3 Key Takeaways from The First Series Of The SKY-Gambhir Era

The Surya-Gambhir era of Indian cricket began with a bashing of Sri Lanka by 3-0 [X]The Surya-Gambhir era of Indian cricket began with a bashing of Sri Lanka by 3-0 [X]

The SKY-Gambhir era in T20I cricket has started off on a strong note for India. They have whitewashed the Sri Lankan team on their home turf.

The Indian team put in a clinical show in the series and showed that the future of the game is in safe hands. Let us take a look at three key take aways from the series. 

1.Strong nerves of the team

Throughout the series the Indian made comebacks from impossible situations. In all the three games, the Sri Lankan team made strong starts with the bat and took an advantage. However, the Indian team went about their business in a very professional manner even under pressure and did not lose their composure. In all the matches, they made near impossible comebacks and won the game. 

The series thus shows that this new unit has strong nerves. The players under Surya's leadership seem to know that the game is all about staying calm till the end. They have shown that they have the composure and grit to win the important phases of a game and change the complexion of any game from any stage. 

2. New India = Bold India

The Indian team have been talking of intent for the past two or three seasons. Although, we have seen the intent in the batting approach of a few players, it has not been present consistently in the whole team. However, in this series we saw that the only motto of the team was to take the attack to the opposition irrespective of the game stage. This result oriented attitude of the Indian team might sometimes result in a boomerang but it is refreshing to see the brand of cricket they are playing. It is clear that India under Gambhir will be a team, who will be looking to win the game without being concerned about the situation of the match. 

3. Preference of multi-dimensional players

The preference of the Indian team to include players like Riyan Parag, Shivam Dube and Washington Sundar is an indication of the management inclining towards all-rounders. Besides India backing these players, we also saw that they used the bowling abilities of players like Surya and Rinku Singh in the last match. This shows that India is transitioning to a phase where they will be backing and encouraging players to be multi dimensional.