Canada captain Ashish Bagai insists which a record-breaking World Cup subjection suffered during a hands of Sri Lanka in 2003 will have no temperament when a teams encounter upon Feb 20.
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HAMBANTOTA, Sri Lanka (AFP) – Canada captain Ashish Bagai insists which a record-breaking World Cup subjection suffered during a hands of Sri Lanka in 2003 will have no temperament when a teams encounter upon Sunday.
Bagai played in a Canada side which was bowled out for a insignificant 36 – still a lowest sum in all World Cup tournaments – during Paarl in South Africa.
But a 29-year-old, Delhi-born wicketkeeper, is austere which a degrading detriment is not an issue.
“There have been usually dual guys from which World Cup here – myself as well as John Davison – as well as you don?t speak about which diversion as well much. But a a single prior to which is still in my mind,” pronounced Bagai, of his team’s usually World Cup win opposite Bangladesh during Benoni in 2003.
Bagai has educated his group to fool around though fright as well as not solidify when they face 1996 champions Sri Lanka upon Sunday in their opening Group A clash.
“I goal a players fool around freely. you wish to see a immature guys fool around their healthy diversion as well as a comparison guys uncover responsibility, similar to they did in a warm-up compare opposite England,” pronounced a captain.
Canada mislaid their initial warm-up opposite Bangladesh by 9 wickets though handed England a strong shock when they fell only sixteen runs reduced of a 244-run target, with hard-hitting batsman Rizwan Cheema scoring a fast 71-ball 93.
“It was a decent opening opposite England as well as nonetheless not all went right it helped a intoxicating beverage starting in to tournament,” pronounced Bagai, personification in his third World Cup.
“We have been here to fool around a great code of cricket as well as showcase to a universe which you can fool around a small bit. Nobody expects us to win as well as you wish to operate it to a advantage.”
Bagai additionally criticised a International Cricket Council’s preference to condense a World Cup from fourteen to 10 teams for a 2015 contest in Australia as well as Sri Lanka.
“Everyone from a join forces with universe together with players from Test universe have pronounced it?s a genuine contrition for a game.
“If they wish to fool around Tests, fine, though a World Cup should engage as most of a universe as possible. It?s a contrition as well as unequivocally unsatisfactory for players similar to us who were seeking for opportunities to fool around opposite a most appropriate as well as improve.
“It’s unequivocally starting to reason behind a expansion of a game. If they wish to keep it to 10 teams, which they wish to do, that?s fine, though it’s never starting to be a tellurian sport.”
Bagai pronounced a pierce to enlarge a World Twenty20 teams to sixteen competence be desirous by blurb reasons.
“You can see where a ICC is headed as well as a citation they consider cricket is going, so it competence be a blurb pierce since T20 substantially sells a most appropriate globally.”
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