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SriLankawillhaveittoughagainstIndia:Jayasuriya
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THEHINDU
SanathJayasuriya.
Afterlosingsomeofitsbigstars,SriLankancricketisgoingthroughatoughperiod.Thesignalscomingfromtheislandnationarenotvery
promisingeither.
ThirtyfouryearoldJehanMubarakwasbroughtbacktotheSriLankanteamaftereightyearsforthecountryslastTestagainstPakistanin
Kandylastmonthwhichgavetheimpressionthattherecouldbealongtermproblemwithnotmanyqualityjuniorscominguptofilltheslots
leftvacantbytheseniors.
Recentlosses
TherecentlossestothevisitingPakistan,intheTest,ODIandT20series,onlybroughtthepainfulrealitytothefore.
TheIndianswillbetravellingtoSriLankaforathreeTestseriesthismonth.HowisSriLankalookingatthistour?CantheIndiansexpecta
partythere?
WedidntdowellagainstPakistananditwasverydisappointingoverall.
Atthemoment,youhavetounderstandthatSriLankaisgoingthroughabitofaleanperiodaftertheretirementofmostofoursenior
cricketers(Kumar)Sangakkara,Mahela(Jayawardena)and(Tillakaratne)Dilshan.
Wedidntdowell,butwehaveenoughcricketerstocomebackanddowell,saidformerSriLankacaptainSanathJayasuriyahereon
Monday.IndiacomingtoSriLankaisveryimportanttoSriLankacricket,IhopeSriLankaplaysgoodcricketduringthethreeTestseries.
ItsgoingtobetoughforusforIndiaplaysgoodcricketanditisplayingwellatthemoment.Butinourconditions,ourplayersarealso
good.
Experience
Mubaraksreturnwasjusttogiveatouchofexperiencetothebattingorder,explainedSriLankasmasterblaster.
Iknowwhatyourethinkingyourethinking,wedonthaveyoungcricketers.
Wedohave,butunfortunately,sometimes,dependingonthesituation,wemayhavetotryalittlebitofexperienceinourbattingorder,said
Jayasuriya,whowasinKochionMondayforapromotionalevent.
AfterSanga,MahelaandDilshanretired,weneedsomeonewithexperiencetobeintheside.
Talkingaboutgroomingyoungsters,the46yearoldfeltthataquicktryandthrowpolicywouldnotproduceresults.
Ithinkweneedtogiveyoungstersopportunities.Youcantkeepgivingthemoneortwogamesanddroppingthem.
Ifyoustartplayingwithyoungsters,Ithinkwehavetogivethemaboutsixmonthsandmakesuretheygettoplay,onlythenwilltheycome
upwithconfidence,saidJayasuriyawhowasSriLankaCricketsformerchairmanofselectors.
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Ifyoukeepchanging,theywillthinkthattheyaregettingonlyonematchandtheywillbeunderpressure.Ithinktheyshouldgive
youngstersalongperiodiftheyaregivingthemachance.
Doingbasicsright
HewasimpressedwithBangladeshsstunningwinsagainstcricketsgiantslikeSouthAfricaandIndia.
ItsgoodtoseeBangladeshdoingwell.NoonethoughtthatBangladeshwouldcomeuplikethis.
Theymustalsobehavingaverygoodjuniorcricketstructureandagoodclubcricketstructure,thatishowyoubringupcricketers,said
Jayasuriya.
Youcantfindcricketersstraightawayatyourclublevel,youhavetostartfromschoollevelandbringitup.
SoIthinkBangladeshmustbedoingtheirbasicsright.TheyhaveSriLankanChandrikaHathurusinghaastheircoachandheisdoinga
greatjob.
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