(12-02-2020, 01:13 PM)stillwill Wrote:(12-02-2020, 03:40 AM)samtheman Wrote: First of all it is great that LPL is going on and i hope it continues to many years to come. Matches have been good, but anyone else dissapointed with the emerging local talent. Only the local and overseas international players performing, sl emerging talent seems bare. I was expecting guys like bhanuka rajapaksha, minod bhanuka, kamindu mendis, akila dananjaya, sadeera, angelo perera and shehan jayasuriya to use this opportunity to make a statement, but they have failed so far. Sad to say but it seems selectors have selected the best players, there is not much emerging talent here for the national team. SLPL introduced munaweera, but LPL has not introuduced any new sri lankan player who merits selection. Where is boyagoda by the way? Prithivi shaw is fast tracked, he is not.
Gone are the days when talent is evaluated based on Domestic competition. Expected more from Kamindu Mendis. Literally the only hope among the next batch with Pathum Nissanka. The franchise wants to win, they don't care about "giving chances" as this is not organized by the SLC. Apart from the usual suspects the rest look bland. Shehan is just lol. All these guys are getting older, if they can't get a spot in the national team now when the competition is inferior do they really deserve to play international cricket ?
On the other hand, Thisara, Shanaka, KM, Gunathilaka and DDS look good. Isuru Udana is probably the best cricketer in SL right now.
Is Pathum Nissanka injured ? I heard some rumours that he has some health condition about a year ago. Not sure how serious it is or big it is.
I agree about franchises not giving chances to younger players, as you said this is private so franchise comes first. Guys like Kamindu is batting way low, however Thisara has been performing coming lower down, so none of the emerging players have any excuses. Just poor performances. How good is Nissanka, the talent cupboard looks bare to me. Good news is even though we have no emerging talent, the established players have shown good improvement. If we can get Thisara, Shanka, Isuru Udana in form and playing in the same team, our team will be quite formidable.