WZRD
Following a period of inactivity at the height of COVID-19 last year, Sri Lanka cricketers have started to catch up on lost time, and commencing from the present tour of Bangladesh where they are scheduled to play a three-match ODI series, the rest of the year is going to be crucial to their chances of qualifying for a place in the Super 12s stage of the ICC T20 World Cup that is scheduled to be held in India from 18 October-15 November, while at the same time, they will also be playing nine ODI matches, the results of which will greatly determine Sri Lanka’s automatic qualification for the 2023 Cricket World Cup, which will also be held in India in October-November. Thus, the next seven months are going to be decisive for Sri Lanka in the white-ball formats.