Sometimes I feel that the Sri Lankan team is sliding to oblivion. Given their recent performances, I don't think that they can remain competitive against the top teams in cricket. Hard to believe that this is the same team that was crowned as the champions two and half decades ago, during the ODI world cup. Back then, they had world class players, such as Sanath Jayasuriya, Muthiah Muralidaran, Aravinda de Silva and Arjuna Ranatunga. While other teams (such as Bangladesh and Afghanistan) are improving their performance, Sri Lanka is perhaps the only test playing nation whose performance has gone down.
There is a strike going on in Sri Lanka between the players and the cricket board and even i was surprised to see a new team and initially i thought all those players are injured but then i came to see a news about the players striking and they are not included in the squad and then two of their players are suspended because they breached the COVID protocol so basically they are playing with a second string team. 
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Not only Sri Lanka, but also Bangladesh's performance in the last two years has been bad. And if their experienced players Mahmudulla, Sakib, Tamim and Mushfiq retire, Bangladesh will be in the same situation as Sri Lanka. Because, they have not yet been able to produce young talented players for the replacement of Sakib or Tamim. Compared to Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, Ireland and Afghanistan have improved a lot.
None of those experienced players will take the retirement soon. Most probably they will play 1 or 2 more ODI world cup for Bangladesh team before taking retirement. Moreover they have already got some young talented players. As example Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Afif Hossain, Mustafizur Rahman and few more like them. Most of them are still new in the main squad of their national cricket team. But they will be the key players of Bangladesh team within next few years. 
While other teams (such as Bangladesh and Afghanistan) are improving their performance, Sri Lanka is perhaps the only test playing nation whose performance has gone down.
Not only Sri Lanka, but also Bangladesh's performance in the last two years has been bad. And if their experienced players Mahmudulla, Sakib, Tamim and Mushfiq retire, Bangladesh will be in the same situation as Sri Lanka. Because, they have not yet been able to produce young talented players for the replacement of Sakib or Tamim. Compared to Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, Ireland and Afghanistan have improved a lot.
There are no world-class star players in the Sri Lankan squad. I miss the Sri Lankan squad a few years ago. When players like Sangakkara, Jayawardene, Malinga and Dilshan were in the Sri Lankan team. Perera and Mendis are talented players. Even if they were in the team, maybe the Sri Lankan team could have fought hard against India to win. I don't think there is any potential to win a match against India.
Sometimes I feel that the Sri Lankan team is sliding to oblivion. Given their recent performances, I don't think that they can remain competitive against the top teams in cricket. Hard to believe that this is the same team that was crowned as the champions two and half decades ago, during the ODI world cup. Back then, they had world class players, such as Sanath Jayasuriya, Muthiah Muralidaran, Aravinda de Silva and Arjuna Ranatunga. While other teams (such as Bangladesh and Afghanistan) are improving their performance, Sri Lanka is perhaps the only test playing nation whose performance has gone down.
I checked the Sri Lankan squad. I did not see a single experienced player in their squad. Moreover, I did not see any experienced and well-known players. Such a team can never expect a win against India. Because India is much more experienced than them. Although India has sent a second tier team to Sri Lanka, there are many experienced players in the Indian squad.
Who is remaining as experienced player? After Lasith Malinga retired, they are in a state of disarray. Among those who are playing right now, I would pick Angelo Mathews, Dimuth Karunaratne and Suranga Lakmal as the best. But even their best is below the level of irregular Indian players such as Ishan Kishan and Deepak Chahar. Angelo Mathews and Dimuth Karunaratne are having a few issues with SLCB and are refusing to play. Another three players were suspended for the bio-bubble breach and not available for selection (Kusal Mendis, Niroshan Dickwella and Danushka Gunathilaka). To round off everything, Kusal Perera is out with an injury.
There are no world-class star players in the Sri Lankan squad. I miss the Sri Lankan squad a few years ago. When players like Sangakkara, Jayawardene, Malinga and Dilshan were in the Sri Lankan team. Perera and Mendis are talented players. Even if they were in the team, maybe the Sri Lankan team could have fought hard against India to win. I don't think there is any potential to win a match against India.
I checked the Sri Lankan squad. I did not see a single experienced player in their squad. Moreover, I did not see any experienced and well-known players. Such a team can never expect a win against India. Because India is much more experienced than them. Although India has sent a second tier team to Sri Lanka, there are many experienced players in the Indian squad.
Who is remaining as experienced player? After Lasith Malinga retired, they are in a state of disarray. Among those who are playing right now, I would pick Angelo Mathews, Dimuth Karunaratne and Suranga Lakmal as the best. But even their best is below the level of irregular Indian players such as Ishan Kishan and Deepak Chahar. Angelo Mathews and Dimuth Karunaratne are having a few issues with SLCB and are refusing to play. Another three players were suspended for the bio-bubble breach and not available for selection (Kusal Mendis, Niroshan Dickwella and Danushka Gunathilaka). To round off everything, Kusal Perera is out with an injury.
Yah the way Indian spinners bowled was amazing. They took wickets and yes that really contributed a lot. Dhawan's lead with young players was thrilling today. IPL really brought these young players more confidence and exposure which was the base for them to rock today. Expected a quick win by 25th over. However, it was a good treat on Sunday for all WFH.
This defeat is very embarrassing for Sri Lanka. Hopefully after this defeat, they will try to perform better. I was kind of sure Sri Lanka would be defeated. But I didn't think they would lose so badly against India's second-tier team. The board had no long-term plans for the Sri Lankan team. So after the retirement of experienced players, they are now very unstable.
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Yah the way Indian spinners bowled was amazing. They took wickets and yes that really contributed a lot. Dhawan's lead with young players was thrilling today. IPL really brought these young players more confidence and exposure which was the base for them to rock today. Expected a quick win by 25th over. However, it was a good treat on Sunday for all WFH.
This defeat is very embarrassing for Sri Lanka. Hopefully after this defeat, they will try to perform better. I was kind of sure Sri Lanka would be defeated. But I didn't think they would lose so badly against India's second-tier team. The board had no long-term plans for the Sri Lankan team. So after the retirement of experienced players, they are now very unstable.
There are many funny memes going on in social media and i am sure Arjuna Ranatunga is no watching how Sri Lanka is performing to make a comment like that, now after the cry about India sending a second string team as an insult they should be thanking the BCCI that they sent a team that could easily defeat them, but he is most probably not watching cricket as India sent a strong team that performed well in the IPL and other domestic tournaments.
India won with more than one-third of their overs to spare. If Sri Lanka is performing like this against a "second string" Indian side, and that too at home, then they should not be playing ODI matches against teams like India. Ranatunga should have rather focused on the poor state of Sri Lanka, as far as the World Cup Super League is concerned. Sri Lanka has just one win to their name after 10 matches. It looks very unlikely that they will be able to finish among the top-8 this time (which provides automatic qualification for the ODI world cup).
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India cruising to victory and Arjuna Ranatunga should be hiding for his criticism
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There are many funny memes going on in social media and i am sure Arjuna Ranatunga is no watching how Sri Lanka is performing to make a comment like that, now after the cry about India sending a second string team as an insult they should be thanking the BCCI that they sent a team that could easily defeat them, but he is most probably not watching cricket as India sent a strong team that performed well in the IPL and other domestic tournaments. India cruising to victory and Arjuna Ranatunga should be hiding for his criticism
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As I said earlier, no prediction can be made about the performance of the Bangladesh team. With no continuity of the performance of their players. In today's match, Zimbabwe batted first and gave Bangladesh a target of 241 runs. But Bangladesh lost their valuable 3 wickets in just 50 runs. But I am happy because after a long time we can see a good inning from Shakib. He has scored 63 runs and is still at the crease.
If Zimbabwe wins today's game, then they will gain 10 very valuable points. Given their next 3-match series is against Ireland, there is still a chance that Zimbabwe need to play qualifier tournament for the next ODI world cup. BTW, Bangladesh doesn't have much to worry, as they are already comfortably placed in the Cricket World Cup Super League. Zimbabwe's win will be more of a headache for team such as South Africa and Sri Lanka (with today's win, Zimbabwe will move to 12th position, while Sri Lanka will be relegated to 13th).
Zimbabwe also lost today's match. With the help of Shakib Al Hasan's excellent performance, the Bangladesh team has won today. Shakib Al Hasan has made a great comeback today. Shakib has not performed well in the last many matches. Although he was successful with the ball, after a long time we saw better batting than him. He has performed well today in the needs of the team. If Shakib did not play well today, Bangladesh would not win.
Zimbabwe once again lost a match from a winning position. I would rate Brendan Taylor as the worst captain in international cricket right now. The way he got out (hit wicket) was really appalling. And then he made the wrong moves while Bangladesh were chasing the target. I was perplexed when he called up Tendai Chatara to bowl the 49th over. If Zimbabwe had even a slight chance for a win, they lost it at that point. Richard Ngarava and Luke Jongwe had overs left with them, and they could have bowled the penultimate over instead of Chatara.
Congratulations to India for such a massive win. They just destroyed Sri Lanka. Feels bad for Ranatunga...
Yah the way Indian spinners bowled was amazing. They took wickets and yes that really contributed a lot. Dhawan's lead with young players was thrilling today. IPL really brought these young players more confidence and exposure which was the base for them to rock today. Expected a quick win by 25th over. However, it was a good treat on Sunday for all WFH.
As I said earlier, no prediction can be made about the performance of the Bangladesh team. With no continuity of the performance of their players. In today's match, Zimbabwe batted first and gave Bangladesh a target of 241 runs. But Bangladesh lost their valuable 3 wickets in just 50 runs. But I am happy because after a long time we can see a good inning from Shakib. He has scored 63 runs and is still at the crease.
If Zimbabwe wins today's game, then they will gain 10 very valuable points. Given their next 3-match series is against Ireland, there is still a chance that Zimbabwe need to play qualifier tournament for the next ODI world cup. BTW, Bangladesh doesn't have much to worry, as they are already comfortably placed in the Cricket World Cup Super League. Zimbabwe's win will be more of a headache for team such as South Africa and Sri Lanka (with today's win, Zimbabwe will move to 12th position, while Sri Lanka will be relegated to 13th).
Zimbabwe also lost today's match. With the help of Shakib Al Hasan's excellent performance, the Bangladesh team has won today. Shakib Al Hasan has made a great comeback today. Shakib has not performed well in the last many matches. Although he was successful with the ball, after a long time we saw better batting than him. He has performed well today in the needs of the team. If Shakib did not play well today, Bangladesh would not win.
Zimbabwe once again lost a match from a winning position. I would rate Brendan Taylor as the worst captain in international cricket right now. The way he got out (hit wicket) was really appalling. And then he made the wrong moves while Bangladesh were chasing the target. I was perplexed when he called up Tendai Chatara to bowl the 49th over. If Zimbabwe had even a slight chance for a win, they lost it at that point. Richard Ngarava and Luke Jongwe had overs left with them, and they could have bowled the penultimate over instead of Chatara.
Congratulations to India for such a massive win. They just destroyed Sri Lanka. Feels bad for Ranatunga...
It is foolish to consider teams like Bangladesh and Sri Lanka by ranking. They themselves do not know when these teams will perform well against which team. If they perform well in a match against a big team, they will perform so badly in the next 3 matches that we will no longer want to enjoy their match.
In today's match Bangladesh would have scared many wagging a bet for them, i think the odds were not that big for Bangladesh to win but they started loosing wickets and at one point i thought Zimbabwe will win the match and Shakib Al Hasan played one of his best innings in recent times when it mattered and took the team home after giving the Bangladesh fans some scare from the beginning.India cruising to victory and Arjuna Ranatunga should be hiding for his criticism
. I thought it will be an easy win for Bangladesh but they made it difficult and their only positive aspect is that Shakib Al Hasan is still in the crease and they need 18 more runs in 16 balls and it is not a huge task in the T20 era but their tail is exposed and Shakib Al Hasan needs to stay till the end for them to win the match, kudos to Bangladesh for making this an interesting match .
A great ending of the match, at least it wasn't a one side match like the first ODI. And it was hard to keep any team ahead during death overs. Shakib did a great job today and Saifuddin deserve respects. Despite being a lower order batsman he played nicely under pressure. On the other hand, India going to get an easy victory against Sri Lanka..BTW, I have placed a multi bet on Bangladesh, India and England (T20) win. Seems like Pakistan will win this match and I will loss the bet.
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As I said earlier, no prediction can be made about the performance of the Bangladesh team. With no continuity of the performance of their players. In today's match, Zimbabwe batted first and gave Bangladesh a target of 241 runs. But Bangladesh lost their valuable 3 wickets in just 50 runs. But I am happy because after a long time we can see a good inning from Shakib. He has scored 63 runs and is still at the crease.
If Zimbabwe wins today's game, then they will gain 10 very valuable points. Given their next 3-match series is against Ireland, there is still a chance that Zimbabwe need to play qualifier tournament for the next ODI world cup. BTW, Bangladesh doesn't have much to worry, as they are already comfortably placed in the Cricket World Cup Super League. Zimbabwe's win will be more of a headache for team such as South Africa and Sri Lanka (with today's win, Zimbabwe will move to 12th position, while Sri Lanka will be relegated to 13th).
Zimbabwe also lost today's match. With the help of Shakib Al Hasan's excellent performance, the Bangladesh team has won today. Shakib Al Hasan has made a great comeback today. Shakib has not performed well in the last many matches. Although he was successful with the ball, after a long time we saw better batting than him. He has performed well today in the needs of the team. If Shakib did not play well today, Bangladesh would not win.
Bangladesh needs 31 runs in the last 5 overs to win. Shakib Al Hasan and Mohammad Saifuddin are in the crease. Both are good batsmen. Shakib is playing great today. He has already scored 84 runs. Saifuddin has been able to 15. Bangladesh team seems to win today's match.
I thought it will be an easy win for Bangladesh but they made it difficult and their only positive aspect is that Shakib Al Hasan is still in the crease and they need 18 more runs in 16 balls and it is not a huge task in the T20 era but their tail is exposed and Shakib Al Hasan needs to stay till the end for them to win the match, kudos to Bangladesh for making this an interesting match .Hahaha, Bangladesh team makes all easy wins difficult. However, I am happy because Bangladesh did not lose this match. Bangladesh has won the series. Zimbabwe played very well in today's match. Their bowlers are doing great. The team seems to be slowly stabilizing.
Bangladesh needs 31 runs in the last 5 overs to win. Shakib Al Hasan and Mohammad Saifuddin are in the crease. Both are good batsmen. Shakib is playing great today. He has already scored 84 runs. Saifuddin has been able to 15. Bangladesh team seems to win today's match.
I thought it will be an easy win for Bangladesh but they made it difficult and their only positive aspect is that Shakib Al Hasan is still in the crease and they need 18 more runs in 16 balls and it is not a huge task in the T20 era but their tail is exposed and Shakib Al Hasan needs to stay till the end for them to win the match, kudos to Bangladesh for making this an interesting match .Hahaha, Bangladesh team makes all easy wins difficult. However, I am happy because Bangladesh did not lose this match. Bangladesh has won the series. Zimbabwe played very well in today's match. Their bowlers are doing great. The team seems to be slowly stabilizing.
Bangladesh needs 31 runs in the last 5 overs to win. Shakib Al Hasan and Mohammad Saifuddin are in the crease. Both are good batsmen. Shakib is playing great today. He has already scored 84 runs. Saifuddin has been able to 15. Bangladesh team seems to win today's match.
I thought it will be an easy win for Bangladesh but they made it difficult and their only positive aspect is that Shakib Al Hasan is still in the crease and they need 18 more runs in 16 balls and it is not a huge task in the T20 era but their tail is exposed and Shakib Al Hasan needs to stay till the end for them to win the match, kudos to Bangladesh for making this an interesting match . As I said earlier, no prediction can be made about the performance of the Bangladesh team. With no continuity of the performance of their players. In today's match, Zimbabwe batted first and gave Bangladesh a target of 241 runs. But Bangladesh lost their valuable 3 wickets in just 50 runs. But I am happy because after a long time we can see a good inning from Shakib. He has scored 63 runs and is still at the crease.
Bangladesh needs 31 runs in the last 5 overs to win. Shakib Al Hasan and Mohammad Saifuddin are in the crease. Both are good batsmen. Shakib is playing great today. He has already scored 84 runs. Saifuddin has been able to 15. Bangladesh team seems to win today's match.
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Sri Lanka managed to score only 262 runs. We have to remember that Sri Lanka is playing against the second-tier team of India. India's top star players will not play in this series. Sri Lanka said it was an insult to them. But I think Sri Lanka will lose all the matches against this team of India. India scored 45 runs in 4 overs without losing a wicket. Prithivi Shaw scored 35 runs off 18 balls.
The comments of insult for India sending a team should put more pressure on Sri Lanka as they is no way they are going to defeat India even with some of their top players missing from the team because their bench strength is huge and even a third string team could defeat Sri Lanka having a team like this who is not competitive and India had a flying start chasing the score and Prithvi Shaw once again threw his wicket after a great start.I agree with you. Even if India had sent a third-tier team to play against Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka could not have won against them. The condition of the Sri Lankan team is very bad now. There are no good players in this experienced team. India, on the other hand, has a lot of talented and young players. 10 overs of Power Play are over, India has scored 91 runs, and losing just 1 wicket. India need only 172 runs to win.
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