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Sri Lanka captain calls for government help
Sri Lanka's cricket captain Dasun Shanaka urged government intervention over rising negativity towards the national team. He warned that constant criticism is harming players' mental health and negatively impacting the sport.
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As players, it's very hard for us to control the outside noise," Shanaka said. No matter how positive we are as players, there is a negative environment created from the outside. That's a disadvantage for cricket in Sri Lanka," he said.
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