ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 is just a few days away. Every team is gearing up well. But before the World Cup it was buzzing, Sri Lankan captain Dasun Shanaka will step down from captaincy ahead of the World Cup. But a source in the Sri Lankan cricket board has said Dasun Shanaka Will continue leading Sri Lanka in the World Cup.
The Situation:
ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 is ringing the bell on October 5. In the inaugural match, England will face New Zealand. Sri Lanka’s World Cup journey will start on October 7 against South Africa in Delhi. At this high time, it was buzzing that Dasun Shanaka would step down from captaincy. People were saying this was not a good decision taken by Shanaka. But in the middle of the buzz, a source of the Sri Lankan Cricket board has said that in the World Cup, Dasun Shanaka will continue playing as captain.
Dasun shanaka’s contribution:
Dasun Shanaka has been the best captain of the Sri Lankan team. He made his ODI debut on June 16, 2016 against Ireland. Till now he played 62 ODI matches and scored 1164 runs. Coming to the captaincy record, earlier in his career he was appointed as T20 captain of Sri Lanka. Despite his successful T20 captaincy, the Sri Lankan Cricket Board handed over the ODI captaincy to him. To date, he played 39 ODI matches as captain. He made his captaincy debut on 18 July 2021 against India. As a captain, he scored 503 runs and took 17 wickets in ODI. He won 58% of ODI matches he played as captain. He registered 23 wins in 39 ODI matches.
In the Asia Cup 2023, Sri Lanka faced India in the final. It was a nightmare for them. They got all out for 50 runs. Any of their batters didn’t stand tall in front of Indian bowlers. Mohammed Siraj single-handedly took the match away from the opponent. He took 6 wickets in just 21 runs.
Before the World Cup, Sri Lanka will play two warm-up matches. One is against Bangladesh on September 29 and the other one is against Afghanistan on October 3. On November 2, Sri Lanka will face India after their defeat against India. They will be ready to take revenge. This year India is hosting the World Cup. The last time in 2011 when India was the host, they lifted the trophy. In that match, Sri Lanka was the opponent. In this World Cup. Sri Lanka has a very balanced side. Fans are excited to see what happens in the next.
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