Sri Lanka's love for Chamara Kapugedera

[Texan]

So, I hear that Kapugedera is now going to be SL captain for the next few ODIs. Barely made it back to the team, this guy has been in and out of the team over a long duration and has a pretty abysmal international record. For some reason, Sri Lankan selectors keep bringing him back. Not sure why. Even his FC or List A record is not great. FC average of 33 d List A 28. Nothing ground breaking at all. 

 

So, why do SL selectors have so much faith in this guy??

[chewy]

SL selectors have lost the plot, I think they have gone through over 50 players in last two years 

[G_B_]

not lost the plot

 

lack of talent due to a poor domestic system

[velu]

srilankan version of rohit sharma 

[Unstable Joe]

2 hours ago, velu said:

srilankan version of rohit sharma 

More like Hahane. Rohit atleast hit 2 double hundreds.

[Texan]

4 hours ago, G_B_ said:

not lost the plot

 

lack of talent due to a poor domestic system

Pretty sure there are other domestic performers who they could give a chance/ give an extended run.  What mystifies me about Kapugedera is that he has been given a very long rope in the international team and has consistently failed and there is no reason to pick him again either because his domestic record is also poor. 

[SK_IH]

may be he is playing due to injuries to gunaratne,kusal perera etc but even chandimal could have captained ,not sure why kapugedera,complete random selection for captain lol

[gakgupta]

7 hours ago, G_B_ said:

not lost the plot

 

lack of talent due to a poor domestic system

The fact that they tried 50 players tells us that they lost the plot......They should have sticked to few players and given an extended run...

 

For example, "dhananjaya de silva" seems to have very good technique...plays the ball very late and can be a future star for them....But few bad innings, he is out....He should have been the regular for both test matches and one dayer's..

 

They should have eye for talent....give them extended run....talk tot them to boost the confidence etc etc...