Kusal Mendis apologizes to cricket fans
SLC Coach Mahela Jayawardena says that the Sri Lanka Cricket team including himself are not prisoners of any authority.
He said that he will not give answers to the accusations made by some members of parliament under parliamentary privileges while joining the press conference held today at the Sri Lanka Cricket Institute.
Kusal Mendis said that he apologizes to all the cricket fans in the country for the defeat of the Sri Lankan team in the last World Cup.
The Sri Lankan team, which withdrew from the World Cup cricket tournament, came to the island few days ago. Sri Lanka Cricket Association called a special press conference today and the Sri Lanka Cricket team and coaches expressed their views to the media regarding the reasons behind their team's setback in this year's World Cup.
Sri Lanka captain Kusal Mendis has apologised for his recent comment during the Cricket World Cup 2023. During a press conference, the player was asked by a journalist if he would like to congratulate India batter Virat kohli for scoring a record-equalling 49th ODI century. To this, Mendis replied, "Why I would congratulate him?" with a smile. The reaction of the Sri Lanka player didn't go down well and he was subjected to criticism for it. However, now, Mendis has cleared the air on his reaction.
"On that day I went for the press conference and I was not aware that Virat had scored a century, when suddenly that journalist asked that question, I didn't know what to say, And also I didn't understand the question clearly, scoring 49 ODI tons is not an easy job to do, Virat is one of the brilliant cricketers in the world, later I realized what i said was absolutely wrong," said Mendis.
