NEW DELHI: Sri Lankan spinner Maheesh Theekshana did not mince phrases and mentioned that the defending champions England had underestimated the Islanders at their very own threat. Sri Lanka cruised to an eight-wicket win towards the 2019 champions England and dented their hopes of reaching the semifinals of the mega event.
The Sri Lankan bowlers demonstrated outstanding accuracy on a pitch with unpredictable bounce, dismantling England’s lineup for a mere 156 runs.Sri Lanka clinched victory withSadeera Samarawickrama and Pathum Nissanka each scoring half-centuries. Sri Lanka chased down the whole in 25.4 overs.

With this win, Sri Lanka are actually fifth within the factors tally with 2 wins and three losses in 5 matches. They’ve a run-rate of -0.205.

“I feel they underestimated our staff as a result of we additionally misplaced three video games and we solely received towards the Netherlands. That is why the consequence went our method as a result of we backed our power. We went in with a easy plan, in order that’s why we received the sport as we speak,” mentioned Theekshana within the post-match press meet right here.

Sri Lankan bowlers had a woeful time within the first 4 matches, leaking runs aplenty and South Africa had even mustered a 400-plus whole.
Theekshana mentioned the Lankans executed their plans significantly better on this match.

“Within the first 4 video games, we did not bowl nicely within the center overs. I feel we misplaced three video games due to our bowling. So, we did some observe periods to get extra self-discipline, all of the quick bowlers did their exhausting work earlier than the sport in order that they know what they should do within the recreation (as we speak),” he mentioned.
Theekshana admitted that the floor on the M Chinnaswamy Stadium, usually batsmen’s ally, modified its character a bit throughout this match because the bowlers too received some buy.
“I’ve performed an IPL match (right here) and the pitch was totally different. (In the present day) there was a little bit of flip, tempo and bounce. In that IPL match, the pitch was flat and scoring runs was comparatively straightforward.
“I am not implying that it was powerful to build up runs on this match, as we managed to attain 150 runs with simply two wickets down,” he mentioned.

The victory over England, Theekshana mentioned, will assist Sri Lanka to method upcoming matches with extra confidence.
“Our confidence as a staff has elevated rather a lot. On this match, we received a really large victory. We need to play nicely within the upcoming 4 matches and attain the semifinals,” he added.