Poya (full moon) is a pious day in the Buddhist lunar calendar. So Colombo pragmatic and observes a public holiday on Tuesday with respect, although the cyclonic weather was a problem. A various kinds of cloud has formed over the Sri Lanka’s cricket horizon – a cricket board under fire from many quarters, discrepancy in players’ performances, serial losses and the following wearing a way of confidence.
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The match will be taking place at the R Premadasa Stadium, which is the final act of a fairly long series. And they are staring at drawing a complete blank after surrendering the Test and ODI series 3-0 and 5-0 respectively. Anyhow the one-off T20 International holds no long-term consequence and implication, particularly post the World T20 which altered the 4-year cycle. The next global display in this format is in 2020 and from that point of view.
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This is the high-octane fun and huge entertainment for the spectators. But from the perspective of individual players, especially Sri Lankan cricketers, the match can be considered as the audition where they can prove their worth.
On the last Monday the IPL media rights auction held in Mumbai which witnessed mayhem, in a positive sense.
Every match is worth Rs 55 crore. That is why the fresh player auction is scheduled for the next year, spending might reach a level of craziness almost similar to the European football market. Top Indian cricketers are making sure for the contracts. The Sri Lankans, will be also interested to take a slice of the pie.
In the past few seasons, the IPL has seen a gradual dip in Sri Lankan exports. Right now 3 Cricketers’ Asela Gunaratne, Lasith Malinga (Mumbai Indians) and Angelo Mathews (Delhi Daredevils); – got IPL contracts for the 2017 edition.
Muttiah Muralitharan is somehow confident for the matches but still, there are something difficulties in the team Sri Lanka which is yet to discuss.
“At this moment, Sri Lanka is not having any eligible or capable players to play in the IPL. Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and England, there are a lot of good players but we wonder to have some good players. The tournament this year will be having 32 international players; but we need to have some good players on our team.
The Sri Lanka spin king and Sunrisers Hyderabad bowling coach stated about this that: “Actually, we are lacking a little bit. We had some good players but sadly they all retired. Until the new guys establish themselves, the IPL won’t pick them, as the Indian Premiere League always picks the best four players”.
In the mean time, naming an altered T20 squad, two days previous to Wednesday’s match, a Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) official said the original group is set a goal at the ODIs and not the shortest format. The T20 specialists including, Vikum Sanjaya, Seekkuge Prasanna and Jeffrey Vandersay, actually arrived in the team.
Still, the squad looks pretty lightweight when it will be compared with the Kohli and co.
Upul Tharanga the captain of the Sri Lanka hasn’t played a T20 match since April 6, against Bangladesh. In 12 years of international cricket, he played 78 T20s including internationals. Malinga, Mathews and Thisara Perera are the three seasoned T20 pros in this team.
The collective IPL experience of the Indian side will come in the counterparts.
A T20 International against India is a wide game.
Akila Dananjaya, Sri Lanka’s brightest spot proved disappointing himself. The 23-year-old spinner need to prove his worth at this second ODI at Pallekele, bowling googlies and taking six wickets. He finished the series with the 4 consecutive numbers of matches.
Spinners, both conventional and mystery are highly valued in the IPL.
The debutant Karnataka spinner K Gowtham got Rs 2 crore from the Mumbai franchise. Though whether he will play or not in this T20I is still unclear.
It will be really yet to see the team Sri Lankans performance in the front of India as now India is quite playing well in the series of matches.
Match:
SL vs Ind, Only T20I, India tour of Sri Lanka, 2017
Date:
Wednesday, September 06, 2017
Time:
01:30 PM GMT
Venue:
R.Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Sri Lanka Squad:
Niroshan Dickwella (wk), Upul Tharanga (c), Dilshan Munaweera, Angelo Mathews, Milinda Siriwardana, Wanidu Hasaranga, Dasun Shanaka, Seekkuge Prasanna, ThisaraPerera, Jeffrey Vandersay, Suranga Lakmal, Lasith Malinga, Vikum Sanjaya, Isuru Udana and Akila Dananjaya
India Squad:
Virat Kohli (c), MS Dhoni (wk), Rohit Sharma, Manish Pandey, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Jasprit Bumrah, Yuzvendra Chahal, Shardul Thakur, Kuldeep Yadav, Ajinkya Rahane, Lokesh Rahul and Kedar Jadhav
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