Sri Lanka skipper Dasun Shanaka’s unbeaten 88-ball 108 will put him within the “IPL market” once more, feels their head coach Chris Silverwood.
Chasing a mammoth 374, Sri Lanka have been gazing a giant loss after being lowered to 179 for 7 however Shanaka, batting at No 6, gave them a faint hope together with his counter-attacking knock as they managed 306 for 8 to accept a 67-run loss right here on Tuesday.
“I believe he (Shanaka) has completed himself a world of fine,” Silverwood stated on the post-match media interplay right here.
Shanaka, who had a base worth of Rs 50 lakh, went unsold on the IPL 2023 public sale held in Kochi final month.
“He has put himself within the market now. I’m positive the (IPL) franchises might be taking a look at him and seeing how dynamic a cricketer he’s. He is a good striker of the ball, so hopefully, he’ll get a possibility.” This was Shanaka’s second ODI century as he carried on his kind from the T20I collection the place he was their prime run-getter with 124 runs at a strike charge of 187.87.
Guwahati: Sri Lankan batsman Dasun Shanaka celebrates his century in the course of the 1st ODI match between India and Sri Lanka at Barsapara stadium, in Guwahati, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023. (PTI Picture/Swapan Mahapatra)
Requested if Sri Lanka have been over-reliant on Shanaka, the coach stated: “I don’t assume we rely (solely) on Dasun. He’s in an excellent vein of kind for the time being, so clearly he’s shining.
“If you happen to look, we had Pathum (Nissanka) additionally rating runs right this moment. I believed the partnership between him and Dhananjaya (de Silva) gave us some momentum after they have been collectively.” Opener Nissanka made 72 from 80 balls, whereas Dhananjaya scored 47.
“We’ve seen over a time period that every particular person at instances has put their fingers up and been counted. So I’m not overly nervous about that.
“Clearly, we want them to place their fingers up extra, particularly on superb tracks like this, to place that combat up, to construct partnerships. In order that’s a relentless work,” the coach stated.
Put in to bat, India acquired off to a flier with Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill including 143 runs for the opening wicket. Thereafter, it was a Virat Kohli present as he scored his forty fifth ODI century to take them to 373/7.
Silverwood stated their bowling lacked self-discipline, whereas two dropped catches of Kohli additionally dragged them again.
“Clearly, we didn’t get off to the perfect begin,” Silverwood stated after the match.
“If I’ve to be brutally trustworthy, our self-discipline within the first ten overs was missing at instances, and we allowed India to get off to a very good begin. This can be a high-scoring floor. India knew that they needed to get off to a very good begin and we allowed them to do this.
“They gained momentum from that and we needed to push again on a regular basis to attempt to put the brakes on. And I believe we did that for a time period. However when you could have a category batting line-up as India have, then it’s troublesome to cease them.” Sri Lanka’s fielding was discovered wanting as properly. They dropped Kohli twice, first on 52 after which on 81. He went on to attain 113 off simply 87 balls.
“Yeah, clearly they have been pricey. Moments like which might be very vital in a recreation like this — we knew it was going to be a high-scoring one.
“And everyone knows for those who give a participant of Virat’s calibre alternatives, he would take it. And that’s precisely what he did right this moment.
“After all, it was a wonderful knock, however had we taken these alternatives he offered, you by no means know,” he concluded.