Rahul Tiwari
khelja|13-06-2024
The T20 World Cup 2024 has not been good for many teams, but the Sri Lankan team would hardly want to ever remember this tournament. That is because the Sri Lankan team has not won any match in this tournament so far and after that it is now stuck in the floods in Florida. According to Sri Lankan media reports, the Sri Lankan team is stuck there due to heavy floods in Florida. The team was to fly from Florida to St. Lucia on Wednesday but this flight was canceled due to heavy floods. Emergency has been imposed in Florida and it is not yet known when this team will go to St. Lucia.
Sri Lanka has to play its next match on 17 June in St. Lucia. This match will be against Netherlands. Sri Lanka has to win this match at any cost but rain and floods have spoiled its plans. Anyway, Sri Lanka is hopeful that it will reach St. Lucia on Friday.
Floods in Florida has left Sri Lankan team stranded in US. The team was supposed to fly out from Fort Lauderdale this evening to the Caribbean, but are now staying back in the US. A state of emergency has been issued by the Mayor of Fort Lauderdale. The team is expected to fly out tomorrow.
— Rex Clementine (@RexClementine) June 13, 2024
Sri Lanka had criticized the ICC as soon as it entered the T20 World Cup. Sri Lankan players alleged that they were made to travel too much and their hotel in New York was also very far from the ground. Due to which their players had to wake up early in the morning and could not rest. Sri Lankan team lost matches against South Africa and Bangladesh. It was expected to win against Nepal but rain canceled the match. Now it has to play against Netherlands, in which even a win will not give it much benefit. South Africa has already reached Super 8 from Group D and there is a competition between Bangladesh and Netherlands for the second place team.