Unhappy with their team’s consistently poor performance against India, fans in Dambulla held up the Sri Lankan cricket team’s bus in Dambulla on Sunday evening. This after India had smashed the hosts by nine wickets to take a 1-0 lead in the five-match ODI series.
Sri Lankans have been losing their patience with the national team, especially after the team lost the Test series 3-0 and showed little signs of improvement in the limited-overs contest. Around 50 fans shouted slogans and booed the local players forcing security personnel to step in. The players were held up for about 30 minutes, according to reports.
The Sri Lankan cricket team seems to be in complete disarray what with coach Nic Pothas unhappy with external interference in team matters.
Pothas said “too many cooks” were spoiling his efforts to revive the national team and has called for greater autonomy in the wake of yet another confidence-sapping loss against India on Sunday.
