No reason to give up captaincy: Tharanga

Sri Lanka lost the five-match series 0-5 against India at home after the visitor clinched victory by six wickets in Colombo on Sunday. The home team’s skipper Upul Tharanga has said that there is no reason of stepping down from the captaincy despite losing the series.

By :  migrator
Update: 2017-09-04 16:10 GMT
Sri Lanka Captain Upul Tharanga

Colombo

“There is no reason to give up captaincy. The next selectors’ committee will decide how we will move forward. We didn’t play well. And in the last two years we have not played well. So, only this set of players can come out of this phase. But we need to plan better and we need to identify what are the areas we can improve on,” he said. 

Talking about the team’s performance, the captain insisted that his side lacked consistency and that is why it was outclassed in the series. 

“We lacked consistency. We didn’t bat, bowl or field well. We were outplayed in the series. I am disappointed with our batting effort,” lamented Tharanga.

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