'Next time we will go after him': KL Rahul issues warning to Sri Lanka's champion bowler

IND vs SL: Sri Lanka challenged Team India at R. Premadasa Stadium, in contrast to previous day's match against Pakistan. Despite an early onslaught from Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill, Lankan Lions held strong, as hosts eventually limited India to a meagre 213 runs courtesy of an excellent performance from Dunith Wellal. Despite fact that target was t very intimidating by cricketing standards, Team India mand to pull out a commanding 41-run victory. 

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IND vs SL: KL Rahul makes a huge statement on Dunith Wellal 

After Sri Lankan spinner Dunith Wellal did a great job in Super Four match, KL Rahul, Indian wicketkeeper-batsman, gave him a bold dare. Rahul said that when Indian bowlers face Wellal in future, y will do things differently. y will "go after" him more aggressively to throw off his rhythm, just like y did in game in Colombo. He said:  

next time we play, we will go after him,

Wellal has only made 13 ODI appearances for Sri Lanka so far 

Wellal, 20-year-old, wrecked India's famous batting order in that match. He took five wickets, which was best performance of his career so far. Rahul agreed that young spinner was good and said that Wellal looked like Sri Lanka's most dangerous bowler while he was at wicket.

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Wellal's performance stood out because he was able to test right-handed batsmen on both edges of pitch. He fooled Shubman Gill with a middle-stump ball that turned and hit off-stump. He got Virat Kohli to make a bad shot with a ball that stopped on ground, and he got rid of Rohit Sharma with an arm ball.

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In his second spell, Wellal showed off his skill even more by taking important wicket of Rahul, who chipped a ball right back to bowler. Wellal took his fifth wicket by getting Hardik Pandya to edge ball. Even though India's batsmen were having trouble, Wellal played so well that Sri Lanka was almost able to win with bat owing to his unbeaten 42 off 46 balls. Rahul's statement that India will be more aggressive against Wellal in future matches sets up a very interesting matchup between skilled young spinner and Indian batting lineup.