Sri Lankan Captain Tillakaratne Dilshan upbeat about the tour of England
The Sri Lankan captain, Tillakaratne Dilshan, is excited to lead his side against the English in the upcoming tour of England, set to begin from May 26, 2011.
Dilshan who has recently been appointed as the Lankan captain will be leading his side for the first time in the absence of ace bowlers such as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Chaminda-Vaas-c1223 and Lasith Malinga.
Malinga has retired from Test cricket, while the other two have bid farewell to international cricket.
However, Dilshan has full confidence in his young side and believes that the inexperienced outfit will come to speed against Andrew Strauss’s Test side this summer.
The statement of the skipper is a morale booster for the uncapped players who are also looking forward to play in the English conditions.
The new skipper is eager to beat the English in a Test series, a feat which no Sri Lankan skipper has achieved till date.
Talking to media in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750, Dilshan said, “Beating England, in their own conditions in the early part of summer is not going to be easy, we have to play very good cricket to do that.”
Dilshan admitted the inexperienced bowling attack will be Sri Lanka’s Achilles’ heel in the upcoming series, while on the other hand, he expressed confidence in his formidable bating line-up which according to him has the firepower to take on any attack
in the world.
With the presence of veteran’s like Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene in the squad, Dilshan is pretty confident that his bating line-up will be difficult to penetrate.
According to Dilshan, Dilhara Fernando will be the key bowler for Sri Lanka and to support him, the Lankans have selected Chanaka Welegedara who has played six Test matches and succeeded in taking 12 wickets.
The spin department, in the absence of Murali will be handled by Rangana Herath who has played 24 Test and taken 78 wickets, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 and snatched 61 wickets and Suraj Randiv who has represented Sri Lanka
in only three Tests, bagging 14 wickets.
Dilshan, in order to prove his commitment to the team, has opted to pull out of the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) before Sri Lanka’s first warm-up game against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Middlesex-c817. The three-day warm-up game is scheduled to begin from May 14, 2011.
Speaking on the added responsibility of captaincy, Dilshan said, “I am capable of leading this team and at the same time enjoy my captaincy. I am going to get 100 percent out of the players. As captain I may take surprise decisions for that’s the kind of
player I am.”
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