Sri Lanka favourites to win World T20 claims http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KC-Sangakkara-c1779 – Cricket News Update
Sri Lankan veteran, Kumar Sangakkara, has installed his side as favourites for the upcoming World T20 Cup, owing to their ability to perform well in major tournaments.
The left-hander has been out of action due to a fractured finger - sustained against India last month - which further forced him to miss the inaugural http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Warriors-c861.
This remains one of the longest breaks of his career after playing non-stop cricket for his country and T20 franchises around the world. He however, is expected to be back before the team’s World campaign, which begins on September 18 against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Zimbabwe-c3045.
The home conditions offer an obvious advantage for the Lankan Lions, who also had the luxury to play at home over the past couple of months. Also almost all of its players featured in the SLPL, giving them ample preparation time.
However, for Sangakkara, it’s not just about playing on their own backyard that gives Sri Lanka the edge; rather it’s their ability to perform well in major tournaments, which gives them added confidence going into the upcoming event.
The Lankan http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 in the finals. Also they suffered
another final heartache when http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 defeated them in 2009 to lift the T20 Cup.
"Sri Lanka have always been favourites in my view in any tournament that we play because we've been able to rise to those big occasions really well as a unit and adjust accordingly. If you take our last 4-5 years, it's been an amazing run in big tournaments.
We just need to believe in ourselves and believe in that fact and keep playing," said Sangakkara, while taking to ESPNCricinfo.
The Lankans will certainly be hoping to go one step further this time, given the quality at their disposal. Apart from playing Zimbabwe, they will take on http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 – the other team in their group - on September 22.
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