Sri Lanka’s dismal total in the 50-over contest left the nearly packed stadium disappointed, as they witnessed only 116 minutes of play. Reflecting on the loss, Sri Lanka’s coach, Chris Silverwood, expressed his disappointment, saying, “It is below par. The way we got dismissed is very disappointing; I think there’s a lot of reflection to be done in the dressing room.” He praised the high-class bowling attack of India, particularly highlighting Mohammed Siraj’s superb performance.

To replace KL Rahul, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has chosen wicketkeeper-batsman Ishan Kishan, who is yet to make his Test debut. Former Australian captain Ricky Ponting has expressed his opinion that Ishan Kishan could bring an X-factor to the team and should be included in the playing XI for the crucial WTC final.

Ponting also suggested that all-rounder Hardik Pandya could be valuable for India in a one-off Test match like the WTC final. Pandya has been performing well in white-ball cricket and has been bowling consistently in the Indian Premier League (IPL). However, Pandya himself had previously ruled himself out of contention for Test cricket until he feels he has earned his spot by going through the grind and performing consistently in the longer format.

It remains to be seen how the Indian team management and selectors will approach the selection of the playing XI for the WTC final and whether they will consider the inclusion of Ishan Kishan and/or Hardik Pandya based on the available options and the team’s requirements.

In his 89-ball innings, he had 7 fours and 1 six. And Hendricks gave an innings of 74 runs in 76 balls with 9 fours and 1 six. David Miller scored 35*, Heinrich Klaasen 30, and Quinton de Kock scored 25 runs. Indian pacer Mohammed Siraj took three wickets for just 38 runs in 10 overs.

India’s opening pair was not big in the run chase. Like in the first match, Shikhar Dhawan, who failed even today, was dismissed for 13 runs. Another opener Shubman Gill fell to Kagiso Rabada for 28 off 26 balls. After this, Ishan Kishan and Shreyas Iyer added 161 runs for the third wicket in 155 balls. Just 7 runs before the first century of his career, Ishan was caught in the boundary by Fortune. Frustrated by such a result of such a great inning of 4 boundaries and 7 sixes in 84 balls, Ishan sat on the pitch.

The opposing cricketers also consoled him at this time. Later, Shreyas Iyer shared an unbroken 73* off 69 balls with Sanju Samson (29*) to give India a seven-wicket victory. Shreyas remained unbeaten on 113* after picking up the second century of his career off 103 balls. His 111-ball innings had 15 fours. India reached the port of victory with 25 balls in hand. As a result, the three-match series came to a 1-1 draw.

The Bengali meaning of the lines of that song is, ‘Never change yourself even if it hurts. If someone softens you, then come forward as fire.’ According to many, Ishan has tipped the selectors with this mysterious status. Ishan Kishan was the most expensive cricketer of the last IPL. Mumbai Indians bought Ishan for 15 million rupees in the last season’s auction. Ishan scored 418 runs in 14 innings.

This cricketer from Bihar has played 67 T20Is in an Indian jersey and scored 1577 runs at an average of 25.43. He has the highest innings of 113*.