Sri Lanka has lost a three-match T20I series against England by 3-0.
England humiliated Sri Lanka in the three-match T20I series by winning it 3-0. At no point in the series, it looked like Sri Lanka would make a comeback as England thrashed the Kusal Perera-led side.
In the first match, England chased down the target of 130 runs with 8 wickets in hand and 17 deliveries left. They continued the domination with a five-wicket win in the next match, and a huge 89-run win in the final match; bowling Sri Lanka out for just 91 runs in a 181-run chase.
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Sri Lankan fans are extremely disappointed with the performance of their team and they decided to launch a campaign against their team on social media. A large number of angry fans trended the hashtag #unfollowcricketers on Facebook and they boycotted the Facebook pages of vice-captain Kusal Mendis and opener Dhanushka Gunathilaka, the newscenter.lk website said.
"The aim of the campaign is to unfollow failed Sri Lankan cricketers from their verified profiles on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter," the popular website said. Fans also threatened to not watch any of the matches of the Sri Lanka cricket team.
A journalist from Sri Lanka, Manjula Basnayake wrote that he has never seen the team play like this. "I have been watching cricket matches since 1993 but I have never seen such a weak Sri Lankan cricket team," he tweeted. "They can't hit the ball. #SLvENG."
After the defeat, Sri Lanka captain Perera said their batting let them down. "We knew it was going to be a tough series coming into it, but our batting wasn't up to the mark," he commented on the defeat.
"That was our main issue. We couldn't get used to the pace and the bounce of the pitches and conditions."