Sri Lanka’s Kusal Mendis won’t change his aggressive batting method after taking up the captaincy two video games into the ICC ODI World Cup. The brand new accountability got here calling after Mendis’s teammate Dasun Shanaka was dominated out of the match with an damage.
Shanaka sustained a thigh muscle damage in Tuesday’s six-wicket loss to Pakistan and the 32-year-old will want three weeks to get better, with Chamika Karunaratne changing him within the squad. Mendis is among the many match’s prime scorers with 198 runs in two video games and his first match as captain shall be Monday’s conflict with Australia who’re additionally with no win within the group stage.
“I’m very blissful to have the captaincy and I hope to play sooner or later in the identical approach as I’ve performed thus far, as a result of I haven’t got something to alter,” Mendis instructed reporters on Sunday.
“I’ve had earlier expertise as a captain. I’ve additionally held the place of captain in apply matches right here. Talking about my batting, I goal to keep up this degree of efficiency. I want taking part in in a way that aligns with the workforce’s necessities,” he added,
Mendis stated Sri Lanka would miss all-rounder Shanaka, describing his absence as a “important drawback”. “As a workforce, we deeply remorse his absence. Furthermore, after we beforehand misplaced Wanidu Hasaranga, we made an addition to the workforce to compensate for his absence,” Mendis stated.