With this win, New Zealand, who earlier had earned one point after a washout against Pakistan, are now in second spot with three points and have a chance to move to the semifinals, with their final Super Eight clash against semifinalists England being important.
During the discussion, the cricketers urged PM Modi’s support for developing a high-quality cricket ground in the northern part of Sri Lanka, especially in Jaffna.
Mendis was part of the national squad which had resumed training after the COVID-19 lockdown.
While an in-house fitness training at the hotel will start from 1 June, ground training will resume only on 2 June.
Mickey Arthur took over the reins of Sri Lanka cricket team in December and his toughest test yet awaited in a two-match home series against England.
Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka last played each other in all whites back in July 2017 at the R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo where the hosts had won by 4 wickets.
Inclusion of Brett Lee and Jonty Rhodes could be an inspiring change in the cricket of Sri Lanka which has seen more downs than the ups in recent time.
This was Sri Lanka's second win and with six points on the board, they are now placed at the fifth position on the points tally.
The team which will fight it out against Sri Lanka on Friday turned up with a record-breaking performance against Afghanistan.
Coming out to chase the given total, Sri Lanka's openers kept them in the chase and at one stage Sri Lanka were 115 for no loss. However, they messed up the start which they got and bundled out for just 247 runs in 45.5 overs
