Srilankan team coach Nic Pothas said in press confess on Tuesday that it is very frustrating to lose three early wickets in
india vs Srilanka test match
Srilankan team coach Nic Pothas said in press confess on Tuesday that it is very frustrating to lose three early wickets in the final session of the fourth day of a test match with his team battling to avoid defeat in the third and final Test match against India.
In the morning session of the fourth day of the first test, Sri Lanka were all out for 373 in their first innings, and gave
lead of 163 runs to India. after inning lead Indian team started there second inning , India declared their second innings at
246/5, setting a target of 410 for the tourists to win the test match.
Dhananjay De Silva (13 batting) and Angelo Mathews (0 batting) were at the crease when the umpires called it a day, with Sri
Lanka trailing by 379 runs.
“It is very frustrating to be in this position. Obviously it is not very good to to lose early three wickets. We are in
India playing against a
very very good indian cricket team. We did quite well in the morning session to extend our innings and bowled well at the
beginning
(of India’s second innings),” Pothas told the media at press confrence the end of the day’s play.
“Too much of a coincidence. We lost wicket with the seam. It was dark and against the spin, we lost two wickets and we are off. So it is frustrating,” he added.
The coach also praised the Sri Lankan players and said the team did prity well well in a difficult situation.
he also open his mouth on going controvery about air pollution in delhi
he told at press confrence The air quality in delhi was “very poor” on Tuesday which forced Sri Lankan seamer Suranga Lakmal
to go off the ground after vomiting in middle of pitch . Indian pacer Mohammad Shami was also similarly affected later in the
day.
“I thought the team did quite well. Shami was struggling today. We made a pact with the team that we are not going to discuss
about it. It is what it is. We can’t help. But let’s just get on with the game,” Pothas said.
“Some people adapt to situations differently than others. Physiologically everyone is different from each other,” he added.]]>