Sri Lanka have been let down by their batting line-up at the World Cup and must perform as a unit if they are to have a shot at qualifying for the semifinals, skipper Dimuth Karunaratne said Sunday.
“I think the batting is the main collapse,” Karunaratne told reporters. “We played five matches, we couldn’t get a hundred, only a couple of fifties in our team. That is the only major thing.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. “If you want to compete with the good sides, you have to have a good batting line-up and you have to put runs on the board. So I think in this World Cup, the major (problem) is the batting line-up.
“They have capabilities to score runs. They were scoring but as a unit we couldn’t perform really well in these matches. Everyone has to put their hands up, put their heads down and put some runs on the board if you want to really win the matches.”
Sri Lanka’s fate rests on how England and Bangladesh, above them in the standings, fare in their remaining games.
“We can’t control the other games,” Karunaratne added. “I think we have a good chance but we have to win these two games and wait for... what will happen in the other games.
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