{"id":10941,"date":"2026-02-09T18:31:35","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T13:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/?p=10941"},"modified":"2026-02-09T18:31:37","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T13:01:37","slug":"no-matter-what-sri-lankans-will-not-give-up-on-cricket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/si\/no-matter-what-sri-lankans-will-not-give-up-on-cricket\/","title":{"rendered":"No matter what, Sri Lankans will not give up on cricket"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We have seen that the Sri Lankan cricket audience is very disappointed with the game and the Sri Lankan team due to the poor performance and heavy defeats that Sri Lankan team has participated in in the matches before the T20 World Cup. This was strongly seen through social media and as a result, many people talked about boycotting the first T20 match in which Sri Lanka team will participate. But we could see that the audience who loves the game still came to the field to encourage the Sri Lankan team without any interruptions. The fact that Sri Lanka team won the first matches in which Sri Lanka team participated was a great consolation for the audience, which is indeed a great consolation for the audience who loves Sri Lankan cricket.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have seen that the Sri Lankan cricket audience is very disappointed with the game and the Sri Lankan team due to the poor performance and heavy defeats that Sri Lankan team has participated in in the matches before the T20 World Cup. This was strongly seen through social media and as a result, many&#8230;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":10942,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,57],"tags":[73,134,72,125],"class_list":["post-10941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cricket","category-national-cricket","tag-slsports","tag-sports-news","tag-sri-lanka-cricket","tag-t20-world-cup"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>No matter what, Sri Lankans will not give up on cricket - SL Sports<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/si\/no-matter-what-sri-lankans-will-not-give-up-on-cricket\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"si_LK\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"No matter what, Sri Lankans will not give up on cricket - SL Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"We have seen that the Sri Lankan cricket audience is very disappointed with the game and the Sri Lankan team due to the poor performance and heavy defeats that Sri Lankan team has participated in in the matches before the T20 World Cup. This was strongly seen through social media and as a result, many...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/si\/no-matter-what-sri-lankans-will-not-give-up-on-cricket\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SL Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lknewsroom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-02-09T13:01:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-02-09T13:01:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/cri-2026-02-09.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"675\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Slsports Viraj\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@SlSports5\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@SlSports5\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Slsports Viraj\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/no-matter-what-sri-lankans-will-not-give-up-on-cricket\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/no-matter-what-sri-lankans-will-not-give-up-on-cricket\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Slsports Viraj\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/#\/schema\/person\/6e3ead9806ed4f2b4ddfc9faa69328a5\"},\"headline\":\"No matter what, Sri Lankans will not give up on cricket\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-09T13:01:35+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-09T13:01:37+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/no-matter-what-sri-lankans-will-not-give-up-on-cricket\/\"},\"wordCount\":143,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/no-matter-what-sri-lankans-will-not-give-up-on-cricket\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/cri-2026-02-09.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"slsports\",\"sports news\",\"sri lanka cricket\",\"t20 world cup\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Cricket\",\"National Cricket\"],\"inLanguage\":\"si\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/no-matter-what-sri-lankans-will-not-give-up-on-cricket\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/no-matter-what-sri-lankans-will-not-give-up-on-cricket\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/no-matter-what-sri-lankans-will-not-give-up-on-cricket\/\",\"name\":\"No matter what, Sri Lankans will not give up on cricket - SL Sports\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/no-matter-what-sri-lankans-will-not-give-up-on-cricket\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/no-matter-what-sri-lankans-will-not-give-up-on-cricket\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/cri-2026-02-09.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-09T13:01:35+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-09T13:01:37+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/no-matter-what-sri-lankans-will-not-give-up-on-cricket\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"si\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/no-matter-what-sri-lankans-will-not-give-up-on-cricket\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"si\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/no-matter-what-sri-lankans-will-not-give-up-on-cricket\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/cri-2026-02-09.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/cri-2026-02-09.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":675},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/no-matter-what-sri-lankans-will-not-give-up-on-cricket\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"No matter what, Sri Lankans will not give up on cricket\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/\",\"name\":\"SL Sports\",\"description\":\"SL Sports - Sri Lanka&#039;s Premium Sports Channel\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/#organization\"},\"alternateName\":\"SL Sports\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"si\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/#organization\",\"name\":\"SL Sports\",\"alternateName\":\"SL Sports\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"si\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-12-03-at-16.24.18.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-12-03-at-16.24.18.jpeg\",\"width\":666,\"height\":591,\"caption\":\"SL Sports\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lknewsroom\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/SlSports5\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@SLSPORTSLK\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/slsports17\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/#\/schema\/person\/6e3ead9806ed4f2b4ddfc9faa69328a5\",\"name\":\"Slsports Viraj\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"si\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b7b872708dd3b24ab7ceb718fb4835bba36cbdff96449029958bb51f410e614d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b7b872708dd3b24ab7ceb718fb4835bba36cbdff96449029958bb51f410e614d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Slsports Viraj\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/si\/author\/slsports-viraj\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"No matter what, Sri Lankans will not give up on cricket - SL Sports","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/si\/no-matter-what-sri-lankans-will-not-give-up-on-cricket\/","og_locale":"si_LK","og_type":"article","og_title":"No matter what, Sri Lankans will not give up on cricket - SL Sports","og_description":"We have seen that the Sri Lankan cricket audience is very disappointed with the game and the Sri Lankan team due to the poor performance and heavy defeats that Sri Lankan team has participated in in the matches before the T20 World Cup. This was strongly seen through social media and as a result, many...","og_url":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/si\/no-matter-what-sri-lankans-will-not-give-up-on-cricket\/","og_site_name":"SL Sports","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lknewsroom","article_published_time":"2026-02-09T13:01:35+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-02-09T13:01:37+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":675,"url":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/cri-2026-02-09.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Slsports Viraj","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@SlSports5","twitter_site":"@SlSports5","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Slsports Viraj","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/no-matter-what-sri-lankans-will-not-give-up-on-cricket\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/no-matter-what-sri-lankans-will-not-give-up-on-cricket\/"},"author":{"name":"Slsports Viraj","@id":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/#\/schema\/person\/6e3ead9806ed4f2b4ddfc9faa69328a5"},"headline":"No matter what, Sri Lankans will not give up on cricket","datePublished":"2026-02-09T13:01:35+00:00","dateModified":"2026-02-09T13:01:37+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/no-matter-what-sri-lankans-will-not-give-up-on-cricket\/"},"wordCount":143,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/no-matter-what-sri-lankans-will-not-give-up-on-cricket\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/cri-2026-02-09.jpg","keywords":["slsports","sports news","sri lanka cricket","t20 world cup"],"articleSection":["Cricket","National Cricket"],"inLanguage":"si","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/slsports.lk\/no-matter-what-sri-lankans-will-not-give-up-on-cricket\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/no-matter-what-sri-lankans-will-not-give-up-on-cricket\/","url":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/no-matter-what-sri-lankans-will-not-give-up-on-cricket\/","name":"No matter what, Sri Lankans will not give up on cricket - SL Sports","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/no-matter-what-sri-lankans-will-not-give-up-on-cricket\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/no-matter-what-sri-lankans-will-not-give-up-on-cricket\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/cri-2026-02-09.jpg","datePublished":"2026-02-09T13:01:35+00:00","dateModified":"2026-02-09T13:01:37+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/no-matter-what-sri-lankans-will-not-give-up-on-cricket\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"si","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/slsports.lk\/no-matter-what-sri-lankans-will-not-give-up-on-cricket\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"si","@id":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/no-matter-what-sri-lankans-will-not-give-up-on-cricket\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/cri-2026-02-09.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/cri-2026-02-09.jpg","width":1200,"height":675},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/no-matter-what-sri-lankans-will-not-give-up-on-cricket\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"No matter what, Sri Lankans will not give up on cricket"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/#website","url":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/","name":"SL Sports","description":"SL Sports - Sri Lanka&#039;s Premium Sports Channel","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/#organization"},"alternateName":"SL Sports","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"si"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/#organization","name":"SL Sports","alternateName":"SL Sports","url":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"si","@id":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-12-03-at-16.24.18.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2023-12-03-at-16.24.18.jpeg","width":666,"height":591,"caption":"SL Sports"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lknewsroom","https:\/\/x.com\/SlSports5","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@SLSPORTSLK","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/slsports17\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/#\/schema\/person\/6e3ead9806ed4f2b4ddfc9faa69328a5","name":"Slsports Viraj","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"si","@id":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b7b872708dd3b24ab7ceb718fb4835bba36cbdff96449029958bb51f410e614d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b7b872708dd3b24ab7ceb718fb4835bba36cbdff96449029958bb51f410e614d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Slsports Viraj"},"url":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/si\/author\/slsports-viraj\/"}]}},"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/si\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/si\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/si\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/si\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/si\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10941"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/si\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10941\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10943,"href":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/si\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10941\/revisions\/10943"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/si\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/si\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/si\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slsports.lk\/si\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}