In the pre-match press conference yesterday ahead of today's tri-series final against Bangladesh, Sri Lanka's stand-in captain Dinesh Chandimal expressed the ideas and plans of his team which time and again were uttered by the Tigers under the tutelage of Chandika Hathurusingha, who is now the Lankan coach.
“We have something up our sleeves for tomorrow. Now, with the new coach, we've got some new strategies. We've got a lot of faith in him, and we've got some confidence. We're not thinking about the result. We are always thinking about how to play good cricket when we're in the middle. That's the main change we have in the team,” he added.
“Winning always gives you more confidence going forward. If you have a good coach and don't have good cricketers, you can't get a good result. But if you have good cricketers with a bad coach, you also can't get a good result. Now we're in a mixture, and we'll hope to do well tomorrow -- that's the main thing,” he said.“Actually, we don't think about the result. Especially on home soil, Bangladesh are a really good side. They've got some really good players who've played more than eight to 10 years in international cricket. But we have to execute our game plan and then we're in the game,” said a confident Chandimal.
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