Indian leg-spinner Ravi Bishnoi has spoken about his relationship with new coach Gautam Gambhir. While most Indian players are playing under Gambhir for the first time in their careers, the leg-spinner is not one of them.
He and the former India spinner worked together for two years at Lucknow Super Giants. Gambhir was the mentor of the Lucknow-based team in the IPL 2022 and 2023 when Ravi Bishnoi led the team’s spin attack. During his time at the franchise, Gambhir backed the young bowler and it seems the situation won’t change much during his tenure as India’s head coach as well.
Ravi Bishnoi played in the first two matches of the three-match T20I series against Sri Lanka and is expected to play the final match as well. On Sunday (July 28), he impressed with the ball as India beat Sri Lanka by 7 wickets (DLS method) to clinch the series with a match to spare. The right-arm spinner picked up 3 wickets for 26 runs and was adjudged Man of the Match.
Ravi Bishnoi on working with Gautam Gambhir:
At the end of the match, Ravi Bishnoi spoke about the kind of bond he shares with Gautam Gambhir. The young Indian said that he shares a good bond with Gambhir and that the new coach has advised him to stand firm.
“I have a great bond with Gautam Gambhir as he has been with LSG for two years now. He has not asked me to change anything but to do what I am doing currently. His advice was helpful to me before and now as well,” Bishnoi said.
He also praised the new captain Suryakumar Yadav as well as Shubman Gill, who led the Indian team during the series against Zimbabwe earlier this month. Bishnoi said that Suryakumar has been doing a great job as captain and claimed that the new captain has backed him so far.
“Suryakumar is doing a great job as captain. I played with him during the Australia series as well. He has been good. Shubman Gill’s captaincy was also excellent. In Zimbabwe, he also did very well as captain. They always back me and as a bowler, you cannot ask for more than this when the captain backs you. Suryakumar and Shubman have backed me,” Bishnoi said.
Meanwhile, the third T20I is scheduled to be played on Tuesday (July 30). After the conclusion of the T20Is, India and Sri Lanka are scheduled to play three ODIs against each other.
