<p>Along with his unrelated senior namesake Mahela, Prasanna added 351 for the sixth wicket, a world record stand, to put Sri Lanka in a position of great command with one day to go at the Sardar Patel Gujarat stadium.<br /><br />“I didn’t know about the record,” the 30-year-old said, referring to him and Mahela going past the previous best of 346 set by Don Bradman and Jack Fingleton. <br /><br />“After the day’s play, the manager (Brendon Kuruppu) said we had broken a world record. It’s nice to achieve something like that. This was an important knock both personally and for the team.”<br /><br />Refusing to elaborate on whether he felt the pressure with Silva in the squad, Prasanna noted, “I have been made to understand that I have been not among the runs, but if you take a look at the last few series, whenever the team wanted runs I have contributed. But for some reason, there’s a line of thought that I have not been contributing with the bat. That wasn’t much pressure.”<br /><br />Expecting Muttiah Muralitharan to come to the party, he went on, “He’s a legend and a lot depends on how he performs tomorrow. India will be under some pressure, but the bowlers need to put in more effort to take wickets.”</p>
<p>Along with his unrelated senior namesake Mahela, Prasanna added 351 for the sixth wicket, a world record stand, to put Sri Lanka in a position of great command with one day to go at the Sardar Patel Gujarat stadium.<br /><br />“I didn’t know about the record,” the 30-year-old said, referring to him and Mahela going past the previous best of 346 set by Don Bradman and Jack Fingleton. <br /><br />“After the day’s play, the manager (Brendon Kuruppu) said we had broken a world record. It’s nice to achieve something like that. This was an important knock both personally and for the team.”<br /><br />Refusing to elaborate on whether he felt the pressure with Silva in the squad, Prasanna noted, “I have been made to understand that I have been not among the runs, but if you take a look at the last few series, whenever the team wanted runs I have contributed. But for some reason, there’s a line of thought that I have not been contributing with the bat. That wasn’t much pressure.”<br /><br />Expecting Muttiah Muralitharan to come to the party, he went on, “He’s a legend and a lot depends on how he performs tomorrow. India will be under some pressure, but the bowlers need to put in more effort to take wickets.”</p>
