The men in blue got off to a good start. But once Shubman Gill departed, they kept on losing wicket. But it was thanks to Axar Patel and Deepak Hooda’s inning that Team India posted 162 runs on the board.
However, thanks to some brilliant bowling from the especially, the debutant Shivam Mavi’s 4 wicket haul, Team India restricted Sri Lanka to 160 runs and won the match by 2 runs. Shivam Mavi received huge praise from the Twitterati as well.
What a spell by Shivam Mavi on debut – 4/22. A fantastic start by Mavi, he becomes the 3rd Indian to pick a four wicket haul on T20i debut. pic.twitter.com/izW2IfhTZ3
— Mufaddal Vohra (@mufaddal_vohra) January 3, 2023Advertisement
The best debut ever Brander Sran’s 4/16 @mufaddal_vohra pic.twitter.com/hNjdleAJBj
— Tom Gravestone (@Whygravestone) January 3, 2023
Mavi Express
— विक्रम 𝘬ꪊꪑꪖ𝘳 (@_Lune_amour) January 3, 2023
4 wickets on debut for Mavi .
Only other Indians to do this :
Barinder Sran
Pragyan Ojha
Not a good company I guess— ` (@FourOverthrows) January 3, 2023Advertisement