Young talent in Sri Lankan cricket team is dangerous, AB de Villiers says
De Villiers now takes charge of the one-day squad when the five-match series against Sri Lanka begins on Saturday
Any doubts South Africans had that Sri Lanka could win under pressure were erased at Newlands on Wednesday‚ where the visitors clinched the Twenty20 series with a stirring performance. AB de Villiers‚ who returned from seven months out with an elbow injury in that match and now takes charge of the one-day squad‚ liked what he saw from the Lankans. Sort of. "We know now they are a very motivated group of young players‚" De Villiers said on Friday at St George’s Park‚ where the five-match one-day international series starts on Saturday. "I have been part of one or two groups of youngsters so I know that feeling of motivation. So even though we feel that we are a more talented and a more skillful and a better group of players than Sri Lanka‚ we know they are very dangerous at the moment — being very motivated with lots of young talent that can come good at certain times. We are very aware of that and we know we are going to have play some good cricket to beat them." That said‚ this Sou...
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