Dilruwan Jayarathne
Sri Lanka should not play their best side, Because this is a Practice Match Sri Lanka has to rest their Star Players Like KJP, And should play Binura, Pulina and Praveen, Kamindu and So on.
This is my Playing 11
1. Dinesh Chandimal
2. Avishka Fernando
3. Kamindu Mendis
4. Dhananjaya De Silva
5. Pathum Nisssanka
6. Dasun Shanaka
7. Pulina Tharanaga
8. Chamika Karunaraathne
9. Binura Fernando
10. Praveen Jayawickrama
11. Akila Dananajaya
Coments are welcome! and Note that this playing 11 shouldn’t be played in The T20 World cup, But only iN OMAN
My IX:
1. Avishka Fernando
2. Kusal Perera
3. Dhananjaya De Silva (VC)
4. Bhanuka Rajapaksha
5. Charith Asalanka
6. Dasun Shanaka (C)
7. Chamika Karunaraathne
8. Binura Fernando – In for Dushmantha
9. Mahesh Theekshana
10. Praveen Jayawickrama – In for Hasaranga
11. Nuwan Pradeep
We should not experiment too much, should give more opportunities to Worldcup selected IX to get into form.
Our Top 3 batters should be vast experience in playing swing/seam balls
Dananjaya should play the anchor role and keep on batting till 12-15 overs
Kept Bhanuka Rajapaksha, a quick 10 balls 30 runs will be vital during a crucial match, but he should prepare himself to bat longer ininngs
On the Bowling front, we need to keep balance with 2 pacers and 2 spinners depending on the pitch condition this can be changed.
I would go with the following level taking into consideration that KJP will skip the first match but will play in the second match.
My XI
1 Chandimal
2 Avishka
3 Kamindu
4 Bhanuka
5 Asalanka
6 Dasun
7 Chamika
8 Pulina
9 Binura
10 Theekshana
11 Pradeep
There is a chance that DDS may play in which case he will take Kamindu’s place.
Bhanuka
Always changing the batting order after every series is madness. We can’t develop an opening pair this way and batters cannot fit into any roles.
It’s not a matter of changing the batting order. It is obvious that our best opening pair is Kusal P & Avishka. Who is our replacement opening batter in case KJP or Avishka is not playing. That’s what the selectors are experimenting although it is too late for such things. Today they tried both Chandimal & Pathum for that option. However I dont think Pathum is not a T20 player (he is best suited for test matches) and his selection for the squad is highly questionable. Instead of playing him today they should have played Asalanka who is a better T20 player than Pathum.