Lankans to go daggers drawn with SA
Tillakaratne Dilshan wants consistency from his batsmen
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South Africa being the host of the Test series and the ODI series with Sri Lanka has already won the test series with a score of 2-1. This has further excited the 1st ODI between the two teams, which will be played today, and neither of them wants to let go of this series.
Sri Lanka is a formidable opponent and has finished the World Cup of April 2011 as runners up. This poses a tougher challenge to South Africa.
Recently, Sri Lanka has suffered quite a few losses in ODI as well as Test series and hopefully the team will regain the former position and create history in the South Africa’s ODI series.
Squads:
South Africa: AB de Villiers (capt/wkt), Hashim Amla (vice-capt), Johan Botha, J.P. Duminy, Faf du Plessis, Jacques Kallis, Rory Kleinveldt, Albie Morkel, Morne Morkel, Wayne Parnell, Robin Peterson, Graeme Smith, Dale Steyn, Lonwabo Tsotsobe
Sri Lanka: Tillakaratne Dilshan (capt), Angelo Mathews (vice-capt), Dinesh Chandimal (wkt), Dilhara Fernando, Rangana Herath, Mahela Jayawardene, Kosala Kulasekara, Nuwan Kulasekara, Lasith Malinga, Ajantha Mendis, Thisara Perera, Dhammika Prasad, Kumar Sangakkara (wkt), Upul Tharanga, Lahiru Thirimanne.
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