"Team wants to win series for Mahela"

"Mahela has always been a class act. He has scored the most Test centuries as captain and we all want to win this series for him," said Thilan Samaraweera .

"The players want to give their 100 per cent and win the series because we want Mahela to go out as captain on a winning note. It is a motivating factor for us," he added.

"It is a very flat wicket and the weather is also hot. The outfield is also very fast and I think we batted well to take advantage of the toss," he said.

"It is always difficult to adjust after so long. I know as a specialist Test player as I am also playing after three months. It can happen. They are playing after 14 months which is lot of time. Technically it is very difficult. It is not easy to readjust to Test cricket," he added.

 "But it can happen as it was a hot day and when batsmen are playing well. Its not easy when you drop catches on this kind of pitch. It was very hard work for the bowler in these kinds of conditions."

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