The Sri Lankan camp is in a state of shock after Namibia beat them by 55 runs within the first match of the T20 World Cup on Sunday. After the loss, the Sri Lankan captain has stated that it’s a worrying signal for the crew.
Speaking on the post-match press convention, Shanaka stated, “We did not execute our plans effectively. I feel we went for yorkers and we did not do effectively with fewer full tosses and half volleys. I feel that is the place it went incorrect. I feel if they’d caught to that powerful size, wicket-to-wicket, just like the Namibian bowlers did actually, rather well, it ought to have been totally different. ,
Electing to bat first, Namibia scored 163 for seven in 20 overs. Namibia have been in serious trouble after scoring 93 for six in 14.2 overs. Jane Frylink (44 runs in 28B; 4×4) and JJ Smit (31 not out in 16B; 2×4, 2×6) placed on 70 runs in simply 34 balls for the seventh wicket. This partnership proved to be a match-winning one.
Lanka will now have to keep away from any slippages in opposition to the Netherlands and the United Arab Emirates to maneuver ahead, and even then their luck may come all the way down to run price permutations.
Interestingly, Sri Lanka have entered the World Cup by profitable the Asia Cup within the UAE. Namibia, then again, nonetheless made it to the Super 12 stage in 2021, and captain Gerhard Erasmus stated his aspect took quite a lot of religion from that have on the prime stage.
Now Sri Lanka will face the UAE and Namibia will face the Netherlands on Tuesday.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
