Led by Dimuth Karunaratne’s maiden ODI century and Wanindu Hasaranga’s third fifer, Sri Lanka registered a thumping 133-run win to end Ireland’s hopes of qualifying for the 50-over World Cup later this year. now. Bye. Dasun Shanaka, Sri Lanka captain, said, Everything goes in the right direction, but we could have done better with the bat at the end. Probably big hitting from myself and Wanindu did not come off in the last two games. I have to stand up in these situations. When he played the ODI series [against Afghanistan] it was a different combination and as soon as he came in, he settled in and he has got the experience, playing Test cricket and domestic cricket [on Karunaratne]. He is an ideal character to have at the top of the order. We need to have a look at both options – we need to take a look at the bench and also take maximum points into the next round. Chameera is going to be key in the next round and we need to have a look at him. We are very confident and are playing to the conditions. We need to do well whatever the conditions here going forward.

