Within the wake of Sri Lanka‘s disastrous marketing campaign within the ongoing ICC Males’s Cricket World Cup 2023, their chief selector Pramodaya Wickramasingha has give you an explosive declare.
Sri Lanka by no means actually regarded in competition to do effectively within the competitors as they didn’t carry out effectively proper from the beginning. The crew, in addition to the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) board, has come beneath immense scrutiny not solely due to the defeats but in addition due to the character of the defeats. After India bowled them out for a paltry whole of 55 runs, the whole SLC board was sacked.
Hopes have been sky excessive from the crew after the high quality marketing campaign within the Asia Cup the place it made it to the ultimate. Nevertheless, Kusal Mendis & Co. didn’t reside as much as the expectations. The Islanders started their marketing campaign with three defeats in a row earlier than beating England and the Netherlands. And people twin wins have been adopted by 4 extra defeats together with losses in opposition to the likes of Afghanistan and Bangladesh.
The poor run has solely dumped Sri Lanka out of the World Cup however has additionally just about ended their hopes of taking part in within the Champions Trophy in 2025. They’re presently languishing on the ninth spot within the factors desk with 2 wins and seven losses.
Pramodaya Wickramasingha on Sri Lanka’s disastrous efficiency:
With the whole crew, selectors, and directors beneath fireplace for the disastrous efficiency within the World Cup, Pramodaya Wickramasingha has claimed that there’s greater than meets the attention. He has claimed that an “outdoors conspiracy” derailed Sri Lanka’s marketing campaign within the event.
“Give me two days to reveal all the pieces about it. This was the results of a conspiracy from outdoors,” Wickramasingha instructed PTI. “It is rather unhappy, I’m taking duty.”
In the meantime, a Sri Lanka courtroom has reinstated SLC after the board was sacked by the sports activities minister. On Thursday, a joint decision in parliament, involving each the federal government and the opposition, known as for the resignation of the SLC’s administration.
