Sri Lankan World T20 squad not final yet, says Mahela Jayawardene – Cricket News Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DPMD-Jayawardene-c1397, the Sri Lankan skipper, is positive about the only T20 of the series against India and expressed that the Islanders will use this match and the forthcoming Sri Lanka Premier League (SLPL) as a preparation for the
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 World T20 2012, which will be played in September/October.
The Lankan Tigers lost the recently concluded One Day International (ODI) series against India by a massive margin of four games to one, failing to compete against one of the world’s finest batting line-ups.
Both the sides will be up against each other today in the only T20, which will be played at Pallekele.
In their last T20 series, played against Pakistan in June, Jayawardene’s men leveled the series, although they tinkered with the playing-XI in the two matches.
The seasoned middle-order batsman hinted that his team wants to assess the strengths and weaknesses of different players during the match against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750, in their bid to prepare for the upcoming mega event, which is going to be played
in Sri Lanka.
"It is significant to identify few roles for some of the players," Jayawardene said. "We did that against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 as well. We played different combinations in the two T20Is to accommodate few players in different roles. We will try
and do the same here."
Sri Lanka is yet to announce the 15-man squad for the World T20 and the skipper expressed that some of the places are still open and any player who performs well in the inaugural edition of the SLPL, has a chance to make it to the
national side.
"During the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 Premier League, we will get to know which of our players are in form and the combination that we need to go with. We have got a fairly good idea - about 75% to 80% - of our squad, but still there are four or
five places up for grabs," the middle-order batsman expressed.
The first season of the cash-rich league is going to commence from August 11, with a number of star players from all across the world taking part in the tournament.
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