FILE PHOTO: Cricket - First One Day International - Sri Lanka v India - R. Premadasa International Cricket Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka - July 18, 2021 Sri Lanka's Dasun Shanaka in action REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte
DUBAI (Reuters) - Sri Lanka cricket captain Dasun Shanaka is banking on former skipper Mahela Jayawardene's tactical brilliance and the team's youthful exuberance to make the playoffs of the Twenty20 World Cup, the all-rounder said on Saturday.
The 2014 champions find themselves jostling with the game's minnows in the preliminary rounds and need a top-two finish in Group A to make the Super 12 stage.
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