Former England captain and commentator Kevin Pietersen on Friday (July 2) expressed his disappointment at Sri Lanka’s poor run at international cricket in the last few years after the Islanders were whitewashed in the T20Is by England.
And now the Kusal Perera-led side is on the verge to face a humiliating defeat in the ongoing three-match ODI series as well having lost the first two ODIs already. The third and final ODI is slated to be played on Sunday (July 4) in Bristol.
After Sri Lanka’s 8-wicket defeat in the second ODI against England, Pietersen vented out his pain of seeing the struggles of Sri Lankan cricket that has given some of the greatest players like Aravinda de Silva, Mahela Jayawardena, Kumar Sangakkara and Muttiah Muralitharan among others.
On Friday, Pietersen wondered what happened to Sri Lanka cricket and tweeted, “Aravinda, Arjuna, Vaas, Murali, Mahela, Kumar, just to name a few SL players that would have walked into any world 11 at their time. What's happened to SL cricket?”
Sri Lanka has so far played 10 T20I series since October 2018 and won only one having lost two each to England, New Zealand, and the West Indies and one each to Australia, India, and South Africa.
(With ANI Inputs)
