In 5 a long time of involvement with the sport of cricket, Duleep Mendis has donned many hats. He was a trendy, attacking batter who performed enterprising knocks to drive Sri Lanka’s emergence within the Nineteen Seventies and 80s, served as supervisor of the staff that gained the 1996 World Cup, after which transitioned to the function of chief selector in his residence nation.
Since 2012, Mendis, who turned 73 in August, has been serving to Oman take child steps within the cauldron of worldwide cricket in his capability as a coach. The staff from the Middle East, which gained Associate standing in 2014, has participated in three T20 World Cups since 2016, however is simply now showing in its maiden Asia Cup.
Ahead of a Group-A fixture against India on the Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi on Friday, Mendis underlined the big alternative that the Oman gamers have of their remaining sport of the continental occasion.
“It is a big opportunity to play against the big boys,” Mendis informed The Hindu in an interview over the telephone on Wednesday. “And the players should take it as a challenge. They should take it as an opportunity to emerge on the world stage. If they perform, only then will the world get to know who you are. You can perform over and over again with the small countries. But you will not be known. If you have one or two big performances against good sides, then you are recognised. This type of opportunity they will never get.”
