The things Sri Lanka might have learned from their T20 February, with an eye to the World Cup

 Through the course of this current month, Sri Lanka have played five T20Is in Australia, and three in India. They've lost everything except one of those matches, regularly going down against significantly debilitated resistance. However at that point, they've had their portion of injury and Covid-related nonappearances as well. The following are four things they could have gained from their T20 February, with an eye to the World Cup in the not so distant future.

They have a best three

Pathum Nissanka's strike rate across these eight matches was 117, however he stuck it out for 260 runs. For the time being, Nissanka isn't really a game dominating T20 opener, yet with regards to a divertingly delicate Sri Lanka top request, his determination is helpful. Besides, at age 23, there's a component of contributing for the future here.

Kusal Mendis, in the mean time, hit 100 runs in the three innings he got in Australia (he was harmed for the India series), and hit a decent 69* in Melbourne to top score in Sri Lanka's just triumph in this stretch.

Charith Asalanka was not exactly at his best this month, however given his runs at the T20 World Cup last year, he's difficult to dislodge.

Any semblance of Danushka Gunathilaka, Janith Liyanage, and Kamil Mishara didn't have enough of an effect to break into that best three.

Kumara could in any case be a decent T20 bowler (only not at the demise)

Lahiru Kumara played only five of the eight matches, however got nine wickets - as numerous as Dushmantha Chameera, who played every one of the eight. This is a somewhat unjustifiable correlation, since Chameera bowls all the more regularly at the troublesome phases of an innings - the demise specifically - and Kumara has been given more straightforward circumstances. However, assuming Kumara can be a wicket-taking danger through the early and center overs, no more, for the time being.

Through the course of those five matches, Kumara has regularly been the fastest bowler on show (across the two groups), and messed resistance hitters up with his bouncers. On the off chance that he remains fit, and continues to deal with those abilities, the speedier tracks in Australia could suit him pleasantly in October.

Shanaka the large hitter arises

Nobody needed to say it. Yet, albeit the T20 group was improving under Dasun Shanaka than it had under a few past pioneers, the chief's own structure had been terrible. In 20 innings as chief until the main match of this India series, Shanaka had hit only 334 runs at a strike pace of 107.

Simply in the last two games at Dharamsala however - probably the bounciest track in South Asia - Shanaka has tracked down his reach. He slammed 47 not out off 19 in the subsequent match, then, at that point, a shocking 74 not out off 38 in the third, having come in at 29 for 4.

Sri Lanka had needed lower-request capability in the last T20 World Cup. They need Shanaka to proceed with his huge hitting into October and November.

The Chandimal try is finished. Correct?

Dinesh Chandimal has played 61 T20 innings, striking at 104. We should not gloss over it. These are shocking numbers. With regards to Chandimal, however, there generally is by all accounts trust that he can revive the hyper-forceful past form of himself, and this is what the selectors thought when he destroyed the Lanka Premier League in November last year, hitting 277 runs at a strike pace of 151, as a finisher.

Tragically, he has not verged on reproducing those numbers in the seven T20I innings he got in February, making only 112 runs, at a strike pace of 97. He must be done, correct? No chance the selectors can pick him in this configuration. That is until he cuts up another homegrown season.