Colombo: Senior Batsman Manish Pandey scored half a century for Shikhar Dhawan XI while Flamboyan Suryakumar Yadav destroyed the fast 50 strange fire for Bhuvneshwar Kumar XI in the Intra-Squad T20 simulation game on Monday.
Coach Bowling Paras Mhambre told BCCI.TV that the coach staff were pleased with the “intensity” and the players marked all the boxes right in moist conditions.
Batting first, Dhawan Xi installed 154 for four in 20 overs with Pandey scored 63 of 45 balls.
Ruturaj Gaikwad contributed 30-strange, opening innings.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s opposition skipper is the best bowler with 2/23 numbers in 4 overs.
In return, Prithvi Shaw and Devdutt Padikkal added 60 running in a quick time to set Chase and 50-odd solar helped them reach the target in 17 overs.
Mhambrey said because the target was easily reached by the second batting side, “We decided we would revise the target and give them a situation where they had to score 40 strange runs in four overs to win the match.
We want to encourage them and get it the best from the situation.”