“We are still not sure if we will have a small or large auction. We stay in touch with the owners and the franchises for 12 months. Fortunately, we have two or three trading windows, so we will see how we can boost our team and get things done.” . because every year you have to develop and have different options, “he added.
Jayawardene explained that he had spoken with the players before the tournament to break the curse of not winning a tournament in odd-numbered years.
“There was some pressure, we weren’t winning even years. We kept winning odd years so it was a challenge. So that was something that I put on the board for the guys at the beginning of the season as a challenge that we have to do this. and try to focus on that. But we never had that thing that we have to win, “Jayawardene said.
The Sri Lankan said the first hurdle was qualifying for the play-offs as IPL is full of uncertainties and teams are coming back.
“The first hurdle was qualifying because in IPL the hardest thing is to qualify for the playoffs, you know. You’ll never know because a lot of teams make those late charges and things like that and trying to be the best two teams gives that cushion. things and once we got there. There was a bit of pressure, but the experience at our camp, we handled it well, “Jayawardene said.
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