Sri Lanka fumes over T20 WC scheduling

Sri Lanka Captain Wanindu Hasaranga and spinner Maheesh Theekshana have lambasted the scheduling of their team’s matches in the ongoing ICC T20 World Cup, saying the roster is ‘unfair’ and has already forced them to cancel one practice due to the long travel time.

Sri Lanka lost its group D opener to South Africa, and Theekshana spoke out on the scheduling, which he believes has negatively impacted the team.

“So unfair for us, we have to leave every day (after the match) because we are playing (at) four different venues,” Theekshana said.

“The flight we took from Florida, from Miami, we had to wait like eight hours in the airport to get the flight. We were supposed to leave at 8.00 p.m. but we got the flight at 5.00 a.m. It’s really unfair for us, but it doesn’t matter when you play,” he added.

“Even from the hotel, it (the practice venue) is one hour and 40 minutes. Even today (for the match against South Africa), we had to wake up around 5.00 a.m. to come here,” Theekshana pointed out. (Agencies)