"Players let us down in the two games": Sri Lanka chief Hasaranga after rout against Bangladesh
Dallas [US], June 8 Sri Lanka skipper Wanindu Hasaranga laid fault on the players after his side slipped to its second loss in the T20 World Cup 2024 and expressed that hitters let the group down in both of their matches of the competition.
In the nail-gnawing match, Bangladesh crushed Sri Lanka by two-wicket at the Stupendous Grassland Arena in the continuous T20 World Cup.
At the point when Sri Lanka batted first, they were in an extraordinary situation at 100/3 after 14 overs, yet they had a horrible breakdown to wind up at 124/9. Because of an extraordinary presentation with the ball, they stretched out the match as far as possible, however Bangladesh eventually won with one over excess.
"We began well in the initial 10 overs yet in the center overs, we batted gravely. Bowling is our solidarity. Assuming we had got 150-160 we might have won with our bowling assault. The hitters let us down in the two games," Hasaranga said in a post-match show.
The skipper of Sri Lanka expressed that his group's bowling assault is fit for shielding a score of 150-160, however the hitters are bombing the bowlers. Sri Lanka could marshal 77 against South Africa.
"We actually have two games and we will attempt to give a valiant effort. Maheesh and I are the two primary spinners and we need to assault," he added.
Coming to the match, the Sri Lanka and Bangladesh competition by and by satisfied the hopes of the observers as the Tigers left the Lions shocks with a nail-gnawing two-wicket succeed at the Terrific Grassland Arena in the continuous T20 World Cup on Friday (nearby time).
It was a conflict where expectation was overflowing before each conveyance. Energy changed inside the squint of an eye and fans were standing by at the edge of their seats appealing to God for their group to win.
Subsequent to confining Sri Lanka to a pitiful score of 124/9, Nuwan Thushara and Dhananjaya de Silva made early advances and conveyed two speedy catastrophes for Bangladesh.
Notwithstanding, Bangladesh made extreme work of it, pursuing down an objective of 125, showing up toward the end goal with six balls in excess and two wickets close by.