Prevailing security situation no major setback to WC preparations

Prevailing security situation no major setback to WC preparations

Lasith Malinga will join the World Cup squad on May 22 after his IPL commitment with Mumbai Indians.Sri Lanka’s preparations for the upcoming 2019 cricket World Cup may have been stalled due to the prevailing security situation in the country but team manager Ashantha de Mel doesn’t see that as a major setback because the two weeks of training and practices they have arranged in the UK ahead of the World Cup warm-up matches should be adequate for the players to get acclimatized and be fit for the tournament.