After a dominating performance in the 3-match Test series against Sri Lanka, team India began its ODI campaign with a convincing nine-wicket triumph over the hosts in the first ODI. It seemed that Sri Lankans did not learn anything from their Test series they lost 3-0.

They continued their poor performance even in the limited-overs cricket. The Sri Lankan team is struggling to keep team India at bay in the home series. However, the successful team has been having a great time in the island country so far.

The hosts have failed to complete in either of the game and have been dominated by the World’s No.1 Test team. The second ODI is scheduled to be played on Thursday at Pallekele.

Coming to the news, the feeling of patriotism can always be felt whenever the National Anthem is played. Every sportsperson enjoys that feeling before the start of their international match. While it is being reported that National Anthems will no longer be played before the match in the remaining ODIs of the series.

According to the reports, the Sri Lankan team’s media manager Dinesh Ratnasingham revealed that national anthems of the two countries will not be played ahead of the start of the remaining games in the series. He said,

“We have adopted the practice of singing National Anthem only at the beginning of each format of the game. The National anthem will now be played on September 6^th before the start of the T20 series.”

He also stated that in Sri Lanka, they follow a practice which states that the national anthem will be played only in the first match of any series. The tour started with the 1st Test match at Galle, where the National Anthems were played for both the nations, but according to the tradition, Anthems were not played in the second or the third Test matches.

“The practice of singing National Anthem was followed in the first ODI (on Sunday at Dambulla) and again it will be sung at the R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo before the commencement of the only T-20 match (6th September) on this tour. Rest of the venues will have an immediate start of the match without the Anthem Ceremony.”

It has been a long standing tradition to play the National Anthems of both the participating nations before the start of a match, not only in cricket but also in various other sports played across the world. The Anthem is considered as a symbol of pride and honor for a player who is representing his country in a particular sport. Surprisingly, both India and Sri Lanka’s (and also Bangladesh) National Anthems have been written by the legendary Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore.

Sri Lanka will next travel to Pakistan for the first time after 2009’s horrific attack on the team by the terrorist at Lahore. Only Zimbabwe have toured the country since then. Another tour proposed to travel Pakistan is the world XI tour.

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