Sri Lanka team needs a psychologist and motivator says Naveed Nawaz

We need to develop a healthy mental approach for the team and getting services of team psychologist and motivator is very important said Sri Lanka team Assistant coach and Batting specialist coach Naveed Nawaz after India match defeat at Mumbai.

When “Daily News’ asked the question about Psychologist’s availability Nawaz accepted that and said we were able to get service of psychologist before Zimbabwe qualifying tournament but that was for a short period .I think we haven’t a qualified Sports Psychologist in Sri Lanka we tried to get one through the Sports Ministry said Naveed Nawaz.

As a coach we have some restrictions regarding duties we can’t get involved .But I think we have to get the services of a psychologist. In our coaching role we tried to help players mental development and improve their skills.

Sri Lanka made mistakes against India both in Asia Cup final.as well.as last Thursday’s World Cup game at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. They could not fight against India on Indian soil. The way they performed against India was pathetic Sri Lanka were under pressure. India scored 354 and set a challenging target. But this is not the first time Sri Lanka were struggling and they did it in last Asia cup final as well.as last India tour Vishakapatnam game in which Sri Lanka were all out for 74.

Our batsmen could not cope with the Indian . pacemen.We have a good batting line up but they surrendered tamely . For the opening slot we brought in Dimuth Karunaratne for Kusal Janith Perera and that did not work out . Dushan Hemantha came in for Dhananjaya de Silva but he also failed miserably said Naveed Nawaz .

Kusal Mendis ,Pathum Nissanka Sadeera Samarawickrama,Charith Asalanka were in good form in the earlier games but all credit should go to Indian bowlers they really bowled well to rip through our batting line up.We lost the wickets of Pathum Nissanka Dimuth Karunaratne skipper Kusal Mendis and Charith Asalanka very early and our middle order was exposed added Nawaz .

.We had to develop players mentality.We know it is a big challenge to enter 2025 Champions trophy and we must have a good approach .We had same issue before world cup and went to world cup qualifying round . Next two games against Bangladesh and New Zealand very important to get champions trophy qualification and we all have to focus on that added Naveed I think Coaches have to take responsibility for the failure while players have to play good quality cricket and physical and mental fitness is a vital factor said Assistant coach Nawaz.

However Daily News learnt that most of the players were unhappy to get the services of a psychologist and they only focus on their technical issues and this is very unfortunate .

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