Published 16:38 IST, January 12th 2020
Chahal TV: Manish Pandey opens up about his splendid knock and electrifying fielding
Manish Pandey, who had shone with the bat and on the field had opened up about his performances on Chahal TV hosted by wrist-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal
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'Chahal TV' is a segment that is hosted by wrist-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal where he can be seen interviewing star performers of a particular match. This time special guest who featured in his segment was ne or than Manish Pandey who had starred with bat as well as on field.
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Manish Pandey on Chahal TV
Manish Pandey first thanked Yuzi Chahal for inviting him on Chahal TV and n talked about his contributions with bat and n his energetic fielding.
''I got to play a match after a long time and I enjoyed it. We discuss with coaches that when your time will come, make sure that you deliver and do well for team so I thought today was day and when I got to kw that I would be playing, I felt good. I felt as if I was playing after a long time. I wanted to do well for team which happened today and I feel good that I could contribute to team's winning cause and will keep on doing it'', said Manish Pandey.
'' amount of time I give to my batting, I dedicate same amount of time for fielding which is very important as well because se catches help you in winning some close matches. When you get to take such kind of catches and effect se run outs n you need to make sure that you grab m and improve your fielding standards'', he added.
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video was posted by Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on ir official Twitter handle. Take a look.
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Manish Pandey shines as India post 201/6
Earlier, India who were asked to bat first by Sri Lankan skipper Lasith Malinga got off to a flying start courtesy of an opening partnership between Shikhar Dhawan and KL Rahul who added 97 runs. Both went on to score ir respective half-centuries. However, after ir dismissals, quick wickets seemed to derail Indian innings. And after skipper Kohli was run out for a 17-ball 26, it appeared like Men In Blue would t be able to finish ir innings well.
Manish Pandey, who was promoted up order had or ideas as he cut loose and took Lankan bowlers to cleaners. He remained unbeaten on an 18-ball 31 at a strike rate of 172.22 as India finished at 201/6 in 20 overs.
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India win ir third straight T20I series
Chasing a huge target of 202, Sri Lanka were never really re in run chase as y lost wickets at regular intervals. Dhananjaya de Silva played a cameo kck of a 36-ball 57 at a strike rate of 158.33. However, his single-hearted effort was t eugh as visitors were bundled out for 123 with 4.1 overs to spare as India registered a comfortable win by 78 runs to win ir third straight T20I series.
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16:38 IST, January 12th 2020