Sanath Jayasuriya defends Pallekele as Asia Cup venue

Sri Lanka legend Sanath Jayasuriya on Tuesday defended the selection of Pallekele as one of many venues for the continuing Asia Cup, saying town has witnessed “unusual weather” prior to now few days.

The organisers have are available for criticism for choosing Sri Lanka because the co-host for the Asia Cup and never the UAE, with the second half of India’s contest towards Pakistan being washed out and the match towards Nepal being truncated owing to rain.

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Jayasuriya instructed PTI in an unique interplay that whereas he remembers enjoying cricket again house within the month of September, town of Pallekele was not anticipated to get such rains.

“I think we did, I cannot remember. I played long time ago; we would have played in the months of August and September,” stated Jayasuriya, who got here for the trailer launch of his Sri Lanka teammate Muttiah Muralitharan’s biopic ‘800’.

“We never expected this kind of weather. Normally, in Pallekele, it is a dry zone — you do not get much rains and it is only seasonal rains. In Pallekele, you do not get unusual weather. We cannot help,” Jayasuriya added.

Jayasuriya stated India have a balanced facet within the Asia Cup and their top-order’s battle towards Pakistan’s tempo battery is to not be panicked about.

“They are a very good Indian team. Unfortunately in the Asia Cup (match) it got rained off against Pakistan. Even yesterday’s game (against Nepal) was mostly rained off, but they have a balanced team,” he stated.

“These things happen in cricket — there are days when you will not get runs and there are days when you will. I do not think anybody should panic about it much. This Indian side is good,” Jayasuriya stated.

The former captain additionally backed Sri Lanka to excel within the coming assignments.

“They are playing well in the Asia Cup and even against Afghanistan they have played well. They need to continue performing during this tournament so that they get more confidence,” Jayasuriya stated.