Sri Lanka coach Chris Silverwood was disillusioned by his crew’s disappointing outing within the Asia Cup remaining however mentioned it was a well timed wake-up name for his facet forward of the ODI World Cup subsequent month.
Sri Lanka had been bowled out for 50 after India pacer Mohammed Siraj grabbed six for 21, and the guests romped to a 10-wicket win right here on Sunday.
“We performed excellent cricket to get to the ultimate. I feel now we have to regroup and put some confidence into the gamers.
“You recognize generally a little bit of a kick to the rear finish is just not the worst factor earlier than going into an enormous match,” mentioned Silverwood throughout the post-match press meet.
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Silverwood mentioned the Lankan crew wanted to ask robust questions and attempt to transfer on from this defeat.
“It was a brilliant bowling efficiency by India. We didn’t assist ourselves both and had been disillusioned with the way in which we completed. Now we have an enormous World Cup match coming, and we have to ask just a few questions within the dressing room and transfer ahead from this,” he mentioned.
The Englishman underlined the significance of discovering consistency, particularly as a batting unit.
“We’re going to compete towards groups like India, Pakistan and Australia (in WC), and now we have to be persistently at our greatest.
“So, we have to discover consistency within the batting. We bat all the way in which all the way down to No. 7, and now we have the expertise. So, it’s a little bit of concern (lack of consistency), and we are going to speak about it,” he added.
Silverwood agreed that the accidents to some key gamers like Wanindu Hasaranga didn’t assist Lanka, however can’t use it as an excuse for a defeat of this nature.
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“Now we have had some accidents within the bowling division, however that can’t be used as an excuse within the batting division.
“The schedule round worldwide cricket is hard for the time being, now we have to reside with it,” he mentioned.
Nonetheless, Silverwood discovered some mild within the emergence of younger gamers like pacer Matheesha Pathirana and all-rounder Dunith Wellalage.
“Pathirana and Wellalage have actually emerged on the worldwide stage, and (Kusal) Mendis has come again to type.
“There are some good particular person and crew performances, however consistency is the important thing, after which we will consider beating groups like India,” he mentioned.