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Fielding manager R Sridhar connected Saturday (February 21, 2026) said Sri Lanka has moved connected from their location 0-3 drubbing by England successful the run-up to the T20 World Cup, and believed that his broadside is present amended equipped to respond to antithetic situations successful Sunday's (February 22, 2026) Super Eights lucifer against the Three Lions.
England whitewashed Sri Lanka successful a three-match T20I bid conscionable 7 days earlier the commencement of the ongoing T20 World Cup, but Sridhar did not number that arsenic a deterrent successful producing a bully outing against Harry Brook's side.
"At this signifier of this tournament, it's a batch antithetic from what a bilateral bid is. I mean, bilateral bid and backstage leagues, there's nary unit arsenic overmuch arsenic it would beryllium successful a World Cup Super-8 game. And it is for each teams. It is for each teams, whether it is England, whether it is Sri Lanka, whether it is India oregon Pakistan, whoever it is, erstwhile you're playing a ace 8 game, you volition not play with the aforesaid state arsenic you would bash successful a bilateral oregon a backstage league," Sridhar said successful the pre-match property conference.
"So, the unit volition beryllium the aforesaid for some teams. The teams which bash things correctly nether pressure, the teams which marque lesser mistakes is the squad that is apt to spell through," helium added.
Despite the dense reversal, the erstwhile India fielding manager said determination were a batch of affirmative takeaways from the bid against England.
"We played, I retrieve the archetypal game, we were bundled retired for 130-odd and determination are a mates of learnings from that arsenic a batting unit. We learned instantly successful the adjacent game, we posted a people of 180, 190, I guess. Then determination was a spot of a rainfall interruption and we saw immoderate bully batting astatine the backmost extremity from Tom Banton and the remainder of the squad which took the crippled away.
"So, that was a learning but we don't person the aforesaid bowlers now. (Wanindu) Hasaranga who played that crippled is injured. Matheesha (Pathirana) who played that crippled is injured. He's not available. So, somewhat depleted successful the bowling front. But astatine the aforesaid time, we've taken the lessons forward.
"I'm not talking astir the 3rd crippled due to the fact that that is not the benignant of a transportation I conjecture we'll beryllium playing connected tomorrow. So yeah, we played capable against this squad to beryllium capable to respond to antithetic situations, to antithetic batters. We saw them play successful India arsenic well, astatine the Wankhede wherever the shot was gripping a bit. So yea we got the plans successful place," helium said.
Sridhar said the bowlers request to execute their plans amended to restrict the explosive English batting line-up.
"England squad evidently is 1 of the champion successful the world. They person immoderate large powerfulness hitters. So, we would beryllium relying connected our bowlers to benignant of execute the plans with much clarity and effort and travel back.
"There are going to beryllium moments erstwhile you're going to beryllium deed for a six, four, again and again but we're going to effort and travel backmost and look for that one-dot ball, look to decorativeness the implicit well, and look to complement our spouse successful the bowling, worldly similar that, truthful that we tin person a precise competitory game.
"I mean the team, they cognize what is required from them astatine this signifier and similar each bully teams bash it's precise important to bespeak larn and determination connected whether you had bully crippled oregon whether you had a loss, it is important for the squad to determination connected and absorption connected what they request to bash for the adjacent game," helium said.
Sridhar said Sri Lanka were a spot complacent successful the decision against Zimbabwe successful their past radical match.
"I deliberation that was a bully acquisition — Zimbabwe game. I deliberation determination could person been a small spot of complacency aft the people we enactment up connected the committee connected that pitch. But that was again a fantastic acquisition to larn and yes, we were beneath par successful presumption of fielding wrong the interior ring," helium said.
"That is thing which has been spoken astir already and this crushed volition astir apt beryllium a antithetic situation due to the fact that the outfield being nether covers for truthful galore times and truthful overmuch of enactment happening connected the crushed it's going to beryllium a situation to beryllium truly flash and superb connected this crushed truthful we'll person to look astatine the strategies we accommodate arsenic a fielding squad connected this outfield," helium added.
