Conditions matter - Shanaka hopes playing in India helps Sri Lanka prepare for ODI World Cup

Dasun Shanaka needs his group to "move forward" against India after a T20 World Cup where they dominated just two matches in the primary round. They play three T20Is and as numerous ODIs on this visit, and India being the host country for the ODI World Cup in the not so distant future, getting acclimated with the circumstances and doing great will help them amazingly. "We didn't have a decent [T20] World Cup so we really want to move forward," Shanaka said in Mumbai before the opening T20I. "We are anticipating do well in this series. "India is one of the better sides. What we want to do is to play great cricket. On the planet Cup year, it is a lot of significant, this T20 and ODI series, on the grounds that the vast majority of the folks haven't played in India. It's the main opportunity for the overwhelming majority of the young people to play in the global side so [it's an opportunity to learn] about circumstances on the ground. So this series will be particularly significant." Sri Lanka had raised trusts in front of the 2022 T20 World Cup in Australia in the wake of winning the T20 Asia Cup a month earlier. However, they dominated matches just against Afghanistan and Ireland in the primary round, in the wake of beating Netherlands and UAE yet losing to Namibia in the principal round. However, that was in Australia. Shanaka brought up that Sri Lanka would be more acquainted with the circumstances in India in any case, and that could be useful to them. "I think the circumstances matter, the Asia pitches and Australia conditions are altogether different," he said. "A significant number of the hotshots didn't perform [well] in Australian circumstances. In any case, with regards to Asia, we realize the circumstances all around well. It's significant the way in which everybody starts and controls the game." Shanaka was sure that his players would be in great touch subsequent to playing in the Lanka Head Association, which finished in December, with Jaffna Rulers coming out on top for their third consecutive championship. A portion of the players in the ongoing T20I crew in India did well in that competition, and in the last. Lords opener Avishka Fernando scored 50 off 43 in the last and was the main scorer in the competition with a count of 339, a normal of 37.66 and a strike pace of 125. Center request player Sadeera Samarawickrama pounded 44 off 27 in the last, additionally for Rulers, and scored the second-most runs - 294 from nine innings, averaging almost 59 while striking at 131 generally speaking. Nuwanidu Fernando of Galle Warriors set up 211 runs with a strike pace of 131, however will just play the ODIs, while Chamika Karunaratne, who had been dropped for the Afghanistan ODIs as of late, found his score in the LPL with seven wickets and a batting strike pace of almost 163 for his 109 runs. Among the bowlers, Combatants' Nuwan Thushara sparkled with his 14 wickets at an economy pace of 7.44 and Kasun Rajitha got 13 wickets with a surprising economy pace of 6.30. "LPL is a decent stage for the youths since they get global openness, yet it's not in that frame of mind of the IPL or Enormous Slam," Shanaka said. "LPL resembles a stage for the worldwide level [although] playing at global level is especially unique. A couple of youths are with us, the people who did well in the LPL so they're anticipating get some insight from this visit."

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