We've done well against New Zealand in the past, but that's history: Rumesh Ratnayake

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Sri Lanka head coach, Rumesh Ratnayake, believes that their side may have done well against New Zealand in the recent past, but now it doesn't matter as they face a crucial game in the league stages.

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00:00Afternoon everyone and thank you for joining us for this pre-match press conference with

00:03Sri Lanka head coach Ramesh Ratnayake. Please ensure you've got a microphone in your hand

00:09before you ask a question and please ensure mobile phones are either on mute or vibrate.

00:15We heard a couple of chimes a little bit earlier so we'll get started.

00:23Hi coach, good luck for tomorrow's game. I just wanted to ask you about Hasini Pareda.

00:28She's obviously someone who you have a lot of faith in including her at the top of the order.

00:33Just how much confidence does that innings that she played the other day give you?

00:38And also a follow-up, she seems to get out a lot in the 30s and 40s.

00:44Is there something you all are working on specifically with her to overcome that?

00:50Yeah, well Hasini, we know what potential she has and what she possesses.

00:56And we are working on that whether it's a mental block or a thinking block, whatever it may be.

01:05We are working on that whether we can sort of sustain it for longer periods of time

01:10and whether it could be taken into a big score of 80 runs instead of a 30 or a 40.

01:16So we are working on her on various aspects, various angles.

01:20Yes.

04:14There was a pretty good crowd here the other night.

04:31I think we had 5,000 at one point.

04:33If you had a message to the fans to come out in droves with free entry tomorrow,

04:39what would it be knowing that you've got a great chance against New Zealand to finally win here?

04:44Yeah, please come and support us.

04:46I mean, I would like them to don't give up hope because this is a team which has won matches in the past

04:51and it's a team which has beaten New Zealand in both formats of the game.

04:59So, I mean, every match we sort of go into by focusing on a win and we plan for a win.

05:08So, hopefully it happens tomorrow.

05:11That's the hope of me.

05:12That's the hope of, I'm sure, the spectators as well.

05:14And we are very thrilled to see them coming and supporting the team.

06:03I was very worried about the people who were not aware of this.

06:10This is a reality.

06:12This is not a reality.

06:14We are not aware of this.

06:17We are not aware of this.

06:20We are not aware of this.

06:22We are not aware of this.

06:26I will say that it is not a big question, but the answer is,

06:33the answer is, the answer is,

06:38the answer is, the answer is,

06:43the answer is,

06:46the answer is,

06:55How do you know about this issue?

07:06We are opening up the Vishmi.

07:11When the Vishmi has opened up the opening of the Vishmi,

07:15there are many people who are in the opening of the Vishmi.

07:20For many people, the only thing I ask is that.

07:24We don't know if there's any other thing in it.

07:34In this case, the only thing that I have known is that the migrants need to be vaccinated.

07:42It's like they are not in it.

07:44We don't know if there's any other.

07:46Now, it's not very difficult to get into the company.

07:55But I think that we've had a lot of time.

07:58We've had a lot of time, and we've had a lot of time.

08:01We've had a lot of time coming back.

08:06Thank you very much.

08:36Thank you very much.

09:06Thank you very much.

09:36Thank you very much.

10:06Thank you very much.

10:13Ramesh, apart from India, the other Asia teams have had kind of a – have not been there

10:24with the bat in this tournament.

10:26Obviously, Sri Lanka has been very lucky to have Chamari over the last few years.

10:28In the long term, what is stopping Sri Lanka from having a strong overall batting line-up?

10:36And long-term, what can be done to improve batting stocks here?

10:41If you can sort of rephrase it again, I'll –

10:45Yeah, no, no, just that apart from India, the other Asian teams haven't really turned up

10:49with the batting.

10:50That's been a long-standing problem probably with all three teams.

10:54In terms of Sri Lanka, what can be done long term?

10:58What is the reason for that and what can be done long term to address that?

11:01Well, I think at the moment we are thinking of short term here because whatever long term

11:07is, is in our plans, in the plans of the stakeholders and things like that.

11:13But short term, that shouldn't be an excuse.

11:17It shouldn't be an excuse for the Asian teams.

11:21Because we are much better than what we have performed.

11:25And so we are hoping that it would come any time.

11:30It's because, okay, other than Australia, we've beaten all the other teams.

11:34Excuse me.

11:35And I believe that I wouldn't take that as an excuse.

11:41And, I would want our team to do much better than that.

11:46And our fullest support is for them.

11:49And, hopefully they'll come up on trams tomorrow.

11:53Coach, then first match, the CBC has hit a wick at high.

12:01The team has hit a wick at high in India.

12:04And if we see that they're chasing a lot of a wick at attack,

12:09We have seen a lot of times in the game, but we have seen some of the players in the game.

12:22Thank you very much.

12:52Thank you very much.

13:22Thank you very much.

13:52Thank you very much.

14:22Thank you very much.

14:52Thank you very much.

15:22Thank you very much.

15:52Thank you very much.

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