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da realbet： Rex Clementine10-May-2002Sri Lanka A team skipper, T.M. Dilshan, is looking forward to a chance toimpress the selectors before the one-day side is picked for the NatwestTriangular series in June, whilst India A coach hopes to solve the seniorside’s wicket-keeping problems, as the India A and Sri Lanka A prepare foran unofficial Test and one-day series.Dilshan, speaking to the journalists at a media briefing held at the Boardof Control for Cricket in Sri Lanka (BCCSL) headquarters in Colomboyesterday, said: “Some of the players in the squad have played Test Matchesand some are up and coming good young players. This will be a goodopportunity for everyone to impress the selectors. Personally, I’m lookingforward to the series, especially with the triangular tournament in Englandcoming up shortly.”Indian coach, Yaspal Sharma expected his young squad to do well despitetheir inexperience: “This is a young squad that lacks experience. Theselectors have picked them so that they can have some exposure in playingagainst foreign teams and in different conditions. This will also help us toidentify the players who have the potential to represent the country.”The coach hopes the tour will help resolve India’s wicket-keeper problem:”We are going to search for a player who’ll resolve our problems in thewicket keeping department at the international level. That’s one of the maintargets. We have brought in Parthiv Patel who’s only 18 years old and haslot of potential. We want to groom him and see how he fares.”India A had arrived for a 30 day tour in which they will play threeunofficial Test Matches and three one day games after a three-day warm-upstarting Saturday.They arrive fresh from a tour to South Africa, although some of the playerswho featured during that series like Yuvraj Singh, Debasis Mohanty, MohammadKaif, and Jacob Martin have remained in India expecting a recall for theupcoming one day series in the West Indies after impressive performances.Dinesh Mongia, who captained the side during that series, is already in theCaribbean.Speaking at the briefing, the manger of the Indian side, S.Haridas, calledon for the players to make the most of the series and to press for theirclaims in the national side.In his brief speech, Anura Tennakoon, the CEO of the Board of Control forCricket in Sri Lanka (BCCSL), stressed the importance of A tours and calledon the players to play competitively within the spirit of the game.All the matches during the series are to be played in and around Colombo formonetary reasons. The series will start off with a three-day warm up game atR. Premadasa Stadium.
