2 min learnUp to date: Jun 22, 2026 05:54 PM IST
With Sri Lanka nearly getting ready to a T20 World Cup exit after their complete loss to West indies on Sunday, an emotional skipper Chamari Athapaththu took the blame for the staff’s efficiency, saying that she was a failure as a captain.
“Really, it’s a disappointment past phrases. I believe I performed round 18 years for the nationwide staff and I may by no means get an opportunity to take my staff right into a semi-final of a World Cup. Regardless that I’ve achieved many issues personally, I believe I’m a failure as a captain, as a result of I believe that’s huge ache for a participant. Really, now I’ve to be with that ache,” Chamari mentioned.
“I believe I attempted my greatest, I believe I ought to have performed extra accountable than this and if I’ve performed extra accountable than this immediately, we may have gained this match immediately. So, I remorse that. Particularly I don’t prefer to blame anybody and I believe I’ve extra duty as a participant, because the captain of the staff and as a participant with extra expertise. So, I’m very unhappy, I really feel like I misplaced my final likelihood,” she added.
Sri Lanka nonetheless have a sliver of likelihood of qualifying for the following spherical if they will win their matches vs Eire and Scotland and if different fixtures go their means.
They haven’t had the very best of tournaments, successful simply 1 out of the three matches they’ve performed. They defeated New Zealand whereas dropping to England and West Indies respectively.
Within the match on Sunday, Sri Lanka batted first and had been bundled out for simply 98 runs with Chamari scoring simply 2. Nilakshika Silva was the highest scorer with 30 runs whereas Kavisha Dilhari chipped in with 21. 7 batters within the lineup completed with single digits whereas Hayley Matthews took 3 wickets for the West Indies.
The Windies nearly made a meal of the chase, dropping 5 wickets earlier than lastly reaching the goal in 16.1 overs.