Sri Lanka Vs West Indies, 1st T20i In Pallekele Highlights
As the hosts, West Indies are improving in Test cricket too, and they’re going to strive their best to improve their latest residence Test data too. On 26 February 2021, the West Indies named their squads for the restricted overs matches. Chris Gayle and Fidel Edwards were recalled to the T20I group, after final playing for the national aspect two and nine years ago respectively. On 11 March 2021, CWI formally appointed Kraigg Brathwaite as their Test captain, changing Jason Holder. Sri Lanka Cricket also formally appointed Dasun Shanaka as their T20I captain, changing Lasith Malinga.
Dasun Shanaka was formally appointed as the T20I captain of the Sri Lankan team but Angelo Mathews needed to be named because the stand-in captain as Shanka didn’t depart for the tour with the rest of the staff because of visa points. The last time the Windies vs Sri Lanka Test fixture occurred was in 2018. The last T20I collection was additionally on the same tour by West Indies and the guests gained 2-zero. For both groups, though, with the 2021 T20 World Cup edging nearer, the collection will serve as much for constructing confidence as it’s going to for figuring out their best combos.
West Indies Tour Of Sri Lanka, 2015
Kraigg Brathwaite to Dhananjaya de Silva, Flatter ball exterior off, de Silva guides it to 3rd man for a couple. Kraigg Brathwaite to Dhananjaya de Silva, Flatter ball on middle, defended onto the pitch. Rahkeem Cornwall to Dhananjaya de Silva, Loopy ball on middle, DdS works it to lengthy on for a single. Among their newcomers, Ashen Bandara and Pathum Nissanka lately impressed through the recent restricted-overs collection towards the hosts West Indies.
Then there’s the small matter of Sri Lanka’s build-as much as this sequence, which has been chaotic to place it mildly. With a number of senior gamers missing, either through harm or a lack of match-fitness following Covid-associated time away from coaching, the variety of out there skilled campaigners within the squad may be counted on one hand. Their captain Dasun Shanaka, in the meantime, who was lucky sufficient to avoid any of those points, misses out as a result of he couldn’t kind his visa out on time. And then there’s the problem of the staff’s quick-bowling coach pulling out from the tour on the eleventh hour over a pay dispute – which the nation’s sports activities minister has overtly acknowledged would influence the youthful players on tour. And this is without even touching on the truth that Sri Lanka have not received a game of cricket in the past 12 months.
