Malinga is Ready to Defend Sri Lanka

Malinga to the fore as Sri Lanka defends:



Lasith Malinga grinned a great deal, threw them in quick and threw them in moderate, and in simply the first over of the United Arab Emirates answer in its Asia Cup 2016 installation at Sher-e-Bangla Stadium in Mirpur on Thursday (February 25), the skipper had swung the diversion Sri Lanka's way.

Sri Lanka had set up a less than impressive 129 for 8. Yet, once Malinga, in his rebound match, had strutted his stuff with an inswinger into the left-gave Rohan Mustafa and a slower yorker that Mohammad Shahzad had no response to, even that resembled a huge aggregate. Nuwan Kulasekara then struck twice in the fourth over of the innings, and UAE's trusts of an annoyed triumph began to vanish.

Be that as it may, Swapnil Patil, the wicketkeeper-batsman, and Amjad Javed, the chief, battled the great battle valiantly. Be that as it may, up against a decided Sri Lankan outfit, drove by Malinga's 4 for 26, they just figured out how to postpone the certain – a 14-run rout, as UAE finished on 115 for 9.

In the first place up, requested that bat, Sri Lanka began well, regardless of the fact that Mohammad Naveed, specifically, suggested a significant number of conversation starters to Tillakaratne Dilshan and Dinesh Chandimal, the opening batsmen. Dilshan was twice made to watch somewhat strange, Naveed getting perplexing bob.

Be that as it may, despite the fact that Sri Lanka didn't hurry away, Dilshan got pace in the third over of the innings, peppering the leg side ropes with three fours off Naveed.

Chandimal joined in with a six and a four off Qadeer Ahmed in the following, and Sri Lanka had scored 49 in the Power Play and 68 before the end of the ninth over.

In any case, the script changed once Amjad returned for his second over. Ahmed Raza had put the brakes on by giving ceaselessly only five keeps running in his initial two overs, and Amjad promoted. Dilshan, who hadn't looked familiar, pulled from outside off straight to Muhammad Usman at profound midwicket in the wake of scoring 27 from 28 balls. Milinda Siriwardena miscued a draw in Amjad's next over, and in Amjad's last, Chandimal, who had achieved his half-century the past ball, trudged straight to midwicket. Chandimal hit seven fours and a six in his 39-ball 50, and looked strong in what was another batting position for him.