Brimming with positivity after his spectacular stint within the IPL, Sri Lankan batsman Bhanuka Rajapaksa desires to proceed taking part in the identical model of cricket within the Asia Cup, beginning Saturday.
Playing for Punjab Kings, Rajapaksa displayed his power-hitting expertise on this 12 months’s IPL with some spectacular offensive knocks.
“For me, the experience I bring after playing in the IPL will generate good energy for the team,” Rajapaksa was quoted as saying by ESPN Cricinfo. “Coming again to the Sri Lankan crew, I’ve come throughout numerous positivity after interacting with many IPL gamers like Shikhar Dhawan, Mayank Agarwal and KG (Kagiso Rabada).
“I do not suppose we now have the time to clarify intimately what we talked about, however there have been numerous optimistic vibes. “I hope we can take the same brand of cricket to the world,” he stated. The 30-year-old Rajapaksa performed 9 matches for Punjab Kings, scoring 206 runs at a strike fee of 159.68.
“One of the best conversations I had with Liam (Livingstone) was when he said, ‘If it’s in the V, make sure the ball is in the trees’. He would be so aggressive. A proper slam-bang player,” he stated Sri Lanka will face Afghanistan within the first match of the match on Saturday.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
