Ravi Bishnoi attracted eyeballs with an impressive performance on his international debut during the 1st T20I against West Indies in Kolkata on Wednesday.
However, the 21-year-old took some time to settle and calm down the adrenaline rush. Nervousness was accompanied by a couple of wide deliveries and stepping on the rope after grabbing a catch on the boundary. But once he got the better of his emotions, there was no looking back for a cricketer from Rajasthan. He spun the web against the Caribbean batters.
Ravi Bishnoi Impresses On T20I Debut And Feels His Nerves Are Settled As He Was A Bit Nervous And Excited Before His Debut
With a broad smile on his face, Ravi Bishnoi admitted that he was nervous at the beginning.
Speaking at the end of the game, he said: “I was a bit nervous and excited. The nerves are settled now. I was feeling very good, it’s everyone’s dream to play for India and I was feeling good.”
The 21-year-old leg-spinner delivered a phenomenal performance in his international debut match. In his 4-over quota, Ravi Bishnoi gave away just 17 runs at an economy of 4.25 and he dismissed two West Indies batters. He picked both his wickets in the same over, which was the 11th over of the West Indies innings and he dismissed Roston Chase and Rovman Powell.
Ravi Bishnoi outfoxed the West Indies batters with his googlies and returned with figures of 2/17 in his four overs. He trapped Roston Chase in front of the wicket before Rovman Powell holed out to Venkatesh Iyer on the boundary of the leg-spinner.
Ravi Bishnoi Felt His Dream Came True On Getting Man Of The Match In Debut T20I
He was awarded the player of the match award on his T20I debut and became only the eighth Indian cricketer to achieve the feat. Dinesh Karthik, Subramaniam Badrinath, Pragyan Ojha, Axar Patel, Barinder Sran, Navdeep Saini, Harshal Patel were the ones to be awarded MOM on their T20I debut before Ravi Bishnoi.
When asked about the special record, he said: “I didn’t think I would get Man of the Match in my very first match, it’s a dream come true.”
Lucknow Super Giants roped in KL Rahul for INR 17 crores followed by Marcus Stoinis for INR 9.2 crores and uncapped Ravi Bishnoi for INR 4 crores before IPL 2022 auctions.
Dew played a significant part in the second half of the first T20I game with the West Indies bowlers struggling to grip the wet ball. Ravi Bishnoi admitted that there wasn’t much dew while they were bowling but stated that it is not easy to bowl with a wet ball.
“There wasn’t much dew in our innings. I haven’t played a match with a lot of dew so far, but it does affect you. Although we do practice with a wet ball, I was happy with how I was able to bowl and pick a few wickets,” he concluded.
Ravi Bishnoi will hope to keep up the good work in the next couple of games. He will look to impress with one eye on the ICC T20 World Cup scheduled to take place in Australia later this year.