Chris said – “Obviously, we didn’t get off to the best start” as their discipline was lacking at times
Sri Lanka head coach Chris Silverwood bemoaned the lack of discipline among his bowlers following his team’s 67-run loss to India in the first ODI in Guwahati.
Chris said after the match –
“Obviously, we didn’t start well. If I have to be honest, our discipline was lacking at times in the first ten overs, and we allowed India to start well. This is a high-scoring ground. India knew that they had to get off to a good start and we allowed them to do that.”
Sri Lanka won the toss and gave India the win but Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill put on a 143-run partnership in just 19.4 overs to get the hosts going. Virat Kohli then scored his 45th ODI century to help India post 373 for 7.
Chris said –
“They took the momentum from him and we had to push back all the time to try to break down. And I think we did that for a while. But when you have a class batting line-up like India’s, Then it’s hard to stop them.”