Rahul Tiwari
khelja|06-07-2024
With the victory of the T20 World Cup, a generation of Team India said goodbye to this format. Now it is the turn of the next generation of youth to come forward and for this many players have already staked their claim in Team India. One such player is leg-spinner Ravi Bishnoi, who had shown his flair in the IPL but also kept doing wonders in Team India. Still he was not selected for the T20 World Cup 2024, but now in the very first match of the T20 series against Zimbabwe, Bishnoi has strengthened his claim by wreaking havoc.
Just a week after Team India became the world champion, the T20 series between India and Zimbabwe started in Harare. This team full of young players including young captain Shubman Gill bowled first and bundled out Zimbabwe for just 115 runs. Leg spinner Ravi Bishnoi was responsible for this condition of Zimbabwe, whose batsmen kept struggling against his fast googly. However, later the batsmen of Team India were also seen struggling and in the end they had to face a shocking defeat by 13 runs, but Bishnoi definitely left his mark.
Zimbabwe lost their first wicket in the second over but after that Brian Bennett was batting aggressively. Then Ravi Bishnoi came in the sixth over and bowled Bennett with his googly on the very first ball and sent him back to the pavilion. After this Zimbabwe's innings started faltering. In his very next over, Bishnoi bowled Wesley Madhevere as well. After destroying the top order, Bishnoi took 2 wickets in his last over as well. In this way, the young leg spinner took 4 wickets for just 13 runs in his 4 overs. This is the best performance of Bishnoi's T20 International career. Earlier, he had taken 4 wickets for 16 runs against West Indies.
Not only this, with this performance, Bishnoi has almost closed the way for veteran leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal by staking his claim for Team India in T20 cricket. Chahal was a part of the T20 World Cup-winning Team India but he did not get a chance to play even a single match. With this performance of Bishnoi, there is no possibility of him getting opportunities in the future.