Having made an early exit from the World Cup, Sri Lanka’s assistant coach Naveed Nawaz admitted on Wednesday that the staff has numerous gaps to fill earlier than rising as a severe contender in world tournaments. Sri Lanka will face New Zealand of their ultimate league match in Bengaluru on Thursday, and Nawaz stated they have been in search of enchancment in all areas of the sport. “We needed to qualify for this World Cup. We weren’t within the high eight groups. We’ve got gaps in expertise to fill, and it is a large topic,” stated Nawaz throughout his pre-match press meet.
“We must be affected person as a result of the (present) group of gamers should not going to vary aside from the gamers who’re coming by from the grassroots. So, we have to see how we will upskill our gamers and get them at par with worldwide requirements,” stated Nawaz.
Taking that time ahead, Nawaz stated the Lankan batters want to search out extra consistency to achieve desired outcomes.
“The opening which was at all times regarding for us over a time frame. We have type of tried to fill in these gaps. We introduced in Dimuth (Karunaratne) for the qualifiers and Kusal (Mendis), Kusal Perera for the World Cup.
“There are a few spots within the middle-order, which was regarding for a while now. It is not one thing that has occurred throughout this event, however it has been there for some time. So, it is the (lack of) consistency,” he added.
Other than the on-field points, Sri Lankan cricket additionally needed to sort out some tumultuous moments after the drama surrounding its cricket board again dwelling.
The nation’s sports activities ministry had sacked the present workplace bearers of the board earlier than a better courtroom reinstated them.
Whereas admitting that the entire episode was difficult, Nawaz stated they should deal with the match at hand.
“It is a difficult time. However we should always management the controllables. The one management that we’ve got on this event is the sport tomorrow.
“So, in the course of the staff conferences and the discussions we had amongst the teaching group in addition to the gamers was to deal with that,” he stated.
Mendis took over as captain after injured common skipper Dasun Shanaka was dominated out of the event.
It appeared to have affected his batting because the wicketkeeper batter couldn’t kick on regardless of receiving begins in just a few matches.
Nevertheless, Nawaz stated it was unfair to evaluate the management of Mendis primarily based on a few matches.
“Dasun proved to be a great chief. It is unlucky that we misplaced him. But it surely’s unfair to make a judgment on Kusal Mendis’ captaincy after a few video games.
“It could have been an enormous burden on Kusal to take over the captaincy throughout a World Cup. The choice making which he was not concerned in (earlier) most likely would have affected him as nicely. I suppose each are good captains,” added Nawaz.
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