Sri Lanka head coach Chris Silverwood has confirmed that spinner Maheesh Theekshana is all set to overlook their opening match in opposition to South Africa within the ongoing ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023. Sri Lanka will face South Africa on the Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi on Saturday, October 7.
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Speaking forward of their match, Silverwood confirmed that Theekshana remains to be recovering from his hamstring harm and can be sitting out their sport in opposition to South Africa. Theekshana had picked up an harm throughout Sri Lanka’s Asia Cup Super-4 match in opposition to Pakistan.
“Theekshana is still recovering from a hamstring injury, so he won’t be available for this game. But we expect him to be available very soon. The rest of them are fine,” mentioned Silverwood.
He went on to say that Matheesha Pathirana is a really thrilling expertise, insisting that he’s bought a whole lot of showcase in one-day cricket. Pathirana completed because the main wicket-taker within the not too long ago concluded Asian Cup 2023, claiming 11 wickets in six matches.
“Pathirana is a very exciting young talent and he’s got a lot to showcase in 50-over cricket, and it would be wrong to deprive him of that opportunity,” Silverwood added.
Silverwood mentioned Sri Lanka can go toe-to-toe with any workforce on this planet, including that they bought to the Asia Cup ultimate regardless of folks’s low expectations. Sri Lanka have been blown away by India within the Asia Cup 2023 ultimate, shedding the match by 10 wickets.
“We know on our day we can go toe-to-toe with anybody. We’ll be going out there looking to win as always but we expect a very tough game tomorrow. I think although everybody talks about the final in the Asia Cup, we played some very good cricket together and we got there despite people not thinking we could, so actually we know we can play some good cricket,” mentioned Silverwood.
Sri Lanka can be aiming to win their second World Cup title, having triumphed in 1996.
Edited By:
Rounaq Sehrawat
Published On:
Oct 6, 2023
