T20 World Cup: I’m the eternal optimist - Mr. Optimistic Silverwood self-proclaims him

Sri Lankan coach Chris Silverwood self-proclaimed him as the - eternal optimist - following his team's desperately-needed win over the UAE, beating them by 79-runs, on Tuesday, in the T20 World Cup, at Geelong, Australia. 

Asked by the Sunday Times, in the hybrid post-match presser, how confident is he about the qualification, the english man said, "I'm always confident. I'm the eternal optimist. We'll always be looking to win and obviously progress. I'm confident in the boys' ability. But at the same time we have to make sure we turn up, we put in a performance like we did tonight, because as we've seen these teams here are dangerous. We've got to make sure we give them the respect they deserve and come out fighting". 

"Firstly, well-bowled to him. For anybody to get a hat-trick in a World Cup is absolutely fantastic. Something he'll remember forever", he said answering on his thought-process during the hat-trick. 

"It's just unfortunate that Dasun was part of a hat-trick. But we knew that we had people that could go in and bat. We knew we had a decent foundation to work from. And we knew that anything sort of above 140 would be a decent score having watched the first game". 

"Obviously we need to keep an eye on him (Dushmantha Chameera). The medical team will be watching him overnight. Then potentially having a scan tomorrow and we'll make a plan from there, really. But let's get all the information in first and find out exactly where we're at and we'll have to make a plan," he concluded.