Mahela Jayawardene applauds Thisara Perera’s consistency-Cricket News Update
Sri Lankan captain, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DPMD-Jayawardene-c1397 has applauded his all-rounders for the turnaround in the second ODI which saw Thisara Perera and Angelo Mathews grabbing three wickets each to demolish a daunting Indian lineup on a lowly 138.
"The other experienced bowlers I had were Thisara and Angelo [Mathews] so I just gave him the ball because the other day he bowled well from that end and did the job for us. He's improved quite a bit in confidence and I think the consistency is the most
important thing which he is striving for. He's been consistent for us in the last six months to one year. Every day he keeps improving and he is putting his hand up to play Test cricket as well," said Jayawardene.
Thisara had demonstrated his abilities against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 in the recently concluded series at home, where the all-rounder picked up 11 wickets and was named the Player of the Series.
The explosive Indian openers, Virender Sehwag and Gautam Ghambhir, started in an aggressive manner, dispatching early boundaries off debutant http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SL-Malinga-c2540.
It prompted the Lankan skipper to bring in Perera, who immediately repaid the faith by picking out http://www.senore.com/Cricket/V-Sehwag-c2739 in his first over, diving low to his right to complete a fabulous catch.
The second over was no different, where he took out big http://www.senore.com/Cricket/V-Kohli-c2737, seriously denting Indian hopes of positing a huge total. He then put in another immaculate effort, bowling his third maiden on the trot, while further grabbing the wicket of Suresh
Raina. He could have had his fourth, had http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AD-Mathews-c913 accepted a chance from Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
This left the visitors 4 down at a lowly score of 41 after the visitors posted 31 for no loss in the first three overs. Angelo Mathews cleared the remaining big guns, removing http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MS-Dhoni-c2028 before returning back to dismiss Pragyan
Ojha.
It all resulted in the Indians being routed on an embarrassing 138, with only http://www.senore.com/Cricket/G-Gambhir-c1447 offering some resistance with a half-century. The Lankans completed victory with nine wickets in hand, consequently levelling the series 1-1.
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