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In the exciting first Test match played against Sri Lanka in Galle, the Indian team, on the basis of its excellent performance, defeated the host team by 165 runs. With this resounding victory, Team India has also taken a significant lead of 1-0 in the two-match Test series. The collective effort of the entire team was behind this historic victory of Galle, but there were five players among them who completely turned the tide of the match in India’s favor with their individual and strong performances. Let us know who are the five real heroes of India’s victory.
1. Devdutt Padikkal
Left-handed batsman Devdutt Padikkal, who returned to the Indian Test team after a long gap of two years, stole the show with his excellent batting. He scored the first brilliant century of his Test career and played a marathon inning of 167 runs in the first innings, due to which India could reach a huge score of 462 runs in the first innings. Apart from this, when other Indian batsmen were struggling against the Sri Lankan spinners in the second innings, Padikkal showed wisdom and made a valuable contribution of 44 runs. For his excellent performance he was chosen ‘Player of the Match’.
2. Human improvement
Young spinner Manav Suthar, who made his Test debut against Afghanistan this year, displayed charismatic bowling in only his second Test match. The Sri Lankan batsmen completely failed to understand the web of his spin. Manav Suthar took 4 wickets in the first innings of the match, while in the second innings he bowled lethally and took 6 wickets. By performing such brilliantly in the initial matches of his career, he has proved that he is going to be a big pillar of the Indian bowling attack in the future.
3. KL Rahul
Experienced batsman KL Rahul gave an excellent display of his technique and responsibility in both the innings of the Galle Test. During the first innings, when the team needed a strong start, Rahul batted brilliantly and played a very important inning of 84 runs and was out after coming very close to the century. After this, he added a useful 35 runs in the second innings also. In this way, by scoring a total of 119 runs in the entire match, he provided stability to the Indian innings and laid the foundation of victory.
4. Rishabh Pant
Wicketkeeper batsman Rishabh Pant once again proved how his bat roars when the team is under pressure. In the second innings of the Galle Test, when the Indian batting fell apart like a pack of cards and the entire team was reduced to 193 runs, Pant took charge alone. He batted brilliantly in just 69 balls and scored a quick half-century of 66 runs, which helped India reach a respectable score. Along with this, he also made an important contribution of 39 runs in the first innings.
5. Ravindra Jadeja
Team India’s experienced and veteran all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja may have had a quiet bat in this match, but his spinning balls left no stone unturned in breaking the back of the Sri Lankan batsmen. Jadeja took 3 wickets in the first innings on the basis of his accurate bowling, while he achieved an important success in the second innings also. Despite not getting any contribution with the bat, his spin and economical bowling made the path to victory very easy for India.