Kolkata,
Sri Lanka’s left-handed opener Dimuth Karunaratne is willing to adapt to the situation in an attempt to counter spinners Ravichandran Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja in the three-match Test series against India.

“I know Jadeja and Ashwin are both hungry for wickets. Every time they bowl it’s about sticking to the basics,” Karunaratne said. “If I don’t give them any chance, they will try to do something extra. If we have to force them to change the field, we have to do something extra. That’s my gameplan… I wait for the loose ones and I will stick to that. If it does not work I will think differently and put some extra pressure on the bowlers.”

Karunaratne, who made a career-best 196 against Pakistan in Dubai last month, said his knock of 141 against India in the second innings of the second Test in August was a confidence-booster. “That hundred helped me a lot to take confidence against Pakistan. It was not easy wicket to bat in the second innings,” said the 29-year-old.

“I was determined to get some runs, especially against Ashwin. I was thinking to play the first five overs without big shots. I played a lot of sweeps and reverse sweeps and they had to change the field. That’s my style, to play in my comfort zone.”