Thisara Perera has been named as the Captain of Sri Lanka ODI & T20 team effective from the ODI series against India.
People will ask why Thisara Perera named ahead of everyone to the place of captaincy. If you look at the statistics of Thisara as a bowler he has taken 133 wickets at average of 32.62 in ODIs and he has taken 45 wickets in T20I format at average of 27.2. Further if you look at batting statistics of Thisara he has average of 17 with 5 innings going over 50 runs over 125 matches and T20I he has average of 22 with strike rate of 147 in 54 innings. All these statistics will say Thisara is a bowling all rounder. Thisara just have balance figures as a bowling all rounder. But why he has named as the captain ? There are rumors running around social media he is not the best man for the job.
But crickatinfo has looked at thisara in a different manner. we observed the matches won by Sri lanka while he was in the team and his performance in those winning matches.
Out of 125 ODI matches Thisara played Sri Lanka has won 65 matches . In those matches Thisara's Batting average rise up to 26 and bowling average move down towards 21 out of 65 matches Sri lanka won when Thisara was there he has won 10 man of the match awards and two man of the series awards which as a percentage of matches won is around 18% which is a higher ratio for a person who is neither the leading batsman of the team nor the best bowler. All these man of the match awards were received while Mahela, Sangakkara, Dilshan , Malinga, Nuwan ,Mathews, Herath & Tharanga was there in the team.
So Why the statistics are not more symbolic . Simply he is a match winner. he know how to win a match. The reason Sri lanka won the T20 world cup final in a tense situation of the chase is Thisara perera's brave approach towards end of an innings. He has not being used for proper job. He has the capacity to bat more higher in the order at least now as he is the captain. If you look at Sanath Jayasuriya 1989 to 1995 he has batted 42 occasions after 3 wickets down his average is around 11 and strike rate is around 69. But as a opener he has a average of 34 with 28 centuries and 66 half centuries. Arjuna Ranathunga is a visionary leader he always invested in the potential. So as a result jayasuriya became the match winner for the years to come since 1995.
Like Arjuna , Hathurusinghe is a visionary coach who changed a leggy Steve Smith into a batsman who average in 60s in Test Cricket. Steve Smith's wicket is the most valuable wicket in the earth at the moment in the test matches. So Thisara has received a great opportunity to show his potential with Most Valuable Cricket Coach in the planet of earth Chandina Hathurusinghe.
Editors Team
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