![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Despite being non-professional in approach, he says, the country managed to bring up good cricketers, but the same approach is now perhaps hurting the team as it moves further and further away from the heights of its success. The fact that the squad was made up of a bunch of club cricketers who stood up to the very best in the world, made it all the more special.Īnd then there has always been the case of Sri Lanka producing “mystery bowlers”, who don’t come from academies. The title, he says, put the country on the map and gave it an identity. The author says that he had been a casual fan of the game when Sri Lanka won the 1996 World Cup, kicking off the country’s 10-year-long golden era of cricket. In a conversation with author Chandrahas Choudhury at the 2022 Jaipur Literature Festival, Karunatilaka discussed his works, cricket, life, death, and everything in between. ![]()
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