License to thrill

Indiarsquos Nitish Kumar Reddy and Rinku Singh were all praise for head coach Gautam Gambhir after Indiarsquos 86run win in the second T20I against Bangladesh here on WednesdayReddy said that the idea was to take on the Bangladeshi spinners and credited Gambhir for boosting his confidence after his allround effort helped India take an unassailable 20 lead in the threematch seriesIndia who had lost to Bangladesh the last time these two teams clashed here were in trouble with their top order blown away inside the Powerplay but Reddy and Rinku Singh joined forces to turn the tables on Bangladesh The pair put on 108 runs for the fourth wicket off 49 balls to take the game away from Bangladesh with Reddy clobbering seven sixes and four fours to make 74 from just 34 ballsGautam GambhirldquoWe discussed that we wonrsquot take any pressure We did not plan anything specific about the score We saw the spinner coming on and thought that we should take him onrdquo Reddy said in a video shared by BCCI ldquoI should thank Gautam sir for this He gave me a lot of confidence He told me to believe in my bowling He said lsquowhen you are bowling you should think like a bowler and not as a batsman who can bowlrsquo That is what he kept telling me and that somehow boosted merdquosaid ReddyldquoOnce I got to know that from here you should take on I just knew that I will take on the bowlers I was backing myself saying lsquoyou can do thisrsquo added Reddy who returned 40232rdquo added Reddy who was named Player of the Match ldquoPlaying for India is in itself a proud moment and getting the Man of the Match award I feel so grateful for this I just want to live in this momentrdquo he saidMeanwhile Rinku said that Gambhir and skipper Suryakumar Yadav have empowered Indian players to express themselves and embrace their natural style while being relentless in attack Rinku blasted 53 runs off 29 balls at No 5 ldquoThe coach and captain have asked us to play our game and whatever the situation the message from them is maarte jao ball ko just keep hitting the ballrdquo Rinku said at the postmatch press conferenceldquoThe coach has asked us to back ourselves and play your game He has given us full freedom to hit the ballrdquo added Rinku who has worked with Gambhir at Kolkata Knight Riders in the IPLThe dashing batter from UP offerd an insight into his mindset ldquoAt the position I play I get batting at different junctures of the game Whenever I get batting earlier my aim is to take singles and doubles and attack the bad balls When I come to bat with 23 overs left my aim is to hit more fours and sixes My aim is to collect more runs for the teamrdquo he saidRinku revealed that the ball was not coming on to the bat well initially ldquoWhen the match started the ball was not coming properly on to the bat When Sanju Samson and Surya bhai got out then Reddy told me lsquo phass rahi hai the ball is sticking to the wicketrsquo So we discussed that we should get a good partnership first and then look to gain momentumrdquoThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever