Wanidu Hasaranga on Sri Lanka batting collapse in South Africa defeat
03/06/2024
Nassau County International Cricket Stadium, New York, USA
03/06/2024
Nassau County International Cricket Stadium, New York, USA
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00:00 How disappointing is it to start the World Cup in this manner?
00:03 Yeah, that's not a good start.
00:09 But you know this is early in the tournament, so we try to do our best from the next game.
00:17 And we have three more games left in the first round games, so we have to do our best in the next three games.
00:28 Can you just tell us what was the thinking behind batting first after winning the toss?
00:33 Our bowling attack is the most... we have a strength, so we wanted to put a good score and we just wanted to defend.
00:49 So that's why as a team we made that decision.
00:56 The way the bowlers fought back, defending a small total, you must be pretty pleased with the manner they went about the things?
01:03 Yeah, of course, you know, especially the fast bowlers, they bowl really well with the new ball.
01:08 If we had a 120, 125 plus, I think this game will be changed.
01:18 We saw that the pitch had a lot of seam movement and uneven bounce.
01:32 Do you think you could have played at least one higher release point bowler, maybe like Chameera, so that you get the maximum uneven bounce or seam movement out of the pitch?
01:43 We went with Nwantushar because he had played a few games in the IPL and you know, Dushmanta, he didn't play matches in IPL.
01:56 So he didn't play matches since last, what are the weeks?
02:01 So that's why we went with Nwantushar and he had five wickets in his last T20 international.
02:08 We went with him but still we saw the difference, you know, bounce and low bounce in the wickets still when we are bowling.
02:17 You've had some challenges with the travel and then being far from the ground and you were not able to train.
02:27 Does that kind of have an impact on the performance on the day?
02:32 No, we can't say that, you know, but we had a tough time, you know, especially in the last few days.
02:38 We still travel one and a half hours in the morning and we have our first round four games in four venues.
02:47 It's hard but you know, we don't know about the wicket set and this is our first game in New York and we have an ex-game in Dallas, we don't know.
02:58 And then Florida, we play two practice games, that's the only plus point we have.
03:04 Yes.
03:06 Yes.
03:08 I have a question for you.
03:10 This is a very important match for us and you have decided to give the ball to us first.
03:18 And in the next game, if we give away the money, what will we do?
03:24 And you have also said that you have not lost your mind in the last few games.
03:35 We haven't lost our mind in the last few games.
03:46 We have decided to give the ball to the team and we have decided to give the ball to the team.
04:07 We have decided to give the ball to the team and we have decided to give the ball to the team.
04:21 We have decided to give the ball to the team and we have decided to give the ball to the team.
04:42 We have decided to give the ball to the team.
05:00 One more question and then we have to move on please.
05:06 We have seen that Matisha Patil is a very good bowler.
05:12 We have seen that Matisha Patil is a very good bowler.
05:18 We have seen that Matisha Patil is a very good bowler.
05:30 We have seen that Matisha Patil is a very good bowler.
05:38 We have seen that Matisha Patil is a very good bowler.
05:47 We have seen that Matisha Patil is a very good bowler.
06:04 We have seen that Matisha Patil is a very good bowler.
06:18 We have seen that Matisha Patil is a very good bowler.
06:36 We have seen that Matisha Patil is a very good bowler.
06:45 We have seen that Matisha Patil is a very good bowler.
07:08 We have seen that Matisha Patil is a very good bowler.
07:22 We have seen that Matisha Patil is a very good bowler.
07:34 We have seen that Matisha Patil is a very good bowler.
07:42 We have seen that Matisha Patil is a very good bowler.
07:54 We have seen that Matisha Patil is a very good bowler.
08:04 We have seen that Matisha Patil is a very good bowler.
08:16 We have seen that Matisha Patil is a very good bowler.
08:26 We have seen that Matisha Patil is a very good bowler.
08:40 We have seen that Matisha Patil is a very good bowler.
08:54 We have seen that Matisha Patil is a very good bowler.
09:15 We have seen that Matisha Patil is a very good bowler.
09:36 Thanks very much everybody.
09:38 South Africa will be here shortly.