My best innings so far, says Kusal Perera

Colombo, March 7: Kusal Perera made a 37-ball 66 against India in the Nidahas Trophy T20 tri-series opener at Colombo's R Premadasa Stadium on Tuesday (March 6), to lead Sri Lanka to a five-wicket win.

"I think it is my best innings," said Perera, the Player of the Match, after the game.

"I played my club matches, did my practice, I backed myself, did my physiotherapy sessions ... I wanted to go out there and express myself. That's it," he said.

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Perera said keeping India to 174/5 was a "very good job" on the part of the Lankan bowling unit.

"We're really happy as a team. This is a really good start for the tournament. As always, we were trying to play competitive cricket and the results will follow," he said.
Despite the defeat, Rohit Sharma, wasn't too disappointed with either the batting or the bowling.

"I think it was a par score, something we can play with. Having seen the wicket here - it was flat - I thought we could have accelerated a little more towards the end. That said, I felt we still had a decent score but the kind of start Sri Lanka got was amazing. Credit to Sri Lankan team as a batting group," he said.

"Our bowlers tried everything they could, but sometimes it happens, it doesn't come off the way you want it to. They are new into the scene, but they've put in performances. I had a lot of confidence going into this game. Yes, the execution was not up to the mark but we can learn from our mistakes," said Rohit.