Sri Lankan national cricket team used to be a formidable force to be reckoned with in international cricket. Be it ICC, ACC or bilateral events, they had the guile and determination to win games.
However, after legendary players of the team including Muttiah Muralitharan, Kumar Sangakkara, Mahela Jayawardene, Chaminda Vaas, Marvan Atapattu, Tillakaratne Dilshan and others retired from the game, Sri Lanka struggled to produce a spark as a team.
However, with a pool of talented players at their disposal, they are slowly en route to revival. Sri Lanka were the underdogs of the Asia Cup 2022 tournament as they beat Pakistan to win their sixth Asia Cup.
Sri Lanka is officially out of the direct Qualification for ICC World Cup 2023
Recently, Sri Lanka missed out on qualifying for the ICC World Test Championship Final in the second edition. Now, they are officially out of the direct qualification for the ICC ODI World Cup.
For the record, Sri Lanka will be playing an ODI World Cup Qualifier for the first time in 44 years, which goes to show how the mighty have fallen. So, they failed to grab hold of the eighth spot in the MRF Tyres ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Super League table.
This comes after they succumbed to a terrible defeat against New Zealand in the third ODI at Hamilton. Batting first, the Lankans were crumbled to a mere 157 in 41.3 overs. The likes of Matt Henry, Shipley and Daryl Mitchell took three wickets apiece.
In response, New Zealand chased down the target in 32.5 overs. They won the game by six wickets. Lahiru Kumara took two wickets to his name for Sri Lanka.
Meanwhile, Sri Lanka will have to fly to Zimbabwe in June to compete in the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Qualifier, as they will look to secure their spot in the 2023 edition of the tournament later this year.
2011 runner ups
2023 disqualifiedTeam spoiled with in 12years🥲 https://t.co/bjQNJvYwXt
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Let's laugh on clown @daniel86cricket 🤡😂
— Tanmay (@Tanmay2118) March 31, 2023
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Add Murli, Vaas, and many more 🇱🇰 Legends in this pic.twitter.com/N7o73lGgYS
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What a decline of SL team. Once they had Sanga, Mahela, Dilshan, Malinga , Kulasekra in 2015 WC. 😪
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but a/c to Daniel Alexander SL is the best Asian Team ðŸ˜ðŸ˜
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That’s a sad story not only for islanders but for all other cricket followers and admirers. After an absolute high in mid 90s, they are now digging deep down…. Never imagined. 😟😞
— shamba mazumder (@itsshambo) March 31, 2023
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There was a time when SL didn't used to play Qualification round, how time change 💔
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