A confident Chris Silverwood stated that Sri Lanka, "given the right conditions, given the right day," can go toe-to-toe with anybody. Under Silverwood, Sri Lanka won the 2022 Asia Cup (T20 format), but ahead of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023, they were humbled by India in the Asia Cup (ODI) final. (Video: ICC)
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00:00 Well, I mean, first and foremost, we've prepared to the best of our abilities.
00:07 We've been treated very well since we've been here, had some great facilities.
00:11 From a team point of view, we know on our day, we can go toe-to-toe with anybody.
00:15 So we prepare in exactly the same way all the time.
00:18 And, you know, injuries, they happen and we have to deal with them,
00:23 the same as any other team does.
00:24 But we know, given the right conditions, given the right day,
00:28 we can go toe-to-toe with anybody.
00:30 So we'll be going out there, I mean, looking to win, as always.
00:33 But we expect a very tough game tomorrow.
00:35 We know there's some very tough games leading, I mean, during this tournament.
00:39 And I think, although everybody talks about the final in the Asia Cup,
00:44 we played some very good cricket together.
00:46 And we got there despite people not thinking we could.
00:49 So actually, we know we can play some good cricket.
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