You can’t afford to drop catches against India, admits Angelo Mathews – Cricket News Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/AD-Mathews-c913, the Sri Lankan all-rounder, is disappointed with his team’s performance in the on-going One Day International (ODI) series against India and admitted that his side has made some costly mistakes, which lead to their
downfall in the battle.
With the last match of the five-match series to be played today at Pallekele, the Islanders have already lost the competition, falling behind by a margin of 1-3. Apart from the second ODI at Hambantota, the visitors have looked a
far superior unit, especially in the batting department.
The home side have been immensely criticised in the cricketing ranks for their lacklustre approach in the field, dropping a number of easy catches at crucial stages of the innings and letting the Indian batsmen off the hook.
Mathews, 25, believes that Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s men are one of the finest batting line-ups in the globe, possessing some brilliant stroke-makers and no team can afford to give them so many opportunities.
Critics feel that the only way to succeed against the Men in Blue is to keep picking up wickets; otherwise, India can be unstoppable. Whereas, Sri Lanka has miserably failed to lash on to the chances that came their way.
"Against the Indian batting line up, you can't drop that many catches. If you take from number one to seven, they're all are very good batters," http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758’s vice-captain expressed. "It happened three times so far in this series. If
we make more mistakes, we're going to get more penalised."
The Islanders prepared a bowling friendly pitch in the second ODI, where the Indians looked completely out of colour, being dismissed for merely 138. The all-rounder is of the view that his side should have taken full use of the home
advantage, throwing more green tracks against the visitors, who can be vulnerable against the moving ball.
"I've always fancied good sporting tracks, rather than playing on dead tracks. We all know that they [http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750] have a very strong batting line up. We need to come up with ideas, if we're to win against them. Preparing certain wickets
also will help," mentioned Mathews.
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