Sri Lankan gamers stroll off the sector after their defeat in opposition to New Zealand within the ODI World Cup 2023 on the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on November 9, 2023.
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Chief Selector Pramodaya Wickramasinghe on Friday (November 10) alleged that Sri Lanka’s disastrous show on the ongoing ODI World Cup was a end result “of a conspiracy from outside”.
The Sri Lankan cricket team returned dwelling early Friday morning from India after their five-wicket loss within the final group stage match in opposition to New Zealand in Bengaluru.
Pressed for causes for the poor efficiency, Wickramasingha, a member of the World Cup-winning 1996 team, mentioned, “Give me two days to disclose everything about it. This was the result of a conspiracy from outside.”
“It is very sad, I am taking responsibility,” he told reporters at the airport.
Sri Lanka recorded their worst World Cup performance since 1992, winning only two of their nine games.
The former champions were marred by a series of injuries, warranting replacements outside the original squad. That even led to a change of captaincy mid tournament.
Their disastrous show against India, where they were all out for 56, triggered a backlash at home.
The Sports Minister then fired the governing physique, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) which was then reinstated by the courtroom of enchantment, thus additional deepening the disaster scenario.
On Thursday, a joint authorities and Opposition decision in Parliament demanded the resignation of the SLC’s administration.
The authorities, which is break up over the Minister’s choice to sack the SLC board of administration, got here out with a report, recommending a model new structure for the governing physique with a brand new voting construction to nominate workplace bearers.
