In gentle of the information concerning Dasun Shanaka’s potential resignation as Sri Lanka’s captain earlier than the ICC World Cup 2023, the long-lasting quick bowler Lasith Malinga has voiced sturdy help for him, urging the Sri Lankan Cricket Board to rethink their resolution on account of Shanaka’s distinctive management.

Right here’s what Lasith Maling stated:

“Dasun Shanaka took on the duty of captaining the Sri Lanka cricket workforce throughout a troublesome interval for the gamers and followers, managing to deliver stability and respectability to the nationwide facet together with his calm and picked up strategy.”

“With a formidable captaincy file, together with the Asia Cup and a file ODI profitable streak beneath his belt whatever the opposition, everybody, together with myself, anticipated him to be the captain of SL for the CWC 2023. Having a brand new captain going into such an essential match positively gained’t assist the workforce. I hope the stakeholders take all of this into consideration earlier than making a choice.
I again Dassa & the workforce to have a profitable WC marketing campaign.”

Below the captaincy of Dasun Shanaka, Sri Lanka clinched the Asia Cup 2022 championship within the 20-overs format. Within the 2023 Asia Cup, regardless of the absence of key star gamers, they reached the ultimate, solely to be defeated by India.