Sangakkara praises Perera

Chinthana wasala

Sri Lanka skipper Kumar Sangakkara praised Man of the Match Thisara Perera who did most of the damage to the Indian batting line-up, lifting the hosts to the final of the Micromax triangular tournament on Sunday..

Thisara Perera took a career best 5 wickets for 28, his maiden five wicket haul. Sri Lankan wrapped up the Indians for a total score of 103 in 33.4 overs which they chased down the target early with a bonus point with 34.5 overs to spare. Giving his best after being called in back into the team, Perera bettered his previous best in all forms of cricket.

“He is a quality seamer, very successful against India in all his outings, so we thought it would be the right move, and it really worked for us.” said Sangakkara at the post match press briefing.

His performances will be bothering the selectors in deciding a final team of 11 as Thisara Perera is now head to head with few other all rounders for a spot, such as Ferveez Maharoof, Jeevan Mendis and Anjelo Mathews. In Sangakkara’s opinion, the selectors would have to consider him for the next World Cup, along with the promising youngster Dinesh Chandimal and Jeevan Mendis. All of them will heat up the race for the final team.

Sangakkara stated that ‘even before the Test series we have been for UDRS and the only reason I believe why we did not have referral system throughout the Test series and through this series was because India did not want UDRS,” Sangakkara said at the post-match press conference when asked about the bad decisions.

“Well, sometimes decisions work for you and sometimes they are against you. But if everything has to be fair use technology, make it even,” he said. “The ICCshould make technology compulsory now because if some sides are using it and some series we are playing without technology I don’t think that is right. Everyone should use technology. If it is a must,” he added.