Five things to know about the Sri Lanka team to play at the World Twenty20 tournament in Bangladesh:
THIRD TIME A CHARM Sri Lanka has twice reached the World T20 final but so far failed to win the title.
THE BIG THREE Mahela Jayawardene, Kumar Sangakkara and Tillakaratne Dilshan all are likely to feature
heavily in what will almost certainly be their last World T20 events. The trio boasts a wealth of international experience and features in one of the strongest batting lineups in the tournament.
They are among the top four run-scorers in the World T20s, each having played 25 matches.
Jayawardene has scored 858 runs in the four previous tournaments 194 runs ahead of West Indian power-hitter Chris Gayle (664) and well clear of Dilshan (632) and Sangakkara (590).
YOUTH AND EXPERIENCE Dinesh Chandimal was last year selected as Sri Lanka's youngest T20 captain at the age of 23. Although Chandimal averages just 13.36 in 23 international Twenty20s.
MALINGA AND MENDIS Lasith Malinga's toe-crushing yorkers and the unorthodox spin of Ajantha Mendis are the most powerful bowling weapons in Sri Lanka's armory.
PHENOMINAL FIELDING Sri Lanka's agility in the field can be compared with the benchmarks set by test powers South Africa and Australia, Sri Lanka makes opposition batsmen work hard to score boundaries or convert singles into twos.
THIRD TIME A CHARM Sri Lanka has twice reached the World T20 final but so far failed to win the title.
THE BIG THREE Mahela Jayawardene, Kumar Sangakkara and Tillakaratne Dilshan all are likely to feature
heavily in what will almost certainly be their last World T20 events. The trio boasts a wealth of international experience and features in one of the strongest batting lineups in the tournament.
They are among the top four run-scorers in the World T20s, each having played 25 matches.
Jayawardene has scored 858 runs in the four previous tournaments 194 runs ahead of West Indian power-hitter Chris Gayle (664) and well clear of Dilshan (632) and Sangakkara (590).
YOUTH AND EXPERIENCE Dinesh Chandimal was last year selected as Sri Lanka's youngest T20 captain at the age of 23. Although Chandimal averages just 13.36 in 23 international Twenty20s.
MALINGA AND MENDIS Lasith Malinga's toe-crushing yorkers and the unorthodox spin of Ajantha Mendis are the most powerful bowling weapons in Sri Lanka's armory.
PHENOMINAL FIELDING Sri Lanka's agility in the field can be compared with the benchmarks set by test powers South Africa and Australia, Sri Lanka makes opposition batsmen work hard to score boundaries or convert singles into twos.
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