colombo india bowling coach paras mhambrey has backed ruturaj gaikwad and devdutt padikkal to come good in the next match saying there is no pressure on them and the team management will give the batting duo a free handgaikwad and padikkal werent able to convert their starts on their india debut during the second t20i against sri lanka here on wednesdaywhile ruturaj perished after making an 18ball 21 padikkal who walked in at number three departed after making a quickfire 29 off 23 balls as india lost the match by four wicketsasked what the team management would tell the duo mhambrey said when you are going to make your debut for your country it is always going to be nerves and we know that the discussion is always to give them a free hand there is no pressure on themobviously the situation was such we knew that in terms of batting we had only five or six batsmen that we could plan and go ahead with this game so we focussed on thosethere were no such instructions on how to play yes they will be disappointed but every opportunity they get to represent the country they will learnhe said at a virtual press conferencefor the record two national selectors debashish mohanty and abey kuruvilla are in the island nation with the teamput into bat india were restricted to a modest 132 for 5 with skipper shikhar dhawan topscoring with 40the hosts then chased down the target with four wickets in hand and two balls to spare with dhananjaya de silva hitting matchwinning unbeaten 40with krunal pandya testing positive for covid19 and subsequently eight of his close contacts put in isolation there was a lot of uncertainty over whether the second game would go ahead or notrahul dravid was constantly in touch with the bcci officials we were told that see whatever decision will be taken we will be informed so we were ahead anyway with our preparation mhambrey saidkuldeep yadav seems to have found his mojo back during the ongoing tour and mhambrey described the chinaman as extremely talented bowler and also credited him for executing the planshe kuldeep is a very thinking bowler mhambrey said of the spinner who claimed four wickets in three limited over games that he played during the tourthey are a lot of discussions we had during the period that we spend before the games together seen the videos discussing on the plans and it all boils down to execution and so the credit should be given to himmhambrey said kuldeep will have to keep working hard to retain his place in the squadhe is in and out of the team for a while now which he knows he also knows that he needs to work hard to maintain his position which he is doing so happy to see that he saidand im very happy with the results that he is getting i am sure he will take a lot of positives from this