Inexperienced attack failed to execute plans: Maheesh

An inexperienced bowling attackrsquos failure to execute plans cost Sri Lanka the World Cup match against Pakistan despite posting 344 on the board reckoned offspinner Maheesh TheekshanaSri Lanka rode on centuries from Kusal Mendis 122 and Sadeera Samarawickrama 108 to score 344 for nine a target which Pakistan chased down with six wickets in hand and 10 balls to spare here on TuesdayAnd Theekshana feels that Sri Lanka failed to produce a complete performance and were 20 runs short ldquoWe lost more than 20 runs because we had a chance to go for 370 or 380 And even in the bowling we made a lot of mistakes and didnrsquot execute our plans Even in the field actually today Tuesday all three departments we didnrsquot do well So thatrsquos why we lostldquoI think because the experience that we got over the fast bowlers even the spinners that we have they donrsquot have much experience Even they didnrsquot play any games all over Indiardquo he said at the postmatch press conference ldquoWanindu Hasaranga and me are the only players who have played all over India I havenrsquot played in Hyderabad So I think they have to get more experience and play more games Even for the fast bowlers the smaller boundaries that they had in Delhi itrsquos really hard to bowl So yeah they have to execute plans I think they will do that in the next gamesrdquoAlso Read The strength of this Indian team is in its adaptability says Vikram RathourSri Lanka were cruising at 283 for four in the 40th over but the last 10 overs yielded just 61 runs for the loss of five wicketsTheekshana said it was the turning point of the match ldquoActually the wicket was a little bit slow in the last 10 overs They bowled a lot of slower balls and we didnrsquot execute our plans really well We lost a lot of wickets in the last 10 oversrdquoldquoI think the turning point was the last 10 overs and the middle overs during our bowling inningsrdquo he said This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever