The Sri Lankan T20 cricket team started their practice at the Church Street Park Grounds in North Carolina last Thursday as they have scheduled it till May 25 and will then travel to Florida for two practice matches Sri Lanka Cricket Team manager Mahinda Halangoda said in an exclusive interview to the newspaper: Yesterday’s news.
The Lankan team started practice on Thursday while fielding sessions were held on Saturday due to rain.
Two players Kusal Mendis and Asitha Fernando will join next week while Jayant Liana and throwing coach Vimukthi will join after clearing their visa issues. Lanka Cricket has made good arrangements to start practice with their own money until ICC arranges training from May 25.
All the Sri Lankan players are maintaining their fitness at their best while they still have to adjust to the time difference in the US. where the weather is not too different and 28 to 27 degrees Celsius added Manager Mahinda Halangoda.
Meanwhile Maheesh Theekshana & Dushmantha Chameera also hope to join team during next few days after IPL Tournament in India.
Two warm-up matches against the Netherlands and Ireland will be held in Florida on May 28 and 31, while the first match of the T20 World Cup between the hosts USA and Canada will be held in Dallas on May 2 and West Indies will face Papua on that day. New Guinea in Providence.
Sri Lanka’s first match will be against South Africa on June 3 at the dropping wicket at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York, where it will be the first international match at this venue. Lanka’s second group game against Bangladesh will be held in Dallas on June 7 and in between they will have to give time for training in four days.
Sri Lanka will play against the Netherlands in Gros Islet, Saint Lucia from Nepal in Lauderdale on June 12 and after these group matches, the top two teams will enter the Super Eight round.
