The Overview:
ASIA CUP 2022
'Hosts' Sri Lanka welcome seasoned visitors in curtain raiser
For me, the experience I bring after playing in the IPL will create good energy for the side: Rajapaksa © AFP
So how similar is Dubai to Colombo? Turns out, it's only 14 degrees hotter at the time... so not very much.
But the weather isn't only why Sri Lanka will be ill at ease come Saturday. They are, after all, a part of this peculiar start to Asia Cup, where they are the "hosts" but will be up against a team that's played 25 more games than them on these shores. In Dubai alone, the venue for this opening fixture, Afghanistan have played thrice the number of T20Is that Sri Lanka have. Meanwhile, the UAE, the real hosts on the map, will have their players watching the tournament on television, having failed to qualify at the last mile.
The set-up makes for perfect intrigue, and the fact that this tournament is a bridesmaid to the upcoming T20 World Cup only adds to its importance. How Sri Lanka dissociate the
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