T2o World: Can Sri Lanka break the jinx ?

New Delhi: The island nation has not been able to give the final punch in the last edition when the Caribbean became the new champions of World T20 but this time around they seems to get their all aspects of the game covered up. Let's take a look on the Sri Lankan team and its chances of becoming the champions of T20. The island nation has been the most consistent team in the world T20 by being the only team to reach the finals of the tournament twice. They would like to start on a winning note after losing the finals before the home crowd in the previous edition.. The team had performed well in the recent times. They are the new Asian champions where they had defeated Pakistan in the finals which took pace in the same country- Bangladesh. The experienced trio ofMahela Jayawardene, Kumar Sangakkara and Tillakaratne Dilshan all are likely to feature heavily in what will almost certainly be their last World T20 events. With Kumar Sangakara announcing his retirement from T20 after the present tour. They boasts a wealth of international experience and features in one of the strongest batting lineups in the tournament. They are among the top four run-scorers in the World T20s each having played 25 matches.While the team had a load of experience but the team will be led by young Dinesh Chandimal who was last year selected as Sri Lanka's youngest T20 captain at the age of 23. But Chandimal has proved he has enough batting resources to raise or chase a substantial total with the likes Angelo Mathews hitting cleanly down the order.While the team batting will be lead by the experienced trio, the bowling will be led by Lasith Malinga's toe-crushing yorkers and the unorthodox spin of Ajantha Mendis. Malinga who is dangerous both at the start and at the depth for the opposition batsmen.Mendis can deceive batsmen with his spin and often keeps a batsman tied down with his impeccable line and length. Sri Lanka's agility in the field can be compared with the benchmarks set by test powers South Africa and Australia. Unlike their other Asian rivals, Sri Lanka makes opposition batsmen work hard to score boundaries or convert singles into twos.