Chief Selector Pramodaya Wickramasinghe on Friday (November 10) alleged that Sri Lanka’s disastrous present on the ongoing ODI World Cup was a consequence “of a conspiracy from outside”.
The Sri Lankan cricket staff 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 staff, stated, “Give me two days to disclose everything about it. This was the result of a conspiracy from outside.”
“It could be very unhappy, I’m taking accountability,” he instructed reporters on the airport. (Cricket World Cup 2023: How Sourav Ganguly Convinced Rohit Sharma To Lead Team India After Virat Kohli, Read Here)
Sri Lanka recorded their worst World Cup efficiency since 1992, profitable solely two of their 9 video games.
The former champions had been marred by a collection of accidents, warranting replacements exterior the unique squad. That even led to a change of captaincy mid event.
Their disastrous present in opposition to India, the place they had been all out for 56, triggered a backlash at dwelling.
The Sports Minister then fired the governing physique, Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) which was then reinstated by the courtroom of attraction, 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.
