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Former Sri Lankan cricket captain Sanath Jayasuriya believes Sri Lanka will have a difficult time against India in their upcoming three-Test series. Sri Lanka recently lost test, ODI, and T20 series against visiting Pakistan, exposing weaknesses after the retirement of senior players like Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardena, and Tillakaratne Dilshan. Jayasuriya hopes Sri Lanka can play good cricket against India but acknowledges India is playing well currently. He stresses the need to give young Sri Lankan players long run of 6 months or more to develop confidence instead of dropping them after one or two games.

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Sri Lanka Will Have It Tough Against India - Jayasuriya - The Hindu

Former Sri Lankan cricket captain Sanath Jayasuriya believes Sri Lanka will have a difficult time against India in their upcoming three-Test series. Sri Lanka recently lost test, ODI, and T20 series against visiting Pakistan, exposing weaknesses after the retirement of senior players like Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardena, and Tillakaratne Dilshan. Jayasuriya hopes Sri Lanka can play good cricket against India but acknowledges India is playing well currently. He stresses the need to give young Sri Lankan players long run of 6 months or more to develop confidence instead of dropping them after one or two games.

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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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