Atapattu fit to play (26 March 1999)
Opening batsman Marvan Atapattu has fully recovered from his injury and will be back in the Sri Lankan side for their crucial second round game of the Pepsi Tri Series tournament against Pakistan scheduled for Saturday at Viskhapatnam
26-Mar-1999
26 March 1999
Atapattu fit to play
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Opening batsman Marvan Atapattu has fully recovered from his injury
and will be back in the Sri Lankan side for their crucial second round
game of the Pepsi Tri Series tournament against Pakistan scheduled for
Saturday at Viskhapatnam.
Atapattu sustained an injury in his fingers while batting during the
opening match against Pakistan and also missed the second match
against India on Tuesday. Atapattu's presence will no doubt add more
strength to the batting and will open the innings with Avishka
Gunawardena.
Meanwhile the Sri Lanka team manager Ranjith Fernando said that he is
disappointed with the teams performance and hoped they would click
well in the remaining two outings and qualify to play in the final
scheduled for April 4. He also said that Sri Lanka's fielding has now
improved and the newcomers are making steady progress.
Former Sri Lanka team manager Duleep Mendis is currently assisting the
team on improving the fielding and had a good work out on Wednesday
and Thursday at the CCI grounds in Bombay. In fact the Sri Lanka team
flew to Bombay soon after their game against India and they are
expected in Visakhapatnam on Friday Morning.
Source :: Daily News (https://www.lanka.net)