India vs SL 2021: Here’s what coach Rahul Dravid said in rousing dressing room speech, Watch

Deepak Chahar smashed his maiden ODI fifty in the second game and in the company of Bhuvneshwar Kumar took the team home.

With their back to the wall, Team India responded like champions, said coach Rahul Dravid in an inspiring dressing room speech after his young side registered a series-clinching win in the second ODI against Sri Lanka in Colombo. Chasing 276 for victory on Tuesday (July 20), India were reduced to 193/7 in 36th over but Deepak Chahar (69) and Bhuvneshwar Kumar (19) shared an unbroken 84-run stand to take the visitors home with three wickets in hand and five balls to spare. “Obviously we finished on the right side of the result, which is incredible and fantastic but even if we didn't finish on the right side of the result, it is the fight all the way through was absolutely brilliant, so well done to all of you,” Dravid said in a video posted on BCCI. “We said they were going to respond, we knew we had to respect the opposition. The opposition was going to respond, they’re also an international team. They responded, and we responded back like a champion team. “With our back to the wall, we found a way to break them. So really well done to all of you. Fantastic job.”