Kusal Perera talks about upcoming series against B desh
ANI
14 May 2021, 03:56 GMT+10
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 13 (ANI): After being appointed as Sri Lanka s ODI skipper, Kusal Perera on Thursday said that his side needs to play fearless cricket in order to win more matches of cricket.
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) on Wednesday announced an 18-member squad for the upcoming three-match ODI series against Bangladesh. The team will depart for Bangladesh on May 16 and the Minister of Youth and Sports, Namal Rajapaksa gave his approval for the squad. Sri Lanka will be led by Kusal Perera while Kusal Mendis will be his deputy for the three-match ODI series.
Daily Times
May 13, 2021
COLOMBO: Kusal Perera has been named new ODI captain and Kusal Mendis has been recalled and made vice-captain, while Dimuth Karunaratne, Angelo Mathews and Dinesh Chandimal have been dropped in a major shake-up of Sri Lanka’s ODI team. In naming a young squad, Sri Lanka’s new selection committee – headed by Pramodya Wickramasinghe – and coach Mickey Arthur have signalled they are seeking to aggressively develop a fresh set of limited-overs players with a view to the 2023 World Cup. Across the 18 players named, only 33-year-old Isuru Udana is older than 31, and just three players are above 30.
While the ousting of Karunaratne is something of a surprise – the team had performed better under him than they had in the 18 months leading up to his captaincy – it is the dropping of Mathews that will be most controversial. Mathews’ most recent ODI outings have largely been good. He was the Player of the Match in the second-to-last match he had played
Darren Bravo (Image Credit: Twitter)
West Indies completed the whitewash after beating Sri Lanka by 5 wickets in the third or last match of the three-match ODI series last Sunday (14th March).
While West Indies captain Kieron Pollard chose to field first, Sri Lanka scored 274/6 in 50 overs. In reply, West Indies chased down the target in 48.3 overs after losing five wickets and wrapped up the series by winning it in a 3-0 margin.
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West Indies vs Sri Lanka 2021, 3rd ODI
2nd innings (West Indies): Darren Bravo ended his long-wait of ODI century, Shai Hope and Kieron Pollard scored crucial 50s
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Bravo century steers West Indies to Sri Lanka series sweep
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Darren Bravo s fourth One-Day International century guided the West Indies to a five-wicket victory over Sri Lanka and a clean sweep of the three-match series at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium in Antigua on Sunday.
Set another challenging target of 275, the home side s response was anchored by Bravo s innings of 102 off 132 balls highlighted by five fours and four sixes.
He was the obvious choice as man of the match with Shai Hope the equally straightforward option as man of the series with the opener following earlier scores of 110 and 84 with an elegant 64 to set his team well on their way.