5 tricks Sri Lanka are missing in the ODI format 

#2 Lack of a quality and potent finisher

The Lankans have lacked a middle order finisher

It’s imperative in modern day ODI cricket for international teams to have a quality finisher who comes in at Number 5 or 6 and can bat till the end of the innings and most importantly can single-handedly win games for their teams.

Players like Glenn Maxwell, David Miller, Jos Buttler, MS Dhoni are examples of players who come lower in the order and can, on their own, win games for their respective teams. When we look at this Sri Lanka team, we don’t see anybody who can do this for them.

They have batsmen like Angelo Mathews and Dinesh Chandimal who could possibly step into their shoes. Mathews has been far from his fluent best barring few games in the recent past and Chandimal has not featured in the ODI team since the Champions trophy debacle.

Sri Lanka tried some youngsters like Dhananjaya De Silva and Milinda Siriwardana but again they have not been persisted with for various reasons. Until the Lankans can sort out this problem things are not going to improve for them as every team needs a finisher in order to succeed consistently in the ODI format.