Sri Lanka Cricket denies stories of gamers’ ‘deliberate poor efficiency’

“Sri Lanka Cricket has not received any such complaint from the ‘Team Management’ against any player of the national team,” it stated in an announcement.

The island facet went on to lose the T20I collection 3–0 after their opponents suffered huge losses in all three matches.

While South Africa received the primary T20I in opposition to Sri Lanka by 28 runs, they simply beat the hosts within the second T20I with 9 wickets to spare. In the third T20I, Sri Lanka have been crushed by ten wickets and suffered a collection whitewash by the hands of the Proteas.

“Sri Lanka Cricket wish to inform you that it was the identical group of gamers who performed within the ODI collection that Sri Lanka received in opposition to South Africa. Sri Lanka not solely received the ODI collection vs South Africa 2 – 1 but in addition scored vital factors and climbed up the rankings of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Super League,” the assertion added.

The board additionally urged the information organizations to observe moral journalism forward of the T20 World Cup ranging from October 17 subsequent month.

“Sri Lanka Cricket would like to request the relevant news organisations, who published false and fabricated news content to adhere to ethical journalistic practices, such as, false reporting destabilizing and impairing the national team’s preparations ahead of the crucial ICC Men’s T20 World Cup.” Will do, the assertion additional stated.

“Such false reporting will also mentally affect players who are showing commitment and willingness to make their presence count in the team, as seen in the recent competitions Sri Lanka played.”

Sri Lanka is scheduled to tackle their Group A opponents Namibia of their first T20 World Cup match in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates on 18 October.