On a day when he made his 100th First Class appearance during the Duleep Trophy final, South Zone leggie Shreyas Gopal felt he was happy to prove a point that wrist-spinners can have a long career.
I wanted to show that leg-spinners can play red-ball cricket and still be successful. “Most times it would come off. “There are so many questions I’ve asked (Dhoni) over these last two years, and I just tried to take the whole thing over there. “Coming into this match, I just wanted to carry that from the Ranji Trophy. Ishan (Kishan) bhaiya gave me a lot of advice while I was batting. He was telling me which shots are on and which are not.
“I was told that there are not too many leg-spinners who have played 30-50 games. Because of that, but definitely some of those moves I wouldn’t have made if I hadn’t had that experience or that time with CSK,” said Shreyas, i wouldn’t say we won.
But as long as you go in with a plan, it actually gives you a sense of direction,” he said. Thanks to that, we had a great partnership,” said Shikhar.
Last year, Shreyas also led Mangaluru Dragons to title triumph in the Maharaja Trophy KSCA T20 tournament and felt his time with M.S Dhoni at Chennai Super Kings helped him a lot. I put a lot of work into my bowling,” said Shreyas on Sunday. Sometimes, like today, it won’t come off.