What is wrong with the Sri Lankan cricket team?
Lack of experience can play a role in the team as all the mature and experienced players have handed over the team to the young and the new talents. They have a good performance in the last Asia cup ahead of the ICC T20 world cup. Many players were having a debut play, but the performance was consistent. Sri Lanka is not the weakest team of all time rather it has new talents than experience in the team. And it is too late to switch the teams to experienced players. The team is Relying on the momentum they got from the Asia Cup win.
The fact that several of these players are competing in Australia for the first time may worry the Sri Lankan team as they prepare for the 2022 T20 World Cup. The circumstances in Australia can be harsh, and if a player falls into a slump, it can have a significant negative impact on both the player and the team’s confidence. This fact will make Sri Lanka and its coach Chris Silverwood cautious.
Is the current Sri Lankan Team the Weakest one ever?
Up until 2005, Sri Lanka was regarded as one of the best teams in the world. The team advanced to the ODI world championship finals in 2007 and 2011. also competed for the match trophy in the T20 World Cups of 2012 and 2014. Sri Lanka found it challenging to play consecutive final games in order to get to the elimination stages of the ICC tournament. They also began losing to teams like Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Zimbabwe in a row.
But the narrative for 2022 is distinct. After losing to Afghanistan in the opening match of the Asia Cup, Sri Lanka made a tremendous comeback. The team won a string of games to claim the title. They triumphed over Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and India. Currently, Sri Lanka is viewed as a strong ICC World Cup contender.
Some of the key takeaways for the Team Sri Lanka
Which Sri Lankan T20 bowler is most successful?
Sri Lanka Cricket Team has always amazed the fans with its lineup, they had Malinga and Muralitharan, Now the young team has Wanindu Hasranga and Maheesh Theekhsana. They two are the bowlers won which the team will rely in the tournament to take some charge with turns and pace
Wanindu Hasaranga – At the moment, Sri Lanka has one of the best players in cricket. Hasaranga enters the T20 World Cup in 2022 as an all-around cricket player. He is a great fielder, a good pitcher, and a power hitter. Hasaranga has played 44 games and has 448 runs with one half-century. He has taken 71 wickets with the ball while maintaining an economy of 6.7 runs per over.
Maheesh Theekshan: But the narrative for 2022 is distinct. After losing to Afghanistan in the opening match of the Asia Cup, Sri Lanka made a tremendous comeback. The team won a string of games to claim the title. They triumphed over Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and India. Currently, Sri Lanka is viewed as a strong ICC World Cup contender.
Who is the most successful Sri Lankan cricket team, captain
Kumar Sangakara is the best batsman in the Sri Lankan Cricket team. He is one of the best wicket keepers till now and also Sangakara was the captain in the 2011 World Cup to the final. He has scored more than 14 thousand runs in One Day International. Under his Captaincy, the Winning percentage of Sri Lanka Team was 33.33%.
Kumar Sangakara took the team on his shoulders at many points but could not get the cup as a captain as successful team player he has entitled himself to many positions. ICC Cricketer of the Year 2012 also after he got the last title “Man of the match award in ICC T20 World cup 2014, he announces his retirement from T20 cricket where he made Sri Lanka win the world cup up tittle.
Sri Lanka will look forward to winning the upcoming Qualifier games, in order to make their spot in super 12. As the team is New and Young the team’s performance will be unexpected on the classic grounds of Australia.
What are your views on the West Indies vs Sri Lanka first T20?
There is no match between SL and WI in the ICC fixture till now as both the young teams are standing in different groups. As the Qualifiers pass, they can be seen in the super 12 if they stand top in the group as they seem to be stronger in the line.
Sri Lanka VS UAE, to be held on 17th will be played at Geelong Cricket Stadium.
Sri Lanka squad: Dasun Shanaka (c), Danushka Gunathilaka, Pathum Nissanka, Kusal Mendis, Charith Asalanka. Bhanuka Rajapaksa, Dhananjaya de Silva, Wanindu Hasaranga, Maheesh Theekshana, Jeffrey Vandersay. Chamika Karunaratne, Dushmantha Chameera, Lahiru Kumara, Binura Fernando, Pramod Madushan.
UAE squad United Arab Emirates: C P Rizwan (c), Vriitya Aravind, Chirag Suri, Muhammad Waseem, Basil Hameed, Aryan Lakra. Zawar Farid, Kashif Daud, Karthik Meiyappan, Ahmed Raza, Zahoor Khan, Junaid Siddique, Sabir Ali, Alishan Sharafu, Aayan Khan.
