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India vs Sri Lanka ODI Series: Sri Lanka captain Dasun Shanaka on Monday said he is focusing on the positive aspects of the just-concluded T20 International series against India and will mount a tough fight in the three-match ODI series starting on Tuesday.
Sri Lanka came close to winning the first T20 International, but lost by two runs. The team defeated India by 16 runs in the second T20. However, Suryakumar Yadav’s blistering century in the third and final T20 at Rajkot laid the foundation for India to win the series 2-1.
Dasun Shanaka said on the eve before the first ODI, in the recent past no team other than South Africa has been able to win in India. We gave a tough fight in Mumbai, but they emerged stronger. We need to play competitive cricket.
Emphasizing on the need to perform well, Shanaka said, “It is an important tournament for Sri Lanka as the World Cup is going to be held here in India, so looking forward to this series.” He further said, it will be a very good preparation, because the conditions will be similar. The players are ready for this, they know the importance of this tournament.
The Sri Lankan captain scored the highest 124 runs for his team in the T20 International series at a strike rate of 187.87. He said, before coming here I wanted to do well, practiced more, playing well against India is very important.
Regarding the first ODI to be held in Guwahati, the Sri Lankan captain believes that it will be a big scoring match. He said, we have seen the wicket and it looks like a big scoring match.
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