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Return of Thirimanne to bolster Sri Lanka

The return of Thirimanne adds stability to the Lankan batting.

In spite of losing the game in the end, the Sri Lankan side would have taken a lot of heart from how they fought back after a good start by the Indian openers. Dananjaya’s spell seemed to have lifted the mood in the camp as the Lankan fielders put on a spirited fielding display in the latter half of the innings.

For the remainder of the series, Sri Lanka will be without their captain Upul Tharanga and opener Danushka Gunathilaka, who has been ruled due to a shoulder injury. However, Tharanga, serving a two-match ban for slow over-rate, had been in no good form with the bat either. Dinesh Chandimal and Lahiru Thirimanne have been rushed into the squad as replacements. This worked in the third ODI but unfortunately, Chandimal has already been ruled out with injury but Thirimanne, who scored a fifty on his return could give the stability and balance the batting order was missing in the first couple of games.