Sri Lanka spinner Maheesh Theekshana has hit out at the gruelling schedule for the workforce from island nation at the T20 World Cup. Sri Lanka are one of many solely two teams playing all their 4 group matches at 4 completely different venues. They are subsequent scheduled to face Bangladesh on June 7 in Dallas whereas their final two matches towards Nepal and Netherlands will happen on June 11 and 16 in Florida and St Lucia respectively.
Theekshana has referred to as this schedule for Sri Lanka ‘unfair’ whereas additionally calling out the travelling ordeal the workforce needed to undergo all nowadays. Sri Lanka’s lodge in New York is a staggering one hour and 40 minutes away from the stadium whereas in addition they needed to take care of delayed flights. “So unfair for us, we’ve got to depart every single day [after the match] as a result of we are playing [at] 4 completely different venues.Â
“It’s unfair. The flight we took from Florida, from Miami, we had to wait like eight hours in the airport to get the flight. And we came around. We were supposed to leave at 8pm but we got the flight at 5am. It’s really unfair for us, but it doesn’t matter when you play [on the field],” Theekshana stated after the match.
The spin bowler additionally pointed out that a couple of teams have gotten the posh of playing at the same venue for almost all of the group stage matches earlier than stating that Sri Lanka additionally needed to cancel certainly one of their coaching session to keep away from fatigue as a consequence of journey. “I can’t say the names of the teams that have got the opportunity to stay in the same place but their hotel is only 14 minutes to the ground. Ours was like one hour and 40 minutes. Because even from the hotel, it’s one hour and 40 minutes. Even today [match day], we had to wake up around 5am to come here,” Theekshana additional stated.
