Mathews, Chandimal critical to Sri Lanka's World Cup hopes: de Silva
Sri Lanka's veteran stars Angelo Mathews and Dinesh Chandimal are critical to the young side's hopes at the 2019 World Cup despite poor form and recent injuries, said former captain and world cup winner Aravinda de Silva.
The islanders failed to make the final of the ongoing Twenty20 tri-series in Colombo, but their recent performances have raised hopes of a resurgence after a lacklustre 2017, in which they lost 40 of 57 international matches.
"I think Angelo is probably the most capable allrounder of the side and also has a good cricketing brain along with Chandimal," said de Silva, who was a star batsman in the Sri Lankan side that won the World Cup in 1996.
He told AFP that captaincy will not make a difference.
"It doesn't matter (if) you are captain or a normal player as you put in the same kind of effort."
"There is no language or a culture barrier and... it helps because they can voice their opinion."
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