Rahul, who scored a hundred on ODI debut, was dismissed on first ball during his first T20 game.
Mumbai
: For Donald Tiripano, the 28-year old Zimbabwe's pacer, Lokesh Rahul's wicket in his debut T20 was an icing on the cake.
Rahul had scored a hundred on his ODI debut but had a golden duck on Saturday.
Speaking from Harare, the right-arm medium pacer Tiripano said, -"Firstly I thank God. Just before I ran in I was imagining myself nicking him off, but it happened another way but all the same happy ending.-"
-"All I was thinking was if I get an early wicket it was going to give us a good chance of winning the game and fortunately it worked out.-"
-"It was a key wicket because he was winning matches for India in the past three ODIs and we knew if we take wickets, it was game on-".
Barring KL Rahul and Ambati Rayudu, the other Indian batsmen in playing XI did not get to bat much in the ODIs.
-"I was happy because I clean-bowled him.-"
The Zimbabwean players didn't celebrate their first win of the ongoing T20 victory. Instead, players returned home.
-"There were no celebrations. The celebrations are put on hold. It is 1-0 now. Will celebrate after the series win,-" one of the senior players said.
Only the outstation players stay in the hotel. The players living in Harare go to their homes.
-"We prefer to stay at home rather than in the hotel. Most of the Harare-based players stay close to the ground.-"
-"And yes, this saves Board money too.-"
