Ravi Bishnoi's two-wicket haul was backed up by quality knocks by Rohit Sharma (40) and Suryakumar Yadav (34*) as India defeated West Indies by six wickets in the first T20I here at the Eden Gardens.
The 21-year-old leg spinner made a dream debut for India; snapping two wickets for 17 runs in his full quota of four overs, a performance that earned him the Player of the Match Award.
It is learnt that pacer Bhuvneshwar Kumar has been retained in the ODI squad and dropped for T20s while former skipper Virat Kohli will feature in both squads.
Bishnoi (3/24) and Mohammed Shami (2/14) helped Punjab Kings overcome Sunrisers Hyderabad by five runs in a low-scoring thriller.
Young leg-spinner Ravi Bishnoi snared three wickets as Punjab Kings dished out a clinical bowling display to beat struggling Sunrisers Hyderabad by five runs in a low-scoring but entertaining Indian Premier League match here on Saturday.
The 21-year-old Bishnoi (3/24) ran through the SRH middle order after veteran India pacer Mohammed Shami rocked the run chase early on by dismissing both David Warner (2) and captain Kane Williamson (1) cheaply in the first and third overs respectively.
Bishnoi ran to his right from deep mid-wicket and dived to pluck the ball, sending Narine back for a duck.
The Punjab Kings spinner got rid of the well-set Suryakumar Yadav, who tried to reverse-sweep the bowler over backward point but got a top edge to Chris Gayle.
Punjab Kings (PBKS) won the toss and elected to bowl in their Indian Premier League match against Mumbai Indians (MI) at the MA Chidambaram Stadium on Friday. While MI have gone in unchanged from the last match, PBKS replaced Murugan Ashwin with fellow leg-spinner Ravi Bishnoi.
KL Rahul said that his side lacked 'smartness' in their previous game against Sunrisers Hyderabad where they were bowled out for just 120.
Players like Ravi Bishnoi, Ishan Kishan, Rahul Tewatia, Devdutt Padikkal, T Natarajan, Kartik Tyagi have impressed many in the cricket fraternity with both their skills and ability to handle pressure while playing against the best of cricketers in the Indian Premier League.
While KXIP entered the tournament as a side with a heavy batting line-up, having the likes of KL Rahul, Mayank Agarwal, Chris Gayle, Glenn Maxwell, Nicholas Pooran to name a few, they have found unlikely heroes in their two leg-spinners -- Ravi Bishnoi and Murugan Ashwin.
Ravi Bishnoi, who took four wickets in the U-19 World Cup final that India lost to Bangladesh, has an action which can technically be termed faulty if we go by the coaching manual.
KXIP's Bishnoi has taken four wickets in five innings so far, while Padikkal, who plays for RCB, has amassed 178 runs in five matches.
Kings XI Punjab secured an easy victory over the Royal Challengers Bangalore on September 24 in the ongoing IPL season in UAE.
The India U-19 leg-spinner gives plenty of positives to his side despite the super over loss against Delhi Capitals in Dubai as he finishes the game with 22/1.
With just days left before the start of the 13th edition of the Indian Premier League, Bishnoi has insisted he is trying to learn whatever he can from his idol Anil Kumble, who is the head coach at Kings XI Punjab.
Bishnoi had a dream run in the just concluded U-19 World Cup in South Africa as he finished with 17 wickets -- the highest in the 2020 edition and also the most by an Indian in the tournament.
Ravi Bishnoi's father Mangilal Bishnoi is unable to digest the fact that one of his calmest children couldn't control his emotons and lost his cool.
After a thrilling three weeks of competition, Bangladesh claimed their maiden U-19 World Cup title after defeating reigning champions India in the final in Potchefstroom, South Africa, on Sunday.
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