Kumar Sangakkara questions Sri Lanka's decision to schedule India tour

[iSK]

After West Indies' dramatic pullout
from the India tour due to pay
dispute with WICB, Sri Lanka Cricket's
decision to fill in with a five-match
ODI series has come in for sharp
criticism from Kumar Sangakkara.
"Our 6 weeks of pure fitness work
ends abruptly. Have a week to do a
months requirement of skills work
before India. Planning ahead
anyone", Kumar Sangakkara asked in
a tweet.

Sri Lankans are currently under an
intense fitness programme conducted
by the former national rugby union
skipper Chandrishan Perera. The
programme was tasked at
conditioning players for the busy
schedule ahead leading up to next
year's World Cup in Australia and
New Zealand.

The current fitness programme was a
sequel to a report filed by the SLC's
chief operations officer Carlton
Bernadus, which had raised concerns
about the fitness levels and the
fielding standards.

Sri Lankans were to face England in a
seven-match home ODI series before
heading off to New Zealand for a
Test and ODI series.

The sudden management decision to
fill in the void due to West Indies'
pull-out from the remainder of India
tour has upset the work schedule of
the Sri Lankans.

Kumar Sangakkara questions Sri Lanka's decision to schedule India tour

 

[iSK]

Kumar Sangakkara took to twitter to
convey his dismay at the last-minute
decision by Sri Lanka to tour India.

The decision was taken by Sri Lanka
Cricket (SLC) after the dramatic pull
out by the West Indies team from
their tour of India. The Board of
Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)
had requested SLC for a short ODI
tour to replace West Indies and it
was immediately agreed to by the Sri
Lankan board.

SLC chief, Nishantha Ranatunga had
said that 'the decision was taken
after consultations with the coaching-
staff and the national selectors.'

However, the decision threw the
spanner in the works of the the Sri
Lankan players who were in the
midst of an intense fitness
programme conducted by the former
national rugby union skipper,
Chandrishan Perera. The programme
was tasked at conditioning players
for the busy schedule ahead leading
up to next year's World Cup in
Australia and New Zealand.

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