Sri Lanka batting coach Thilina Kandamby emphasised the need for his batters to adopt a positive mindset to confront the spin threat from India in their inconsequential Asia Cup match on Friday.

With two losses in as many games in the Super 4s, Sri Lanka is already out of contention for the final, while India aims to fine-tune its combination ahead of the summit clash on Sunday.

With India’s victory over Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, having lost both its Super 4 matches against Bangladesh and Pakistan, has been eliminated from the competition and will now play only to fulfil the remaining fixtures.

The spin trio of Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy, and Axar Patel has caused significant difficulties for the batters throughout the tournament.

“We have discussed about it but whatever said and

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