Sri Lanka spinner Maheesh Theekshana is likely to find a spot in the playing XI for their second World Cup game against Pakistan in Hyderabad on Tuesday, assistant coach Naveed Nawaz has said.
After their loss to South Africa, the Sri Lankan squad flew to Hyderabad for their second league match.
Speaking on the eve of the clash against Pakistan, Nawaz felt that they’ll encounter a similar batting-friendly surface and stressed the significance of executing their strategies well and learning lessons from each match.
“It’s simple, we expect to face similar pitches. They’re not going to change; it will mostly be batting-friendly. We have to look at our execution and see how we could’ve pulled back another 50-60 runs. We have to keep the group positive, that is most important. It’s a long tournament, we’re going to be playing, traveling and doing other things for over a month. We just have to take the learnings from each game and move forward,” he said.