This was his second successive five-for in as many games. Suthar, who took 6 for 55 in the second innings, finished with a match haul of 10 for 126.
The “magnificent” Manav Suthar has already shown a lot of promise and will serve Indian cricket for a long time, skipper Shubman Gill said after the young left-arm spinner’s 10-wicket match haul headlined his team’s 165-run victory over Sri Lanka in the first Test.
Just after India won the game, the heavens opened up and the team seemed relieved that the weather gods didn’t play spoilsport. In that process, we lost a few wickets but we were still in a comfortable position.” “He has magnificent to watch. Important to get hundreds but even after getting a hundred. He got a big one. “That (WTC final) is the ultimate goal. “It is a very satisfying win for us. “Not really (bothered). Wicket was not easy to score runs at will, so were looking to play more aggressively. We were unsure as to how many overs we would be able to bowl on days four and five.
We were in a comfortable position, but were not sure if the match would go on (because of the weather), but the team responded well. The skipper was happy that the victory released a bit of pressure even though India remain fifth in the World Test Championship with 53.33 percentage points. Australia (77.78), South Africa (75) and Bangladesh (66.67), fresh from their historic triumph over the Aussies, are placed ahead of India. Gill wasn’t really perturbed that India were bowled out for 193 in their second innings at Galle, in their bid to score quick runs. We wanted to get (a lead) around 400 in the third innings.
Being in a competitive match and in a comfortable position…the way he batted and dominated in the second innings, was great to watch,” Gill said. Test wins do not come easy and this one is delightful,” he said.
