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When asked what he expected from the top of the order, skipper Dasun Shanaka answered, “More.”
The recent five-match series defeat in Australia by Sri Lanka was fought to a draw.
The first Twenty20 International between India and Sri Lanka will take place in Lucknow on Thursday.
T20 series between India and Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka captain Dasun Shanaka wants more consistency from the top order in the three-match T20 series against India, which begins on Thursday.
Dasun Shanaka, the skipper of the Sri Lankan team, is looking for greater consistency from his batsmen after their performance in Australia. The three-match T20 series against India begins Thursday. However, despite the 1-4 scoreline, Sri Lanka performed admirably in the current five-match series against Australia. Sri Lanka now has a better sense of the circumstances and the combination they may expect in Australia for the World Cup later this year. Despite this, Sri Lanka’s top order fell short of Australian expectations.
There is a lot of pressure on the top order to perform. We have a better chance of winning when the top order is in the batting order.
According to Shanka in the pre-match news conference on Wednesday, “India has a great bowling team and we are expecting our top-order to fire which will give our bowlers a chance to defend.”
Due to a COVID-19 infection, he had while in Australia, star spinner Wanindu Hasaranga will be unable to play in this series. Despite his departure, the captain expects the team’s younger players to step up to the plate.
This new generation has already proven their worth in domestic cricket by making significant contributions. As a result of the COVID issue, this has become the standard. It’s a problem for all of them. This weakness will be our undoing, but we know Wanindu is coming back. Even so, we have enough strength in numbers.” In recent weeks, Shanaka has used only five bowlers, but the Sri Lankan has stated that he is prepared to use more if the circumstance requires it.
It’s been a good year for our top five bowlers.” Bowling was something I’d enjoy doing, but I didn’t get a chance to do it today. As soon as one of the bowlers gets struck, I’ll be ready to take the ball.” India’s second-string were trounced at home by Sri Lanka last year. Even though India will be without the likes of Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant, and the injured Suryakumar Yadav and Deepak Chahar, the captain believes that the away series would be a far more difficult test.
“They have players who have played in the IPL for a long time. Then again, they’d still be quite formidable. We do, however, have a bright side,” he went on to explain. PTI In other words.
