Sri Lanka was the best team of last World T20 tournament, in June 2009, racing into finals undefeated until Pakistan snatched the final prize. Now, May 2010 comes with another opportunity for Kumar Sangakkara's men to go that one step further. Sri Lanka squad for T20 world cup 2010: 1. Kumar Sangakkara (captain): Left handed batsman, wicket keeper 2. Mahela Jayawardene: Right handed top order batsman 3. Sanath Jayasuriya: Left handed batsman, left arm spin 4. Tillakaratane Dilshan: Right handed batsman, offspinner 5. Chamara Kapugedera: Right handed batsman 6. Angelo Mathews: Crucial all-rounder. 7. Thissara Perera: Left handed batsman, right arm medium 8. Chinthaka Jayasinghe: Right handed batsman, medium pacer 9. Dinesh Chandimal: rookie Right handed batsman 10. Suraj Randiv: Offspinner, can handle the bat 11. Muthiah Muralitharan (vice-captain): Offspinner, most wickets in cricket. 12. Chanaka Welegedera: Left arm fast medium bowler 13. Lasith Malinga: He is in tremendous form. 14. Nuwan Kulasekara: Right arm medium pace bowler 15. Ajantha Mendis: Right arm finger spinner Team rating: 8/10 Final verdict: Tremendous bolwing attack. Sri Lanka can reach finals if batsmen fire. Poor form of Dilshan and Jayasuriya are worrying points. Author: Mona Gupta (New Delhi) … [Read more...]
Sri Lanka T20 World cup team analysis
Sri Lanka was the best team of last World T20 tournament, in June 2009, racing into finals undefeated until Pakistan snatched the final prize. Now, May 2010 comes with another opportunity for Kumar Sangakkara's men to go that one step further. Sri Lanka with a win percentage of 60, only Pakistan and South Africa have a better strike in the international game. Mercifully, the projected draw sees the Lankans miss those teams until the semi-finals and their balance and form should comfortably see them into the last four. They can do the lot and have done so in the past in West Indies, making the last World Cup final there. Tillakaratne Dilshan and Mahela Jayawardene will open to give fast starts, Kumar Sangakkara, Sanath Jayasuriya (reverting to a middle-order role) and Angelo Matthews will do the finishing. It is with the ball they really excite, Lasith Malinga is one of the best death bowlers in the world and in Muttiah Muralitharan and Ajantha Mendis they have spinners who will do damage on useful surfaces. Ajantha Mendis still has a brilliant T20 record but his form lately hasn't been as good. He'll hope to respond to faith selectors have shown in him and added varity to Sri Lankan squad. Sri Lanka squad for T20 world cup 2010 is an ageing one with Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardene and tillakaratane Dilshan into 30s and Muthiah Muralitharan and Sanath Jayasuryisa into 40s. Experience in the team will come in handy for islanders but at fielding's cost. Dinesh Chandimal, the 20 year old right handed batsman is the new face in the squad while Chinthika Jayasinge, the all-rounder, has only played 2 T20 matches. Chamara Kapugedera is fairly experienced at International level now and Lankan selectors will hope he finally comes off age. Angelo Mathews and Thissara Perera are two all-rounders that Sri Lankan challenge in T20 world cup will depend on. Both of them are young, strongly built and bat, bowl and field athletically. Sanath Jayasuriya is lucky to be in squad despite several failures in recent times and will hope he strike form and sees Sri Lankan batting through the world cup with Dilshan, … [Read more...]
