as the Player of the Match for securing the win for the home team, scoring an unbeaten 76 off46 balls.
Ravi Bishnoi's international career is uncertain
Bishnoi was uncertain about playing for India in the near future after the match. However, he stayed due to Varun Chakaravarthy’s injury.
As per a RevSportz report, the BCCI had plans to send Ravi Bishnoi to the board’s Center of Excellence in Bengaluru to work on his bowling under the guidance of the former spinner, now a coach, Sunil Joshi. The plan, however, had to be cancelled as Bishnoi will have to travel to Zimbabwe with the Indian cricket team for the next T20I series.
Interestingly, Bishnoi could train under Joshi in Zimbabwe. For the series against Zimbabwe, VVS Laxman, the BCCI’s head of cricket at the CoE, is likely to be in charge of the Indian team, instead of Gautam Gambhir and Co.
Former India spinner Sunil Joshi to help Ravi Bishnoi
As Laxman is expected to travel with his assistant coaches to Zimbabwe, Sunil Joshi, the spin-bowling coach at the BCCI’s Centre of Excellence, too, could visit Zimbabwe to work with the senior Indian cricket team, where Ravi Bishnoi will be a part of the squad. It will be a golden opportunity for the 25-year-old if he gets to work closely with Joshi, even without being dropped from the team.
It is also believed that the Indian team management is likely to keep Ravi Bishnoi alongside the team as there are not too many prolific wrist spinners in the pipeline.
