India drubbing increased the morale, claims Sri Lanka coach
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COLOMBO: Sri Lanka manager Nic Pothas pronounced on Thursday that a array of thumping defeats by India had strengthened solve and even increased spirit as a patrol seeks emancipation opposite Pakistan after this month.
The islanders were handed a drubbing on home dirt opposite India, losing all 9 games opposite a challenging tourists in a degrading varnish opposite all 3 formats of a game.
Pothas pronounced a varnish had bolstered spirits forward of Sri Lanka’s dual Tests, 5 one-day internationals and 3 T20I matches opposite Pakistan.
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“That [defeat] indeed creates spirit even stronger,” a former South Africa general told reporters forward of a squad’s depart to a United Arab Emirates (UAE), where a debate gets underway on Sep 28.
The patrol had been educated forward of a initial Test to put disastrous broadside out of their mind as Sri Lanka’s press mauls a feeble behaving side.
“They are essay bad things about you. You have a choice. That happens to athletes all around a world… If someone shoots a bullet during you, we can wimp divided or contend ‘You are totally wrong’,” pronounced Pothas.
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In July, Sri Lanka mislaid a three-match ODI array on home dirt to bottom-ranked Zimbabwe, prohibited on a heels of their early exit from a Champions prize in England.
Tempers boiled over as Sri Lanka mislaid a ODI array opposite India in Aug in 3 true matches, with fans booing a home side and lobbing bottles.
But Pothas pronounced a patrol had bounced behind and was training solidly in a run-up to a Pakistan tour.
“We have a few things in place, and of march winning games of cricket builds confidence, though this is a illusory garland of players who are all very, really good friends,” he said.
Former skipper Angelo Mathews was ruled out of a initial Test due to injury. Two uncapped players have been brought into a 15-member squad.
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