Mumbai, November 3
Sri Lanka’s decimation by India in the Asia Cup final in September could potentially have dented the confidence of the players, which led to another crushing defeat in their World Cup match against Rohit Sharma’s side here on Thursday, conceded their batting coach Naveed Nawaz.
Sri Lanka could only make 50 runs in the Asia Cup final in Colombo and India overhauled the target in just the seventh over, inflicting a crushing 10-wicket defeat on Lanka.
This is the third time India have dismiss Sri Lanka below 100 runs this year, the previous two occasions being in Thiruvananthapuram in January, where they were decimated for 73 and India achieved its biggest-ever ODI win by 317 runs, and the Asia Cup final, where the Islanders were bundled out for 50 runs.
“It’s (batting) a cause for concern, for sure. But I don’t see it as the decline of Sri Lanka cricket. We’ve got a young group of players, we’ve got only a few guys who have played over 100 ODIs here in this group as well,” Nawaz said.
