we are minnows in T20 and tests. you don't have to look further. just look at the rankings
in T20 we are even below afg. SL was fevs and they won both matches.
in Test again SL was fevs. SL was struggling in the ODIs not in tests. they won in UAE. whitewashed the OZs. we are in a position where we can win against non subcon teams in spin friendly wks, but barely. the match in colombo where we beat SL wasn't a rank turner. It was a good pitch and we played really well in that match to win it. so 1-0 in test series is an ok/expected result.
In the ODIs we are expected to win vs zim at home. we did that. we are expected to win vs SL too. but we are not expected to roll over SL. SL is good enough to win games. as they have shown in India winning a match. So we beat SL in first match. SL won in the 2nd match which was a do or die match for them. now the 3rd match here was not the final match of a 2nation series. this was a final of a tournament. we are bigger chokers than SA in finals. we are yet to win a final. I think we would have lost against ZIM if they made the final. the result might have been different if it was a 3 match series vs SL.
in short when looking back at the tour I am not seeing any unexpected results. we just hope to get way too much from our team. this team isn't that good.
putting the results aside the way we lost was not good. we are not that bad and SL isn't that good. but hey things like this happens. SA had a terrible series in BD. we weren't that good team and SA wasn't that bad
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