Players should be embarrassed with their show: Pothas

By Paritosh Pramanik
NAGPUR, Nov 27

A LACKLUSTRE performance in the match by Sri Lankan team has left coach Nic Pothas hugely disappointed. He said the players should be themselves embarrassed by their show.
“You hit the nail on the head, you can talk all you want to you, can plan a lot but at the end of the day you’ve got to execute. As a player your currency is runs, wickets and catches and you can do all. But you are not producing them obviously there will be repercussions. I am hugely disappointed with the defeat because of the amount of work ethics that goes in behind the scenes. 
It’s embarrassing players should be embarrassed in their own performances. Practicing in the nets means nothing if you do not go out and put runs on the board,” thundered Pothas in the post-match press conference.
Pothas lauded the Indian pacers and said they have worked for a long time and have a strong bench strength.
“They are in a position because they worked for a long time to ensure they got a strong bench. If you are going to be successful at the top, of any sport, your bench is important and India has a very strong bench. Not only they have pace but a huge amount of skill at the same,” he mentioned.
Pothas believed that the team is learning a lot while playing against India. The results would be seen in next two years. Sri Lanka played with India in two series in less than a year.
“I firmly believe that if you play a team like India in such a short space of time, twice six Test matches, the guys with the right characters which I keep talking about and keep asking for, will get better into the future. As long as the curve is in a general upward trend when you look down the line that persons going to get better.
Pothas compared cricket with the game of chess saying, “When you play a team like India if one team makes a move you better have a counter move. If you don’t, you will fall off that bus. At the moment, we got a few in our change room who keep making the same move and losing pieces off the chess board.”