RAJKOT: Dasun Shanaka is a man of few words. Humble to the point of being almost apologetic, the Sri Lankan captain is a complete contrast in personality to his rather flamboyant Indian counterpart Hardik Pandya. Unlike most modern-day captains, Shanaka won’t give you a quote that would make your copy-he doesn’t blow his own team’s trumpet- and he gives the opposition plenty of respect.
However, give him a bat in hand and tell him that he’s batting against India in India in a T20I, and he’ll show you what damage he can do. Indeed, few batsmen have tormented India in T20 cricket than Shanaka has in recent times. In his last 5 innings in T20Is, Shanaka’s scores on the Indian soil have been: 47*(19), 74*(38), 33*(18), 45(27), 56*(22)-overall 255 runs at an incredible strike rate of 180.
