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'Shouldn't have played the shot I played' Jayawardene

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Few things highlight the relentlessness of the current international schedule like Sri Lanka's itinerary over the past few months. A difficult and challenging tour of South Africa was almost immediately followed by a gruelling Commonwealth Bank series in Australia, five days after which they were playing their first match in the Asia Cup. The short gap between tournaments and a massive political rally in Dhaka on Monday meant the first time the Sri Lankans came to the Shere Bangla stadium since they landed in Bangladesh was for their opening match against India. Even Virat Kohli, Man of the Match on Tuesday and a batsman in the form of his life, acknowledged the difficulties in adapting from the bouncier pitches in Australia to the ones in the subcontinent.

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Made mistakes in batting, bowling and fielding - Mahela Jayawardene

Mahela Jayawardene, though, didn't think a lack of Related Links training sessions in Mirpur or a chance to assess the conditions and tailor game-plans earlier than the day Players/Officials: Mahela Jayawardene of the game affected his team. "No not really, I Matches: India v Sri Lanka at Dhaka Series/Tournaments: Asia Cup thought we needed a few days off," Jayawardene Teams: India | Sri Lanka said. "We played five games in ten days in Australia, including travelling, and then had a 24-hour trip to Bangladesh, so we needed two days off, and because of the situation yesterday [Monday], we were forced to rest and I think the boys were quite happy with that. We had a good practice for about an hour and a half before the game, no complaints." The manner in which Sri Lanka's top order set about dismantling India's bowling early in the chase didn't suggest any difficulty in having had to switch continents. Jayawardene's drives, cuts, dabs and pick-up shots towards deep-backward square leg in an hour of controlled aggression had India scrambling to limit the damage. A combination of a pitch that was getting easier to bat on and a speedy outfield also helped Sri Lanka believe they weren't out of it, though India had put on a big score. "Three-hundred, I thought, was gettable on this wicket," Jayawardene said. "We batted really well but we made quite a few mistakes [too], and that has probably cost us the game." One of the mistakes he was referring to was the shot that led to his downfall. Sri Lanka were flying at 124 for 1 in the 19th over when his attempt to run a wide ball very fine to the third-man boundary, ended up being too fine and a catch for MS Dhoni. The fielding, too, was a bit lax - a dropped catch, several close run-out chances missed and some fumbles. In the absence of the rested Lasith Malinga, they also had the problem most teams in world cricket seem to be currently facing: plugging the runs at the end of the innings. Dhoni and Suresh Raina plundered 95 in the final ten as Sri Lanka's bowlers sent down full toss

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after full toss, many of them heading for the pads. "There are a lot of ifs and buts, I should not have played the shot I played, we were cruising at that time. As a team I think we gave away 15 runs on the field, we are a much better fielding side. Our last ten overs of the bowling wasn't disciplined enough, its crucial we don't make mistakes like this against a good opposition." Despite those lapses, Sri Lanka were still in the game when the batting Powerplay was taken in the 36th over of the chase, with both Kumar Sangakkara and Lahiru Thirimanne having settled in. R Ashwin sent both back in an over, as, sweeping, Sangakkara didn't connect well enough, and Thirimanne didn't connect at all. "I thought we were in control of the game for quite some time," Jayawardene said. "Except for my bad shot and two wickets in the first over of the Powerplay - that probably cost us the match." What also scuttled Sri Lanka was the absence of their two allrounders, Angelo Mathews and Thisara Perera. Mathews has shown himself to be adept at closing out matches, while Perera's powerful strikes would have helped the chase. More importantly, Jayawardene would have had more bowling options - he had to resort to using Chamara Kapugedera at one point in the double-century stand between Virat Kohli and Gautam Gambhir. "It is tough to get a combination going, both Thisara and Angelo are injured, we are trying to see what is the best combination we can come up with. Given the wicket, we thought we should play the extra batsman and Mahela Jayawardene: "My bad shot and two wickets in the chase."
Edited by Nikita Bastian Siddarth Ravindran is a sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo Feeds: Siddarth Ravindran ESPN EMEA Ltd. Comments: 7 first over of the Powerplay - that probably cost us the match." A ssociated Press Enlarge

Login - Register to post comments Posted by okaybuddy on (March 14 2012, 05:05 AM GMT) Boring series.. give these players some rest. Posted by fattypatty_Poorna on (March 14 2012, 05:04 AM GMT)

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Whatever said and done, that was a classy knock by Mahela and I think his choice to play that shot was because of the powerplay. But well, too bad and its great of him to admit that his shot was the cause for the momentum to just vaporize. Great stuff. From both teams. Posted by senthil25 on (March 14 2012, 04:38 AM GMT) For Srilanka they need rest so, go and lost to pakistan & go home srilanka..................we want to see India Vs Pakistan in Final.....even though your are good team take some rest....... Posted by anver777 on (March 14 2012, 04:15 AM GMT) Can't understand out of form Kapugedara's role in the team...... i think a genuine bowler who can take vital breakthroughs is a better choice instead. A BIG ???????? Posted by Sakthiivel on (March 14 2012, 04:04 AM GMT) Nothing big surprise, Beating minnows not a big deal. Need to win Pakistan. Real match is on sunday. Posted by SachTLG on (March 14 2012, 03:56 AM GMT) I really don't think Jayawardhana should even consider that he committed a mistake - IMO 1/Sangakkara shouldn't have played that shot - too much thought given on the fact that it was a batting powerplay 2/ Chandimal played a needless shot 3/ Kapugedara shouldn't be playing even in the SL A team. Posted by on (March 14 2012, 03:46 AM GMT)

u played well mahela.....we played without mathews n thisara n malinga...3 main players...need someone there to finish d game thats it... Login - Register to post comments Login

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