Sri Lanka cricket legend Sanath Jayasuriya on Saturday dismissed ideas that an excessive amount of cricket was resulting in burnout saying the taking part in interval on the high degree was quick and gamers ought to make optimum use of it.
“That is an individual opinion and I would not like to comment on it. The period of players’ careers is short and they have to make best use of this time,” Jayasuria advised reporters right here.
The ‘Player of the Tournament’ in 1996 World Cup feels that health is paramount as one of the best years will permit a person to ply his commerce in varied T20 leagues, which is quick altering the precedence for a piece of cricketers.
“You cannot say ‘No’ to these things. At the end, the player has to decide how much his body can take,” he stated.
Jayasuriya was non-committal on most points throughout his interplay with media.
“It is too early to name three contenders. All the teams are playing good cricket right now,” Jayarusia replied when requested about favourites for the World Cup.
Asked about probabilities of Sri Lanka, which has to play the qualifiers, going by to the principle World Cup occasion, he stated “we have to qualify first and I am confident.” Jayasuria threw his weight behind the T20 leagues world wide saying some good gamers have come to limelight from the moment type of cricket.
“It is an individual opinion (that Test cricket is losing out to T20 cricket). We have seen good players coming through from T20 in India, Australia and Bangladesh,” he added.
The former cricketer, who donned the Sri Lankan colors 586 instances throughout the codecs, was all reward for bats made from Kashmir willow “I have played with Kashmiri bats, there is nothing wrong with these bats. It is up-to the individual players (whether they want to use it),” he stated in response to a query. Asked if India and Pakistan ought to play one another past the ICC occasions, Jayasuria stated “I I cannot talk about domestic issues of your country. I am an outsider.” While refusing to take political questions on India, Kashmir or Sri Lanka, the previous Sri Lankan MP stated he needed the media to spotlight constructive features of life in his native nation.
“My country went through a bad period. The protests went on for some time. Now the people want a future. We are looking forward. We don’t have any issues now. We want the media to show positive things about Sri Lanka,” he added.
Source: sportstar.thehindu.com