Yesterday evening I happened to be at the stadium to watch the Twenty20 Cricket Match between India & Sri Lanka which was held in Colombo under electric lights. All the stands were filled with spectators even before an hour from the start of the match holding Sri Lankan flags in their hands. Both teams were doing their warm-up exercises and the crowd was cheering from that time. The game lasted for about a little more than three hours and the spectators never gave themselves a break on cheering. The amazing thing was that the whole of the crowd were enjoying the game to its peak.
From our players' part the crowd would not be satisfied with the small mistakes they committed. I could hear their sighs on those minors which actually led to a loss in the game at last minutes. It was an achievable goal but certain decisions they made did not work out as the team expected.
I think its time for them to learn. Better late than never they say. The World Cup Tournament is ahead. Hope that Sri Lankan Team will perform as they did in past and learn their lessons quickly; for their sake and for the spectators' sake.
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I have been to many One day internationals played in SL (cmb, Dambulla) but as you said this was the most existing and happening match I have ever been. It was the first International T20 played in Sri Lanka.
And SL crowed is like that going after every small thing happens in the ground.
This why I'm worried why IPL not hosting in SL :( (http://www.asankama.com/2009/03/sout-africa-host-ipl.html)
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