Sri Lankan newspapers and fans lambasted the national cricket team Tuesday after the former champions were dumped out of the Asia Cup by up-and-coming Afghanistan. The exit from the Asia cup marks a truly sad day for Sri Lanka cricket. — Roshan Abeysinghe (@RoshanCricket) September 18, 2018The Mirror said the performance did not augur well for the World Cup in England and Wales next year. Sri Lanka are a poor, poor ODI team. Another fan speculated tongue-in-cheek that the poor performance was all part of a strategy to dupe other teams into thinking Sri Lanka were weak before next year's World Cup.

Source: Dhaka Tribune September 18, 2018 11:48 UTC