SL skipper Dasun Shanaka: Knew spin would play major role
Updated On: 24 October, 2022 08:08 AM IST | Hobart | PTI
Kusal Mendis then complemented the bowlers with a 43-ball 68 as Sri Lanka registered an easy chase to overhaul the target with five overs to spare and make a winning start to the super 12 stage
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Sri Lanka’s Maheesh Theekshana (centre) celebrates an Irish wicket with teammates at Hobart yesterday. Pic/Getty Images
Sri Lanka captain Dasun Shanaka on Sunday credited the spinners for their dominating nine-wicket win over Ireland in a T20 World Cup match, saying keeping spin options for the death overs did the trick.
It was the bowling unit, especially spin duo of Maheesh Theekshana (2-19) and Wanindu Hasaranga (2-25), who set up the win by restricting Ireland to 128-8.
“Really happy with the way we’ve played the game, we set out to do some things and did well. We knew spin would play a major role, we knew they’d like pace, so we kept a lot of spin for the back-end,” Shanaka said at the post-match presentation ceremony here.
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