<p>With the breaking of the news of Sri Lanka Cricket and the BCCI agreeing to a five-match ODI series, the Lankan players appeared to be concerned about their skills training required for the series.<br /><br /></p>.<p>This has been reflected in a tweet by senior cricketer Kumar Sangakkara this morning.<br /><br />"Our 6 weeks of pure fitness work ends abruptly. Have a week to do a months requirement of skills work before India. Planning ahead anyone,? the former skipper asked in a tweet.<br /><br />Sri Lankans are currently under a intense fitness programme conducted by the former national rugby union skipper Chandrishan Perera.<br /><br />The programme was tasked at conditioning players for the busy schedule ahead leading up to next year's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.<br /><br />The current fitness programme was a sequel to a report filed by the SLC's chief operations officer Carlton Bernadus, which had raised concerns about the fitness levels and the fielding standards.<br /><br />Sri Lankans were to face England in a seven-match home ODI series before heading off to New Zealand for a Test and ODI series.<br /><br />The sudden management decision to fill in the void due to West Indies' pull-out from the remainder of India tour has upset the work schedule of the Sri Lankans.</p>
<p>With the breaking of the news of Sri Lanka Cricket and the BCCI agreeing to a five-match ODI series, the Lankan players appeared to be concerned about their skills training required for the series.<br /><br /></p>.<p>This has been reflected in a tweet by senior cricketer Kumar Sangakkara this morning.<br /><br />"Our 6 weeks of pure fitness work ends abruptly. Have a week to do a months requirement of skills work before India. Planning ahead anyone,? the former skipper asked in a tweet.<br /><br />Sri Lankans are currently under a intense fitness programme conducted by the former national rugby union skipper Chandrishan Perera.<br /><br />The programme was tasked at conditioning players for the busy schedule ahead leading up to next year's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.<br /><br />The current fitness programme was a sequel to a report filed by the SLC's chief operations officer Carlton Bernadus, which had raised concerns about the fitness levels and the fielding standards.<br /><br />Sri Lankans were to face England in a seven-match home ODI series before heading off to New Zealand for a Test and ODI series.<br /><br />The sudden management decision to fill in the void due to West Indies' pull-out from the remainder of India tour has upset the work schedule of the Sri Lankans.</p>