Must forget Test series: Tharanga
Sri Lanka ODI skipper Upul Tharanga today said that they will have to quickly forget the 0-3 drubbing in the Test series and draw confidence from their win over India in the Champions Trophy.
"We have got to forget the Test series and the mistakes we made. We are heading for a new format and are looking forward to it. That's the most important thing," Tharanga said on the eve of the first ODI of the five-match series.
"India have been very consistent in the last three-four years. In comparison, we lack consistency and that has been a big drawback. Our fielding has been terrible. We have dropped catches.
“But we have the confidence having beaten India in the Champions Trophy (in June). No one thought that we would beat them. If you take the last series, our batting was also good," the captain insisted.
India have rested their Test bowling line-up of Ravichandran Ashwin, Mohammed Shami, Ravindra Jadeja and Umesh Yadav from the ODI squad. But, even with the less experienced bowling attack, India would start as the outright favourites.
However, Tharanga admitted that the exclusion of those bowlers did not make India a weaker side and asked his players not to underestimate them.
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