I set myself a challenge of 2 Test tons in England: Dinesh Chandimal

Sri Lanka will play the last Test match of the series against England at the prestigious Lord’s cricket ground. The visitors suffered demoralizing defeats in the first two Tests of the series as England clinched the series with a game to go. Dinesh Chandimal showed some resistance and scored a brilliant hundred in the second Test match.

The 26-year old scored 126 runs in the 2nd Test and showed some fight from the Sri Lankan side. Ahead of the 3rd Test, he revealed that he had it in mind to score two centuries in Test in England. Talking to Cricbuzz, Chandimal revealed, “I set myself a challenge when I left Sri Lanka, which was to score two Test hundreds in England. It’s a massive challenge to play here at this time of the year. The good thing is that we had adequately trained before the Test match.”

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He shared his experience in the English conditions and recollected his match-winning performance against India last year. “The real feel on our first day of training at Chester-le-Street was three degrees Celsius. You can’t simply take that kind of cold. I remember going out to bat at practice and I couldn’t grip the bat. Even after batting for 15 minutes or so, you don’t get the feeling that you are holding a bat. They were tough conditions. I can’t forget the 163, I scored against India at Galle last year, because that was a special knock and contributed to a win, but I take satisfaction from having batted well in these conditions as well.”

The third Test will begin from 9^th June at the Lord’s, where Sri Lanka will be hoping to put a better show. For Sri Lanka, after the Test series, they will play two ODIs against Ireland and feature in a 5-match ODI series against England. The series will end with a T20 international against the host on July 5.

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