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Jayawardene admits batsmen were casual in 3rd ODI

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Colombo, August 25 (PTI): Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene was not happy with the "casual" approach of his under-fire batsmen and said his side did not deserve to win the third one-dayer against India here. "I thought we were a bit casual in the game, we gave away a couple of soft wickets. I don't think we deserved to win the game because we made too many mistakes in the game especially with the bat," he said after their 33-run loss to trail the five match series 1-2.
"The bowlers bowled really well upfront, picked up wickets and 225-235 is a good score to chase down. But we lost four wickets in 15 overs. From there it was a pretty uphill task, we came close but not good enough," added a dejected Jayawardene. Jayawardene, however, is not losing hope in his batsmen and said they would not want to lose a series at home. "Every cricketer goes through a bit of hiccups in one or two games. But these are quality players, I am sure they will get back into form. Just need to find out how we can handle these situations bit better. "It is a tough position (after trailing 1-2) to be in but it is a good challenge for us. Playing at home you do not want to lose a series. So we know where we are going wrong and hopefully we can get it right," he added. The home team captain was non-committal when asked Kumar Sangakkara would be shifted from the opening slot after a poor show at the top. "You guys didn't say that when he was scoring in the Asia cup.

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