Lanka focused on fielding ahead of T20 WC

Sri Lanka needs to lift its game on fielding to have a shot at this year’s T20 World Cup (WC) title, newly installed short-format captain Wanindu Hasaranga said Saturday.

Hasaranga is riding high after a career-best 7-19 against Zimbabwe during Thursday’s ODI decider and will be making his debut as skipper on Sunday as the 20-over leg of the tour begins.

Poor fielding has been a running problem for the Sri Lankans in white-ball cricket, with 16 dropped catches at last year’s one-day World Cup in India confining them to a second-last place finish on the points table.

“I have told the team at the outset that fielding will be very important,” he told reporters.